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Finally got a chance to get the blade and wheel covers for my Gene's copy. Am still working on automating leveling and turning. But in the mean time, cut some white oak to build 3 storage buildings. Runners are white oak and framing and siding yellow pine. First pic is band mill before...

Hello Gene, Good to hear from you. Sounds like you are going strong. I don't want the video back. That is a copy of a tape. It is not very good because I don't have the original, so that is a copy of a copy of a copy. I have a camera that I am going to put in the car. I will post some on...

Are you still racing Gene? Red Farmer is 81 and still races every weekend. I started back racing last weekend at 66. Actually we didn't race much, just shook down the car while everyone else raced. Hope to be ready for them in 2 weeks. Did you ever watch the video of the win in the air that...

I have a mill based loosely on Gene's mill drawing. I ordered bladed from a place in my state that is supposed to have a good blade. When I first got it going, I was having trouble getting it to cut straight. I tried different blades and adjusted on everything trying to get them to cut...

What about some thing along these lines: http://turbosawmill.com/weekendwarrior/ Larry

My neighbor just gave me a Sachs Dolmar 120. I looked up the specs and what I found said 68cc, but 8 hp. Is that right. My 3120 is just over 8 hp with a whole lot more cc. Saw is complete but I have not tried to crank it yet. Larry

Don't know about the walnut dust, all I've had so far is cedar and pine. Have read that cedar will take longer to compost, but it's supposed to help keep insects away. Maybe some one knows if there are any down sides to cedar. I have a bunch bagged from planing all that cedar for the...

SR, your soil looks better than mine before you even start. What we had when we started was sand clay. Grass doesn't grow very well if at all in places. After we get a good rain, you can really see the sand. I know we need to make some adjustments to our soil this year, but everything that...

Dave, my wife came from the store with a Hobby Farm mag and what did I see, but an article on winches. Good Job. Also, I think it was Countryside that I saw another article. Have seen several and all have been informative. Congrats. I am working on mods to my band saw. I have a roller toe...

I milled most of it with my chain saw mill. I have only recently converted it to a band mill. I used plans from pro cut in Canada. 3120 Husky w/32 bar. Cut about 24" wide. The table was done on the band mill. I did a barn on the chain saw mill. I got a pretty good job from my chain saw...

"Wow man that is beautiful I love it!!!!!" Buffhunter, Thanks Larry

Have finished building my house. Took 3 years. Have had a good bit of experience dealing with moisture content. Used 1x6 pine for the floors and pine log cabin siding in part of the house with knotty pine for other walls and ceiling. I knew from my previous experience putting down a pine...

Here are some pics of the interior of our house that I worked on for over 3 years. The kitchen table was finished today. The cabinets and built-ins are cedar milled from trees given to me, one a farmer friend that was stockpiling down trees on his farm and he got more than he needed so he gave...

Here is a video showing a how I level my logs using a small winch from hf. I have also made a log turner using 2 winches. One to raise and lower and one to rotate the chain with cleats. Cleats are not on this video and I added another set of sprockets to reduce speed and give the lift more...

Brought the log turner home tonight. Will try to mount on mill tomorrow after lunch. Will post some pics or video if I get it operational tomorrow.

I'm glad to see site is up and running. Have not been on in a while as every time I tried, it was down or I was afraid of a virus. Got my log turner project almost finished today. Still have to weld on cleats to grab the log and mount on my mill. Uses 2 hf 2000# winches. One to raise and...

what they doing Anyone know what they are trying to load?

Has someone been hacking this site today. A couple of times this week the page blanked and something else started to countdown to load. After the first time, I immediately exited and rebooted my computer. Has anyone else had a problem. Larry

charge by cut Hence, charge by the cut, and as someone mentioned about handling large boards, taking into consideration board size, type of wood, time, etc.

lumber cutting charge Good discussion. One thing to think about is that the time to cut a 1x6 is the same as a 2x6, which has double the sq ft. So $2 bf would get you $8 for a 1x6 and $16 for a 2x6, which might be too high on the 2x6, depend on quality, type of wood, etc. I would think...