BigOakAdot
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Hey guys,
Ive been chainsaw milling occasionally on weekends at a tree companies place. I've developed a good relationship with the owner and we have been talking about taking it to the next level.
He's always telling me how we can be more efficient and how we need to get more lumber stocked. Any of you who use a CSM know that both of those are pretty unrealistic. I've told him if he's really looking to make this a realistic business venture, we really need to consider an entry band mill.
This outfit is quite large and he is constantly getting lumber in every day. To the point where he just had 3 tractor trailers come and take loads of logs out because he's running out of room.
He just bought a new shop with a barn where we can store lumber indoors. This is where we would be doing the milling and at this point we need to decide on which mill to get.
From the research I've done the Norwood HD36 seems like a great fit. Any guys who have a Norwood band mill how do you like it? We would be going with the manual version. Any recommendations on other mills to consider?
Budget wise we would be splitting the mill between the two of us. Potentially splitting it with a 3rd guy. We would consider any mill within a few thousand of 10k.
The plan is to saw any logs under a few feet diameter with the Norwood and slab the really big stuff up with our panther mill. I have a feeling we will need to consider a solar kiln of some kind to recoup some of the money faster that we will be putting out.
Also, he's going to wanna do some siding on a barn on the property. If we do go with a bandmill, we're going to want to mill up some planks for siding. Has anyone ever used green wood for siding and or framing? I remember seeing a post where a guy used green red oak for siding on a kiln he built. Are there types of wood that are better for using green. Maybe cedar or locust?
Sorry for the super long post.
BOA
Ive been chainsaw milling occasionally on weekends at a tree companies place. I've developed a good relationship with the owner and we have been talking about taking it to the next level.
He's always telling me how we can be more efficient and how we need to get more lumber stocked. Any of you who use a CSM know that both of those are pretty unrealistic. I've told him if he's really looking to make this a realistic business venture, we really need to consider an entry band mill.
This outfit is quite large and he is constantly getting lumber in every day. To the point where he just had 3 tractor trailers come and take loads of logs out because he's running out of room.
He just bought a new shop with a barn where we can store lumber indoors. This is where we would be doing the milling and at this point we need to decide on which mill to get.
From the research I've done the Norwood HD36 seems like a great fit. Any guys who have a Norwood band mill how do you like it? We would be going with the manual version. Any recommendations on other mills to consider?
Budget wise we would be splitting the mill between the two of us. Potentially splitting it with a 3rd guy. We would consider any mill within a few thousand of 10k.
The plan is to saw any logs under a few feet diameter with the Norwood and slab the really big stuff up with our panther mill. I have a feeling we will need to consider a solar kiln of some kind to recoup some of the money faster that we will be putting out.
Also, he's going to wanna do some siding on a barn on the property. If we do go with a bandmill, we're going to want to mill up some planks for siding. Has anyone ever used green wood for siding and or framing? I remember seeing a post where a guy used green red oak for siding on a kiln he built. Are there types of wood that are better for using green. Maybe cedar or locust?
Sorry for the super long post.
BOA
