Julie

Terry maybe if ya didn't spend so much time on the computer speaking to crazy people???

You could router some fine MDF with that machine if you ever get it finished.



JULIE

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Visteonguy

Aaaaaaaaaa yes,,,, little woodworker from black fly heaven..... but, if I did not talk to em,,,,,, who else would ???

And,, Bob,, ya must have been able to kick out some serious production, with that 4 headed duplicator,,,, I have seen some pictures on the net of some multi headed machines,,,, They sure made the chips fly,,,, That machine would come in pretty handy if ya were working the craft and flea market shows,, and were selling some generic signs like welcome and open and things like that.

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bobj3

Hi Terry

It did "4 headed duplicator" saw dust ,55 gal. drum full every day..

By the way Terry you don't need a duplicator I have seen your work free hand stuff you do is GREAT

I wish I had a saw mill like you have I would spend weeks in the woods making planks.
Is that your back yard full of hard wood trees ? ?

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Yes Bob,, thats the yard,,, Its about a 7 acre woods,,, and I have 5 of em,,, its pretty much the same size thoughout,,, I took the thinnest part,, and cleard out only what I needed to put a house and septic field and driveway in there and left the rest as it was,,, There are good points and bad points to livin in a woods,,, I want to build a solar wood kilm for drying wood,, but ,,being in a woods,,, I get very little direct sunlight,, so that kind of makes the solar kilm a flop,,, but on hot days,,, the shade has its benifits,,,, I do not cut down any of my trees,,, unless they die,, then they go into boards from that little mill, But I find,, once ya start to get logs,, and people find out what you are doing with them,, it seems that all of a sudden you will have more logs offered to you then you can handle,,, me and a buddy that also is a wood working hobbiest,, go together and cut the logs up ,,, hahaha or try to,,,, right now,, we got about 80 logs of different species in his yard, waiting to be sawn up.
I know this is a router forum,, but you asked about the mill,,, you aught to check out the LOGOSOL.com site. They will send you a free video tape and I think now they have on CD's too,, it is a very interresting half hour or so,, I could go on and on about that LOGOSOL but probably would get into trouble here,,, so I will just say,, that mill is about the most fun toy I have ever bought,,and if you figure how much it cost to buy a nice prime oak board at your wood supplier,, the mill pays for itself in NO time at all and the rest then is gravy,,, it has made wood working one of the cheapest hobbies I have now,,,

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Thanks Terry

I was going to buy a Northern setup at one time but my BOSS said no way BUD, it was on a trailer setup with a big band saw blade setup but all will have around here is softwood and the saw mill is down the road from me but the same thing most of his wood is softwood... he said he would do a log or two but they are not light and it would take big a lift to get them loaded up on the truck or trailer...

Some day maybe

Bj

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Bob, this is what I come up with to solve the problem of picking up logs,,, on the forum on the Logosol site,, they discussed this problem to great lenghts,. One guy suggested to go and buy an old Automotive wrecker truck,, and use that,,, yes worked, I guess,, but they are not exactly laying all over the place and then you have to deal with the outright cost of the vehicle. license plates, insurance, and the maintanance of keeping another old vehicle running. Others have used tractors with loaders or hydraulic booms,, yes those have their good points too,, but if the log you want is 20, 30 or more miles from home,, hard to drive your tractor that far to pick up the log.
I had this old small boat trailer left over from another project,, and I tried to give it away,, FREE,,, could not get any takers so it sat in the yard,,, then I bought that Logosol mill. Its made in Sweden, and they like to advertise it as being so light, they just put it upside down on the roof racks of their Volvos and drive off to the wood lot to cut some lumber. Well at first I used my pickup to haul it around, then I remembered the little trailer. All I did was go and buy a 20 foot lenght of 6 inch steel channel and cut that in half,, then I welded those 2 - 10 foot pieces on the bed of the trailer so I could just slide the legs of the mill on them and tie it down to the trailer, It worked great to haul that mill on,,, and the pickup box was now free to fill with the lumber you cut that day on the mill and haul home.
Then one day,, I got a chance to get a couple nice oak logs, but could not cut them up where they were,,, I thought if I could load them on the trailer, some how,,,, I could just haul the log home and cut it up at home,,, so I thought about it and kind of designed some ramps that I could hook up quickly to one side of the trailer and bought some cheap boat winches and mounted them to the other side of the trailer. Once that was done,, all I do now is pull up beside the log and pull out the cable. I loop the cable out over the top of the log and then under it and back and hook it on the side of the trailer. Once done,,then all you do is go back and start cranking the winches and that log,,, ( NO matter how big it is !!! ) just rolls right up the ramps and plops on the trailer bed. First time I used that,, I was not quite sure how it would work,,, I got set up and started to haul up a log that was about 2 1/2 feet in diameter and was about 12 feet long,,, it had to weigh well over a thousand pounds.
That log rolled up those ramps sooooo easy,,, it just did not seem like it was possible. The lady that lived there and gave me the logs,, was standing there and was as amazed as I was.... she asked if she could do that,, so I let her try,,, she was in her lower 70's and is not in the best of shape, by any means,,, she finsihed loading that first log for me,,, all by her self,,, hahaha,,, she just could not beleive she just did that,,,
I would like to say,, that it worked "Just as I planned",,, but actually,, that thing performs beyond my wildest dreams,,, every one that sees that trailer do its thing,,, just stand there with their mouth hanging open,,, I get a kick out of just seeing the look on their faces,, they see ya pull up to a monster log,, and they got to be thinking ,, how in the world is this guy going to pick up that Huge log and get it on that little spindly trailer ? Ya pull up,,, toss out your ramps,, wrap the cable around the log and crank it up and pick up your ramps and drive off,,, all in maybe 5 minutes,,,, and they are left standing there shaking their heads and wondering what the devil did they just see......
Only thing I can see,, to improve this trailer is if I was going to make it over,, I would get a trailer with a higher capacity axle,,, because I have over loaded it several times,,, blown out 4 tires so far, hauling logs, so huge,,,, I had NO business putting on that poor little trailer.. But those huge logs hold some of the most beautiful boards you could ever dream of,,,
I feel a bit guilty of talking about that mill so much,, but its "Because" of that mill that it is able to produce the boards that you use the router on,,, that I guess,, yes,, the mill is part of my router hobby,,,

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bobj3

Thanks Terry

Thanks for the info and snapshots, now If just had a saw mill

That's why I was looking at the Northern Saw Mill, it's on a trailer and you would just take the saw mill to trees and do all the mill work right on the spot
Now if I could just find the trees/lumber and my boss would let me buy a $7,5oo.oo lumber mill I would be set.... not a chance in this life time

Bj

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Yep ., Bob,, $7500 would make me think a lot more about spending that kind of cash too,, the logosol mill is about 1/3 that price though,,, and once ya see it work,, it can do a lot more then that band mill can do,,, But band mills do have some good points to them,,, they are faster, The size of the kerf is thinner, but they are ALWAYS more expensive,, and heavier. and less maneuverable. and the log has to be fairly straight, because the throat is usually just not very big.

Ya should really go to that site and request a free tape or CD of the mill in action,,, they are really good about sending that out,,, and they DO NOT bother you,,,, EVER...... about buying their products,,,

Once you see them demo the mill,, you will see some of the cuts it can do that NO band mill has a prayer of duplicating..

And one more thing I should say,, about safety,, the chain saw,,even though its a very big, powerful saw,, its fixed to a sled on the mill and your hands have no reason to ever be near the chain,, I would say,, its probably not even as dangerous as the routers we play with in this hobby. It really is the answer to unlimited FREE, High quality wood to carry on your favorite hobby.

Ok,,, I will now get off my soap box and quit going on and on about that mill,,,, sorry Bob,, but I guess ya can tell,, I like it... hahahha

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