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Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« on: March 22, 2017, 08:56:03 PM »
OK, finally got things cleared up enough to start assembly of the sawmill.

I purchased a new HM-130, 30" capacity sawmill from Neal Bramley of Woodland Mills in Ontario Canada

Here is the thing crated. The top box is a cant-hook, then a single box of 10 blades, then two additional track extensions, then all the rest...

I was supposed to get twenty blades, in two boxes, but somehow one box was left off. I contacted Neal, and he is on it.
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2017, 08:57:08 PM »
The cant-hook is a necessary piece of equipment used to turn the heavy logs I will be milling shortly
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2017, 08:58:19 PM »
I also purchased a custom cover for the saw head which will protect the thing until such time as I get a building up around the saw
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2017, 08:59:35 PM »
The flat box contains ten new saw blades, and the long skinny boxes, the six foot track extensions
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2017, 09:01:08 PM »
The main box containing the sawmill head and other track is well packaged, even having a steel cage inside one of several layers of cardboard
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2017, 09:02:17 PM »
I continued tearing down the boxes, noting that everything is really heavy...I mean REALLY HEAVY
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2017, 09:03:26 PM »
I put those new pallet forks to some good use moving all the various pieces parts of this sawmill
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2017, 09:05:43 PM »
A handy tube is affixed to the sawmill head which holds the owners manual, some gloves, and eyeglasses and the Kohler engine owners manual
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2017, 09:07:32 PM »
The gloves I am using are fine for now, and anyway, I doubt the new gloves will survive the week with all their fingers attached since the killer dog eyeballed them while I was holding them
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2017, 09:08:56 PM »
I read over the manual to familiarize myself with what was going to come next, then filled out the information on my mill

Take a look at the serial number...At the first three numbers of that serial number

How cool is that!
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2017, 09:10:40 PM »
Then I started laying out things so they would be at the ready
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2017, 09:13:45 PM »
The parts seem to be of a very good quality. Some metal parts was powder coated, and some was galvanized, but nothing was rusty or buggered up that I could find. There was a lot of attention to detail in the making of the parts, and I am left early on with the impression of quality.

I laid the mill head out on a 6" tall block as instructed in the assembly instructions
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2017, 09:15:35 PM »
Then I started laying out track sections atop 3 X 4 strips laid on their size to give me some working room

I threw on a couple of log bunks, but did not bolt anything together just yet
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2017, 09:17:25 PM »
I started at the mill end with an end bunk which is missing the stainless facing. Taking my time I bolted it together using a square
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2017, 09:18:41 PM »
There are a lot of nuts and bolts and other hardware in many well sorted boxes
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2017, 09:20:11 PM »
Once squaring one corner and bolting that together tightly, I squared the other corner, and adjusted for the necessary track width of 30.5" to the outside of the uprights
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2017, 09:22:21 PM »
The track sections are joined by a steel plate below and a log bunk on the top with eight nylon locking bolt/nuts
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #17 on: March 22, 2017, 09:23:45 PM »
I got a little happy with one of the bolts, tearing it apart and initiating this new machine to the ever present carnage that follows me and everything I own
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #18 on: March 22, 2017, 09:25:35 PM »
Assembling the log bunk and squaring and measuring once again for the 30.5" width, I bolted that bunk, and the center one down, permanizing the assembly
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #19 on: March 22, 2017, 09:27:43 PM »
I added the second section next. There are two more sections left to add on, but I plan to build them up separately, then assemble them to this rail on site at the farm
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« Reply #20 on: March 22, 2017, 09:29:19 PM »
Next, I assembled one of the "Log-Dogs" to a spot I think will serve to hold shorter logs in place while milling
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« Reply #21 on: March 22, 2017, 09:30:22 PM »
Then the log stays were set loosely into place
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #22 on: March 22, 2017, 09:33:25 PM »
Then using some old Cummins intake valves

What!!!!!

Not intake valves, these are the feet for the rail. They consist of this big cupped washer looking affair, with a bolt and a nut holding the foot in place. Each foot has four holes in it which I will use to screw the feet to the 6X6 beam they will rest on
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #23 on: March 22, 2017, 09:34:44 PM »
Well, that was about 4 hours of slow work. That got me to supper time, so that concludes assembly day number one!
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #24 on: March 22, 2017, 10:18:19 PM »


I read over the manual to familiarize myself with what was going to come next, then filled out the information on my mill

Take a look at the serial number...At the first three numbers of that serial number

How cool is that!

What's special about the first three numbers of the serial number? I read the first four as 16th of Jan 2017 - being from Canada land and all... ;)
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #25 on: March 23, 2017, 12:00:11 AM »
Looking good there chief.
Looks like a solid machine so far.
Broken bolts already...0 board feet to carnage. Lol

Ryan, the first three are 160, Dons old unit in spec ops.
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb.  I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #26 on: March 23, 2017, 01:41:33 AM »
Looking good there chief.
Looks like a solid machine so far.
Broken bolts already...0 board feet to carnage. Lol

Ryan, the first three are 160, Dons old unit in spec ops.
Ahhhhh gotcha :)
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #27 on: March 23, 2017, 07:36:19 AM »
Looks good so far. Can't wait to see it covered with sawdust and smidgeon of blood.   :shocked:

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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
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I read over the manual to familiarize myself with what was going to come next, then filled out the information on my mill

Take a look at the serial number...At the first three numbers of that serial number

How cool is that!

What's special about the first three numbers of the serial number? I read the first four as 16th of Jan 2017 - being from Canada land and all... ;)
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« Reply #29 on: March 23, 2017, 09:01:23 AM »
Looks good so far. Can't wait to see it covered with sawdust and smidgeon of blood.   :shocked:
Yikes!
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #30 on: March 23, 2017, 07:13:05 PM »
Looks good so far. Can't wait to see it covered with sawdust and smidgeon of blood.   :shocked:
Yikes!

smidgen means a SMALL amount (of something)....
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are.  Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!

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« Reply #31 on: March 23, 2017, 09:25:14 PM »
Not sure what happened here???

Finger was intact so onward and upward!
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« Reply #32 on: March 23, 2017, 09:27:51 PM »
Next I snugged up the bolts fitted to the "feet"

The black marks indicate that piece has been tightened
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« Reply #33 on: March 23, 2017, 09:34:17 PM »
Those nuts are large, measuring 24mm!
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« Reply #34 on: March 23, 2017, 09:36:41 PM »
Then the feet are slipped into place. The bottom nut is screwed up against the base of the rails, then the top nut is snugged down. That is, of course if this is the height you wish to arrive at after final levelling
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« Reply #35 on: March 23, 2017, 09:38:47 PM »
The lower leg mounts come preassembled, requiting a bit of tightening. I left everything pretty loose at this point in accordance with the assembly guide
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« Reply #36 on: March 23, 2017, 09:40:06 PM »
Next the straight leg sections slide in the nylon lined bores
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« Reply #37 on: March 23, 2017, 09:42:38 PM »
Next the big box of hardware is opened and sorted in preparation for sawmill assembly. Things are well labled and sorted out. This made assembly go about as smooth as I expected.
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« Reply #38 on: March 23, 2017, 09:43:57 PM »
At this point the bottom rail assemblies are loosely bolted to the straight leg sections
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« Reply #39 on: March 23, 2017, 09:44:50 PM »
And then the saw head is finally rotated to its upright position
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« Reply #40 on: March 23, 2017, 09:45:49 PM »
The back/angled legs are now also loosely bolted to the mill
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« Reply #41 on: March 23, 2017, 09:48:00 PM »
The next box opened contains the top truss and is pretty heavy.

It also contains the 13 liter blade lube container
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« Reply #42 on: March 23, 2017, 09:53:03 PM »
That heavy truss goes on next and it really should be a two man lift, but I created a technique to do it by oneself.

First place a stool about a foot high in front of the saw (Teeth side of the machine). Then lift the truss and place it over the front (straight) leg post. Lower it until you can poke a screwdriver through a hole.

Grab a breath, that was a heavy lift. Next work the opposite side down until you can catch a second screwdriver through a hole to hold it in place temporarily. Next, going back to the first screwdriver pull it out and allow that side to lower just enough to catch the screwdriver into the correct hole. Repeat the procedure on the opposite side. Next, shove a couple bolts through the holes which should be pretty close and you have it!
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« Reply #43 on: March 23, 2017, 09:54:39 PM »
Then the lube tank mounts up with four bolts
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« Reply #44 on: March 23, 2017, 09:56:17 PM »
And then the "Dash" panel with a particular arrangement of bolts that you really need to pay attention to!
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« Reply #45 on: March 23, 2017, 09:58:35 PM »
With the dash installed but still loose, the height adjustment assembly is bolted in place
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« Reply #46 on: March 23, 2017, 10:00:09 PM »
With that in place it is time to string the cables, which remain loose for a time
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« Reply #47 on: March 23, 2017, 10:01:05 PM »
And now comes the push handle
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« Reply #48 on: March 23, 2017, 10:05:41 PM »
Now its time for the lube lines to get installed from the tank to the control valve, to the outlet which is a clever design using a bent copper tube

I added to their design a little at this poit adding some adhesive zip tie blocks to take up the slack from what I felt was too much (Pants snagging) slop. I like the fit better now
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« Reply #49 on: March 23, 2017, 10:07:37 PM »
Then the dept of cut scale is bolted up. The mill comes with two different scale tapes which are magnetic and stick like glue
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