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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #50 on: March 23, 2017, 10:09:36 PM »
Here is a quick peak inside the blade housing
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« Reply #51 on: March 23, 2017, 10:14:42 PM »
Now its time to lift the mill head onto the tracks. To do this I chose to lift with my little tractor. This mill tested the upper limits of what a 1025 John Deere can lift. I wish I would have had my larger 4720 to do this lift

I fastened a clevis through either lift point eye, then connected that to a tree strap made for winching. It made for about a perfect height and is uber strong

With that, and using the pre-rangers as guides, I slowly advanced the mill head onto the tracks.

Here is where you will find out how well you did with respect to the 30.5" Rail spacing. Mine was dead nuts on, and the mill fell right into place with no adjusting required!
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« Reply #52 on: March 23, 2017, 10:16:23 PM »
The mill head is installed on the track backwards, but it doesn't matter since I will be lifting it off to transport to the farm
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« Reply #53 on: March 23, 2017, 10:18:32 PM »
At this point, I snugged up both cables then raised the head, and positioned the blade over a log bunk. Measuring each side, I came up with exactly 2 5/8" at either side indicating the head is parallel to the bunk
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« Reply #54 on: March 23, 2017, 10:20:16 PM »
The height crank has a detent locking device which I snugged up next followed by tightening the handle down
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« Reply #55 on: March 23, 2017, 10:21:49 PM »
I bolted up the throttle next and adjusted the linkage to give me full throttle from the engine
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #56 on: March 23, 2017, 10:23:48 PM »
The blade tension is set with this T-Handle. It has a stack up of spring washers. I pulled all that business apart and gave everything a liberal coat of water proof, high pressure synthetic grease
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« Reply #57 on: March 23, 2017, 10:27:22 PM »
Next comes some really aggravating detail work with the world's smallest screws.

Small screws and big cracked hands do not a match make!

I struggled through it, installing two of the latches before I threw in the towel for the evening.
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« Reply #58 on: March 23, 2017, 10:32:26 PM »
And that is where I left the project for the evening. I am well within striking distance of getting this thing done in a day!

My overall impression of the machine is highly favorable at this point. I did see some scale rust inside two of the upright tubes where the galvanize might not have fully covered the steel. and there was a spot where the powder coat did not reach.

Those being really minor, the build quality with respect to fit, overall strength, ease of assembly and overall look is very high indeed. I think this machine at its price point is an excellent buy. After I open up a log or two, I'll be able to report more to give a complete picture of what this saw and Woodland Mills really is

So far, so Good!
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« Reply #59 on: March 24, 2017, 10:52:02 PM »
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #60 on: March 25, 2017, 12:25:21 AM »
Nice start there. That old tractor looks small. Even a pic of BD in there,,,,, :beercheers:

See it took until post 17 to break something, well done!!

After watching the video and seeing this is there anything that keeps the saw from coming off the tract? Heavy or not there should be something.
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #61 on: March 25, 2017, 09:22:03 AM »
Nice start there. That old tractor looks small. Even a pic of BD in there,,,,, :beercheers:

See it took until post 17 to break something, well done!!

After watching the video and seeing this is there anything that keeps the saw from coming off the tract? Heavy or not there should be something.
It has "L" shaped stops at either end...However this is only half the track. The next 12 feet is yet to be assembled
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« Reply #62 on: March 25, 2017, 12:19:49 PM »
Anything that keeps it from coming up off the track? You are cutting pretty big logs on there that may move. Heavy or not you don't want that to happen.
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« Reply #63 on: March 25, 2017, 10:11:07 PM »
Anything that keeps it from coming up off the track? You are cutting pretty big logs on there that may move. Heavy or not you don't want that to happen.
JR, I didn't design the thing. This is the way most of the mills come. Some have under-rider wheels, but most just set the very heavy mill head onto the tracks and let gravity do the rest.
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #64 on: March 27, 2017, 09:14:52 PM »
Today I completed the sawmill assembly

I could have done this in two days but I took my time and did not work a complete day on it. I took my time examining the various components to get a feel for the machine, but that is all well spent time in my view.

First up was getting the engine fired up. I topped up the empty crankcase with two quarts of John Deere 10W-30
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #65 on: March 27, 2017, 09:17:27 PM »
The air filter housing has a cleverly designed intake snorkel. It orients the air intake away from the exhaust in the summer and places it next to the exhaust for cold weather operations
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« Reply #66 on: March 27, 2017, 09:18:33 PM »
I removed the blade earlier to facilitate bolting in the latches
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« Reply #67 on: March 27, 2017, 09:21:20 PM »
After replacing the blade, I checked the tracking and found it to be perfect, needing no adjustment what so ever. With that in place, I closed up the cover and started the engine. It rumbled to life on the second choked pull. It stumbled for a little while then settled into a steady idle, and throttled willingly. I ran it for about five minutes, varying the RPM to help seat the piston rings, something I will repeat several more times before forcing it to do any real cutting
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« Reply #68 on: March 27, 2017, 09:22:35 PM »
From the attention to detail files, take a look at the cool wheel sweeps that Woodland Mills installs to keep those wheels free of debris:
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« Reply #69 on: March 27, 2017, 09:23:48 PM »
The saw blade rides on a rubber cushion, with one side using the drive belt itself as the cushioning
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« Reply #70 on: March 27, 2017, 09:27:42 PM »
While I was working on the thing today, the Fedex man arrived with my missing second box of new blades. So that establishes a three day flash to bang time for ordering parts. Pretty good and no one balked anything when I reported the incomplete shipment. That's a mark in the "Go" column for the Woodland Mills folks.

To aid me with the assembly of the last two track sections I cut slots in a 2 X 6 with the required spacing. All I then needed to do would be to lay the two-by onto the new track and bolt things together.
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« Reply #71 on: March 27, 2017, 09:29:32 PM »
Before I go further, JR had inquired about what stops the mill from falling off. The grooves in the wheels working with gravity does 99% of the work, and for end to end travel, these bolt in stops complete the task.
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« Reply #72 on: March 27, 2017, 09:30:55 PM »
Back to the track, and with the two-by holding the track sections in alignment, it all spaced perfectly at 30.5" outside to outside width.
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« Reply #73 on: March 27, 2017, 09:32:44 PM »
The assembly of the second two sections, effectively doubling the length of the mill went much faster than the initial two. Having benefited from the experience, I laid the parts out and threw them together in perhaps 1.5 hours
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« Reply #74 on: March 27, 2017, 09:33:59 PM »
Tonight, the Kentucky is in an area of severe weather, and in the late afternoon, I was thinking this thunderstorm was going to rain on my party, but it passed harmlessly by.
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« Reply #75 on: March 27, 2017, 09:35:47 PM »
And then, just like that I was finished!

Please note that the mill is setting on the track backwards, but I am not willing to risk what amounts to two lifts until I get the new tractor with the much better performing loader.
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« Reply #76 on: March 27, 2017, 09:39:50 PM »
With this setup, I can mill beams up to twenty two feet in length!

I actually am going to push the envelope and mill two, twenty two footers which will serve as the legs that support the second floor deck on the shed

With the thing more or less completed, I threw on the mill head cover while I await flipping the mill head around to test cut a couple logs. Then I'll separate the track into two halves and load all that onto the 18 foot trailer for transport to the farm.
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« Reply #77 on: March 27, 2017, 09:41:49 PM »
Nice tinkertoy there. It does looks like they thought it out.

Those cables were driving me nuts thinking what are they for. That makes sense now!
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #78 on: March 28, 2017, 10:45:46 AM »
I like it. You will be able to make some sawdust with that bugger! Very cool. I'm thinking that will pay for itself over time. Not to mention the time hassle of going to the lumberyard....hauling out what you need for the hide site, etc.   

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« Reply #79 on: March 28, 2017, 11:14:28 AM »
I like it. You will be able to make some sawdust with that bugger! Very cool. I'm thinking that will pay for itself over time. Not to mention the time hassle of going to the lumberyard....hauling out what you need for the hide site, etc.   
I think with the material I cut for the "Saw-House" and the implement storage shed attached, the wrap around porch, the upper deck and shed dormer(s) that thing will have paid itself several times over.

All I have to buy for the little "barn/saw-house" are the screws, nails, and roof metal, maybe a hinge or two.
Mother nature will provide the rest!
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« Reply #80 on: March 28, 2017, 11:52:21 AM »
Nice acquisition, Big D! Now you need a small forge, then you could make your own nails and hinges. You'd be totally off the grid, and in a position to recycle from whatever scrap you come across on your land. Like trashed mower blades, and other carnage.  :wink:
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« Reply #81 on: March 28, 2017, 10:21:26 PM »
Nice acquisition, Big D! Now you need a small forge, then you could make your own nails and hinges. You'd be totally off the grid, and in a position to recycle from whatever scrap you come across on your land. Like trashed mower blades, and other carnage. :wink:
Loads of that around!
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« Reply #82 on: April 10, 2017, 10:48:32 PM »
With the better loader available to me, I snatched the saw head off the rails and turned it around.
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« Reply #83 on: April 10, 2017, 10:49:33 PM »
Unfortunately I got into the cut scale a bit, tearing the tape and breaking the witness line
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« Reply #84 on: April 10, 2017, 10:50:50 PM »
But with the correct orientation, I loaded one of those eight foot cedar logs onto the saw, and dogged it for cutting
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« Reply #85 on: April 10, 2017, 10:52:43 PM »
On a log this size the cutting is absolutely effortless. I started with maybe a 2" deep cut and went through that log like a hot knife through butter.

Then from there I took a second pass to get a clear span wise flat area
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« Reply #86 on: April 10, 2017, 10:53:51 PM »
I started the process of rotating the "Cant" to establish more and more flat sides
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« Reply #87 on: April 10, 2017, 10:55:04 PM »
Until I ended up with this 5" X 5" cant.
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« Reply #88 on: April 10, 2017, 10:55:50 PM »
A lot of pieces came out of that log:
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« Reply #89 on: April 10, 2017, 10:57:07 PM »
That is some pretty stuff, if you like purple!

Here is one of the 1" thick boards I cut
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« Reply #90 on: April 10, 2017, 11:00:32 PM »
So, I tried to calculate what that cost me. Without amortizing the cost of the mill, and considering fuel useage, blade sharpening, chain saw fuel/oil/sharpening and cost of soap I add to the water, I am coming up with a cost of thirty cents to around a dollar. The tree was free, and I have not considered if there is any money to be made from the wood chips from the branches or the sawdust from the cut.

Putting up this next building is not going to be all that costly.
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« Reply #91 on: April 10, 2017, 11:17:32 PM »
That is definitely some unique colouring in the log.
Once you get it all sorted you'll be making board feet out the wazzoo!
But you're going to need a lot of trees.
And I think you have at least that many.

Looks like you've got a winner.
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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« Reply #92 on: April 11, 2017, 12:01:51 AM »
That would be some pretty wood on an interior wall.
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« Reply #93 on: April 11, 2017, 01:11:28 AM »
That is just amazing! Stain that a bit darker would make a great bar top in a log cabin.

So is the carnage report up to two mishaps? A bolt and now the cut scale? Are we counting these?


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« Reply #94 on: April 11, 2017, 08:44:13 AM »
That is just amazing! Stain that a bit darker would make a great bar top in a log cabin.

So is the carnage report up to two mishaps? A bolt and now the cut scale? Are we counting these?


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I think I'll make some of this available for folks on this site. I'd like to sow into your lives. I'd like to see that bar top in your house, or some of that wood lining a closet or yours JR. In the past our homes, well some of them would have cedar lined closets. The scent of the wood which is pretty heavy is repulsive to bugs. It's like getting a permanent termite barrier.

As for carnage...CAREP...I guess it is carnage, although pretty light...Caused by the tractor (Not me!) But I don't really want to start off with a mishap, would rather start with a beautiful pile of freshly cut boards and timbers...
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« Reply #95 on: April 11, 2017, 10:49:21 AM »
That is just amazing! Stain that a bit darker would make a great bar top in a log cabin.

So is the carnage report up to two mishaps? A bolt and now the cut scale? Are we counting these?


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I think I'll make some of this available for folks on this site. I'd like to sow into your lives. I'd like to see that bar top in your house, or some of that wood lining a closet or yours JR. In the past our homes, well some of them would have cedar lined closets. The scent of the wood which is pretty heavy is repulsive to bugs. It's like getting a permanent termite barrier.

As for carnage...CAREP...I guess it is carnage, although pretty light...Caused by the tractor (Not me!) But I don't really want to start off with a mishap, would rather start with a beautiful pile of freshly cut boards and timbers...

Beautiful pile, check! Being minimal carnage not worth keeping track of, swept under the rug....check!

Don't you have walnut at the farm too? Maybe in the old barn she'd building? That too would make some great interior additions.

How much time did you have in cutting that 5x5 to size?


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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #96 on: April 11, 2017, 11:30:04 AM »
That is just amazing! Stain that a bit darker would make a great bar top in a log cabin.

So is the carnage report up to two mishaps? A bolt and now the cut scale? Are we counting these?


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I think I'll make some of this available for folks on this site. I'd like to sow into your lives. I'd like to see that bar top in your house, or some of that wood lining a closet or yours JR. In the past our homes, well some of them would have cedar lined closets. The scent of the wood which is pretty heavy is repulsive to bugs. It's like getting a permanent termite barrier.

As for carnage...CAREP...I guess it is carnage, although pretty light...Caused by the tractor (Not me!) But I don't really want to start off with a mishap, would rather start with a beautiful pile of freshly cut boards and timbers...

Beautiful pile, check! Being minimal carnage not worth keeping track of, swept under the rug....check!

Don't you have walnut at the farm too? Maybe in the old barn she'd building? That too would make some great interior additions.

How much time did you have in cutting that 5x5 to size?



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Setting up and cutting that whole log took maybe 10 minutes
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #97 on: April 11, 2017, 12:21:33 PM »
That is just amazing! Stain that a bit darker would make a great bar top in a log cabin.

So is the carnage report up to two mishaps? A bolt and now the cut scale? Are we counting these?


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I think I'll make some of this available for folks on this site. I'd like to sow into your lives. I'd like to see that bar top in your house, or some of that wood lining a closet or yours JR. In the past our homes, well some of them would have cedar lined closets. The scent of the wood which is pretty heavy is repulsive to bugs. It's like getting a permanent termite barrier.

As for carnage...CAREP...I guess it is carnage, although pretty light...Caused by the tractor (Not me!) But I don't really want to start off with a mishap, would rather start with a beautiful pile of freshly cut boards and timbers...

Beautiful pile, check! Being minimal carnage not worth keeping track of, swept under the rug....check!

Don't you have walnut at the farm too? Maybe in the old barn she'd building? That too would make some great interior additions.

How much time did you have in cutting that 5x5 to size?



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Setting up and cutting that whole log took maybe 10 minutes

Shoot, you can't get into a crappy lumber store and out in that time span. That's awesome.


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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #98 on: April 11, 2017, 12:23:26 PM »
That is really great Don. And ditto other comments about the look of that wood. I bet you could sell some of that to some woodworkers close by. Very cool stuff! I like that.

ETA: I had to laugh thinking about your neighbors....from late night vehicle work, tractors running around and now the RRRRRRMMMMMMMM (not sure how I spell the sound of logs being ripped! ha!) of a sawmill. They must love you!  :grin: :grin: Make sure you fire it up on Sundays during cookout time.  :smiley:
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Re: Woodland Mills HM-130 Sawmill
« Reply #99 on: April 11, 2017, 12:30:20 PM »
That is really great Don. And ditto other comments about the look of that wood. I bet you could sell some of that to some woodworkers close by. Very cool stuff! I like that.

ETA: I had to laugh thinking about your neighbors....from late night vehicle work, tractors running around and now the RRRRRRMMMMMMMM (not sure how I spell the sound of logs being ripped! ha!) of a sawmill. They must love you!  :grin: :grin: Make sure you fire it up on Sundays during cookout time.  :smiley:
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