Makin' sawdust

Most of what I cut for firewood are yard trees they are nice in one aspect as they are big but sometimes something metal that just ruins a chain can be in them like
Bolts nails cable fence post and sometimes pieces of chain link fence can be found

 

Foreign matter in logs just ruins all the fun, that's all there is to it.
I cut farm trees again today, fortunately no iron deposits this time.

 

I cringed when I first saw your pole buildings, but then saw that you are down south. Up here, in northern WI, it's common to have 50 psf snow loads and high winds at the same time. That calls for heavy posts, strong trusses/rafters, and closer spacing on everything. I love seeing your pictures. You make me look downright lazy.

keep it up.

 

Yes, we don't get much snow here, it's the summer storms that are the issue.

Thanks for the kind words, we've actually been hiding out in the shop with the AC all summer...... hopefully we'll get to doing more interesting things in a couple months.

Planning to build an extension to the shop next.....hopefully.

 

A couple years ago I purchased an old American #1 circular mill (PTO drive). I worked out a deal with my Dad to build a 30’x50’ 2-sided pole building at his place to house the mill. Just this past week we got the planer and dual-saw edger hauled home as well. Looking forward to getting the whole operation arranged and functional.

Planer:

Edger:

 

Awesome!
Cool old iron.

I really wish I had an edger, they are a huge time saver with a bandmill.

 

That's nice, can't beat ol' school equipment. We had a similar planer in the early 80's.

 

The biggest tractor I have to put on the mill is ~100hp. I can saw fairly fast in oak...Ash is another story. I wish I had another 50-100hp for cutting that stuff. I'm curious to see how the planer works, and what it will take to get the edger up and running.

 

Can’t wait to see a video of those machines running

 

Didn’t do any sawing yesterday, but worked on getting a power feed trenched in. The sawdust removal chain is driven by electric motor. Gets kinda old running a noisy generator.

 

Did a couple days of custom sawing last week.....still kinda too hot out for sawmill work.

 

We've been making some rabbit hutches. All doug fir, except for the wire. Ran out of shakes, so we have to mill some more.

 

I really like your roofing.
I did a shop in home made wood shingle siding a few years back.....I'll have to see if I can dig up some pics.

 

I'd love to see it.

 

Do you remember dimensions on those?

 

Here is a finished hutch.

 

3/8" thick x 4" to 12" wide, and I'm thinking 12" or 14" long.....not tapered.

 

that's what we used on the hutch. Roughly 3/8 thick, eyeballed on the mill, and 12" long. 3.5" exposure for the roof so it would last a while.