Jaimie Whips out his Lumber Mill Mmmmm.... Wood

This is my home made piece of junk that makes gorgeous boards. :-)
Its only 2hp so it goes kinda slow, but... it gets there. I usually have it set up with a little counterweight pulling it through, but didn't set it up yet. Oh... and I'm cutting a really hard piece of ash here. Hemlock, and Pine are WAY easier to cut.

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[Kuparowitz]

What happened to that device that would pull on the lumber mill by itself, using the weight of a tree trunk?

[JMEMantzel]

@Kuparowitz Ha ha. device? You mean the piece of rope, and 2 pulleys? Its on the floor somewhere...  hmm.... somewhere...

I've picked the tree it'll attack to next. :-)

[web4deb]

Nice saw.  how about adding a blade guard!

[JMEMantzel]

@web4deb Nice comment, how 'bout adding an annoying guard.

ha ha. Sorry.. i couldn't resist. Only about 400 people have told my about blade guards.

[Nysswald]

Ah, the return of the lumber mill :) I do think that the mill is one of your most beautiful inventions, so cheap, simple and functional :)

[leetprime8]

5:00 for first plank, very nice

[smoshrules1000]

how long did it take to cut all the way across?

[ollenbergerstudios]

@JMEMantzel you should have made a blade guard- 401 now.

[kelement27]

@JMEMantzel Oh my goodness the whole time I was watching the video I was just thinking about your poor wife... she must agonize with worry every time you tell her "Honey, I'm going out to cut some wood!". I hope you have good insurance, lol! I do have to say, though, that does make some NICE cuts and it's cool you made that from scratch! Thumbs up! (I still have both of mine... :-)

[tjhowse]

Is that an Australian accent?

[sylvanenergy]

give me a shout Jamie

[IronHorsez88]

Hickory??

[MasterDrow42]

I must say I am very impressed by how square that board came out. I think I'll have to build me one of those lumber mills one day.

On a side note. To make the mill even more safe why not run the on/off switch down the new push poll so that the operator does not ever have to go near the whirling blade.

[cleric022684]

how do you set the thickness of the board??do you lift it and put the first cut under the piece of the wood and so on so you have still the same thickness or you just have like many of 1" boards that you always add..??