This is a good video, a bit long, that shows a huge tree being cut into 13 slabs. I've never seen one in operation and I had to admire the work effort this guy goes thru

 

 

Edited December 5, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston
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I could see some great table tops in that log.

Surprised  he didn't remove each slab to reduce the pressure on the blade.

 

Bet his neighbors love the noise!

Matt has a whole series of videos on the sawmill build. Well worth the time to watch.

nothing like going big...

Cool video. Awesome mill.

He put in a pretty good days work for sure cutting and handling those slabs.

If he can find the right buyers for those slabs, he stands to make a tidy profit.

10 hours ago, lew said:

Surprised  he didn't remove each slab to reduce the pressure on the blade.

 

Bet his neighbors love the noise!

My first two thoughts, also.

 

I have a lot of that equipment -- the hearing protector, the gloves, the little spray bottle, the bucket, a pickup truck, and the metric/english tape.

I was puzzled at him throwing water on them. Makes grain viewing great, but I don't think there is a way to prevent serious cracks as they dry. The slabs are so huge that handling them would be a major task.

12 hours ago, lew said:

Surprised  he didn't remove each slab to reduce the pressure on the blade.

 

Bet his neighbors love the noise!

 

The wood supports itself until cut away.  A wedge at the entrance of the cut would go a long way.  The log is being picked up where the houses are close together.  Where he is sawing looks to be more open.

1 minute ago, HandyDan said:

The wood supports itself until cut away. 

That makes sense, now that I think about it.

 

I've never been around these types of mills. Had a guy slab some walnut planks for me once. He had a WoodMizer.

13 hours ago, lew said:

Bet his neighbors love the noise!

 

was he there 1st...

like building next to an airport and then complaining about the noise....

It is a little louder than a chain saw. But if he does it in midday not to bad for neighbors as the cuts go fairly quickly. Saw a mill working not quite this big but it was interesting to watch it cut.

 

Hey on second look this is just like a giant bandsaw using electric motor, so not tooooo loud.

The one I saw was a commercial model with gas engine.

Edited September 5, 20178 yr by Gerald

56 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

like building next to an airport and then complaining about the noise....

exactly what happened at NAS Oceana- outside Virginia Beach

Thanks for posting, good video. He should invest in a tractor with some forks on it to save his back. Young mans sport, the way he is manhandling the boards.  He got some nice grain cutting them like he did.

Kind of reminded me of Gilligan.

Herb

Edited September 5, 20178 yr by Dadio

10 hours ago, lew said:

exactly what happened at NAS Oceana- outside Virginia Beach

 

or next to farm...

or in a low lying area...

or adjacent to a super slab..

or next door to a firehouse..

or a railhead...

they move in... don't like.. raise a fuss... they need to move out...

 

Edited September 6, 20178 yr by Stick486

9 hours ago, Dadio said:

Thanks for posting, good video. He should invest in a tractor with some forks on it to save his back. Young mans sport, the way he is manhandling the boards.  He got some nice grain cutting them like he did.

Kind of reminded me of Gilligan.

Herb

I thought the same Herb...and maybe the tailgate on his truck as he was pushing the log with it.

 

Now that you mention it, he did look a bit like Gilligan Maybe it was the Professor and MaryAnn doing the video work

10 hours ago, Dadio said:

Thanks for posting, good video. He should invest in a tractor with some forks on it to save his back. Young mans sport, the way he is manhandling the boards.  He got some nice grain cutting them like he did.

Kind of reminded me of Gilligan.

Herb

Tractor with forks?

Not sure how big a log this place can handle....

Their "motor " has 4 wheels...

Looks like the BelSaw mill we had on the farm. It had a 48" diam. blade and a Jimmy 671 direct drive off a 2" shaft from the reduction gear on the motor.

We used a Ford 9N tractor with a front end loader and forks to move the logs around.

it would cut 22" logs X 21' long.

 

Herb

Edited September 7, 20178 yr by Dadio

4 hours ago, Dadio said:

It had a 48" diam. blade and a Jimmy 671 direct drive off a 2" shaft from the reduction gear on the motor.

I'll bet it never stalled out that set-up? Mr. Gass would suffer a coronary seeing that configuration.