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Looks like you're off to a great start with the mill. A couple of comments... it appears that you backed the blade out of the cut while it was still spinning. That's a sure way to pull it off the bandwheels and turn it into a steel pretzel (ask me how I know). Glad you had some good help when the board shifted. Did a clamp slip off? It goes a lot better to flip the cant over so the clamp and log rest can bite into straight wood with no wain. All stuff you'll pick up as you go. Looks like you took it slow and thought about what you were doing, which is exactly right. Norwood has removable extensions that add 2' to each end of the track. That way, you could get your 20' boards & still be mobile. I've tried 'em, and once you get them lined up, they work just fine. Looking forward to more videos from you!

Cameron, we'd like to purchase a bottle. Please save one for us! Thanks, Steve M

Such a shame that the PVC busted!!! But now you'll just have to make it better! Your setup looks awesome and you are doing a great job!

I am an amputee who is also a service connected veteran. Ive started a channel to showcase me doing full time van life while traveling the country as a motivational speaker. The hope is to monetize only to pay for gas/food and such.

For your next upgrade get a string inverter.

I think you can have additional mppt charger. to assist charging batteries. They are cheaper than all in one unit and can work in parallel.

You can add more from another charge controller you can have more than one going to your batteries

You would be welcome in the "weirdo" community, (the rest of the world) if you (America) want to come on board. The metric system works well and is easier to use. Great video. 🇨🇦

I enjoyed listening to you. I also try to get the most bang for my buck. I still use the first inverter I purchased. You can have multiple inverters/charge controllers on the same battery bank. With Anderson connectors, you can share arrays between charge controllers. With switches, you can select which load an inverter powers or which inverter a load uses. Good luck on your second iteration. I call it organic design. Fortunately, most of it can be reused. You may end up with multiple systems. Redundancies are probably good.

You must be way up north to have your panels pointed at such an aggressive solar angle! I live in AZ and we only point at 35 degrees. It rocks! At least your snow slides off easily. 👍😆

A thought about the cabin, if you had a battery there and charge it through the cord and then run an inverter to power the devices in the cabin. I saw where someone ran their house on a number 10 wire with a battery buffer. He house burned down and they could not get new service for his new house. The power came from their next door neighbor.

You may want to ask who you bought the batteries from if it is ok to use the old cables. Just my thoughts - The smaller cables should push less current to the old batteries and might cause the older batteries to "age" slower compared to the new batteries so they will age to the closer rate. Just a thought.

I wonder if you would get more in the summer if it was more vertical to not get the shading or take that panel out of the string. Signature Solar has free shipping on orders of $3000. Maybe you could find someone who would want to split a shipment.

a slight correction to your terminology. if your panels are producing 2500 watts continuous for an hour they produced 2500wH @ their overall voltage how they are wired. aH or wH is a power over time measurement, watts is a measure of power without time. I dont mean to nit pick but people will misunderstand if not termed correctly. EDIT: you have this somewhat correct in your light bulb story. also look at the sungold inverters. I have a 5k with a 5k 20 panel array. it is only a 120 inverter but it handles (2) 10 panel strings but it was only $700. I plan on adding another one with another 5k in panels. Im fighting battery price right now. I think im going the 280aH DIY route. also look if you have a local welding store for wire, you can get up to 4/0 flexible welding cable fairly cheap.

Thanks for sharing your experience & knowledge on your set up. INSPIRING video!

With 2.1kw of panel I get approx 1.7 averaged out on sunny days mostly so I agree, I do have 100ft run so its a bit expected.

I've had to cover almost my entire property with solar panels in order to get enough power to provide for my electrical needs in most types of weather.

It is better to run AC cables from power house to your cabin, have a main isolator and breaker at source, then use 100A AC cables to another consumer unit / fuse board inside the cabin

If you ever need any assistance with strategically trimming those trees just let Vick and myself know. We have experience in both climbing and cutting mature rare pine trees with hand saws.

Good job. Would like to see the panels

We had solar installed on our house. 26 panels with individual micro inverters. So far so good

Hi Cameron! Got Janeys door done yet? Seriously you are such a craftsman and building something with and for your family for years to come. 😊

Looks like some good cherry lumber. Those banana logs are tough to get much out of. Looks like 8' of bed extension. You should be able to handle just about anything you put on it. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos. If you're ever in southwest Missouri, drop me a line. Would love to swap stories with you.

Hello from New Zealand 🇳🇿.

I was wondering if you have thought about building a solar kiln. You can check videos out on youtube about how to build them, might be a big help to you and i don't think it cost very much to build. Hope this bit of info helps you. I enjoyed the video

GREETINGS FROM FAIRMONT WV!

You should take the scraps and smoke some meat with them. Yummy!

You impress me Cameron! Such determination!

It must be a lot like off-roading. Nothing looks steep on camera.

Great improvements and production, Hippie Cameron! Hope all the processing goes well.

No toe boards? Your boards ma worp

How long of a log can u saw and how big of a log can u saw and if u don't mind how much was the cost of mill

The spalted maple slabs big bucks a couple of things I noticed that I will mention first is you should always put the smaller end of the log towards the mill head the second is you should level the centers of the log this may mean shimming up the smaller end to achieve the same height on both ends from bed also try limiting the number of times you start and stop during the cutting process makes for smother cut and less chance of blade digging a spot across your lumber from sitting in one spot with blade running this can also cause heat spots on blad and shortening it's life happy sawing

Those live egde spalted slabs were probably worth some money. You just ruined them by cutting off the live edge.

That guy doing the demonstration act more like a hotel manager that a board sawyer. He needs instruction !!!!.

Glad you learned from the ‘sleeping Patty pics’😂 Great way to end and start your long working days out there! Love the view!

Looks great! How’s it holding up since has been since end of November?

No syrup scorching!!