Huge Slabs of Pine on the Timberking 2000 Sawmill (nearly maxed out the machine)
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Cutting up some huge pine that my dad hauled down from Tennessee. I've been looking for a log this size for the past month or so to help a customer. I am impressed with how the slabs turned out. Hope you enjoy.
Music by Norman Cupit, thank you for some original music.
I love that slab
I was impressed with the log itself and your ability to honor your customer's needs. But I was surprised to see you make the cuts using water to cool the mill's blade. I would have thought that you would have used kerosene or diesel fuel instead of water. I say this, seeing as how you were cutting a Southern Yellow Pine, which is loaded with pitch and sap at the highest level of Pine trees. Do you mind explaining why you were not afraid of loading your new blade with a mixture of sap, sawdust, and water stuck to it ?
For the longest time (since 2003), I only ran just water or a water and soap mixture. The main reason for running anything on the blade is for cooling purposes. An added benefit is that the coolant can also reduce the amount of pitch build-up. There are a variety of coolants that can be used, and many have added benefits, reduction of pitch build-up, reduced coefficient of friction, lowered freezing point, etc. But with everything, there are less desirable traits as well, price, smells/residue, reduction in cooling, etc.
In Mississippi, I ran water because it was readily available, I collected it off the roof of my building, and to reduce the amount of pitch build-up on my blade, I would add water. The water was free and convenient and provided the best cooling for me. I would run it heavy, and due to that, I would also have to clean out my sawdust exhaust often. On really pitchy logs, I would run diesel for a short period, and it does a great job at keeping the pitch off, but it's not free, dosen't cool as well as water and at the end of the day I and everything around the sawmill smells like diesel.
Fast forward to me now up here in Wisconsin. The main reason I don't run water is due to everything freezing. I don't need to worry as much about cooling the blade as well, so I did run a lot of diesel during the winter months but still couldn't stand the smell everywhere. So now I am running biolube. It's just as good if not better than keeping my blade clean as diesel, but it doesn't have the obnoxious smell to go with it. Hope that helps, and I have a video coming out this month on blade lubrication.
Nice sharing my friend,👌👌
That was one big and fast growing pine tree.
Yes it was
Excellent video! Thanks for showing us how it’s done.
I have some Beech I would like to have sawn
Pretty Slabs. Thank you for sharing the process with put editing out most of it.👍🇺🇸
A pine tree at the base diameter of 33" is approximately 136 years old. Just saying. There are online calculators. Nice video.
Thanks, this tree was a very young tree but was in an area that got a lot of nutrients. Age was determined via number of rings.
I like your content . I had never considered the branch angle as a reason for blade wander before . I try to put the small end towards me when its possible anyway but will keep that in mind with really knotty stuff and see if it helps .
It's a more aggressive cut and limits the blade movement. If you are cutting with the limbs the blade may follow the grain and cause a wave. But everything is out the window if the cut is too fast and the blade is dull. Always keep a sharp blade on wide cuts.
Well I'll give it to ya ya smart went low n slow let it or gave it time to work. Figure most that have the problem with hi how are you's try running through the log n push flexing the blade. There's ya sign.
Nice slabs. Talked to Bob @ TK yesterday, getting finances together for the 1220crz. Gave you credit
Awesome and thanks, that's a great mill
Awesome sir yeah that is some nice looking Pine we have cut a few of those big ones down here in Florida
Nice slabs!!
Personally, I really like pine. Especially quarter sawn tite ringed!
I have pines like this all over my property and seriously want them gone. Wish they were with some money
Nice log. It's good to have a big mill :) Do you release the tension on the blade when you are not using the mill?
Yes, always de-tension the blade when not in use.
I like the grain in pine.just doesn't last unless it's inside stuff.
Yes sir you are right. We already put the slabs in his house, they are drying there. A few months with the AC on should pull out a ton of moisture.
Where are you located
Lucedale Mississippi
And so, without further ado ......
Do you kiln dry these thick slabs for your customers so they can put them to use ASAP or is that something they get done on their own?
That one we brought the slabs into his house and used the AC and a dehumidifier to draw it out. It didn't take long.
Loblolly. But pretty out come.
I agree it looks nice
Why didn’t you cut the1 foot or whatever off the end with the knots in it at least then you would have most of the board being clear wood?
Didn't want the bell on it. Needed to keep the slab as uniform as possible. So I cut off the bell section.