Using the Harbor Freight BANDSAW MILL for the FIRST TIME.
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- Опубликовано: 7 мар 2020
- Welcome to the Third Time Around Ranch. After living in the country most of our lives we still felt like something was wrong. We kept talking about getting back to the basics of life and taking care of ourselves like our great grandparents did. So instead of depending on stores for everything, we bought some land in Alabama where we intend to build debt free on a fixed income and become as self sufficient as we possibly can. We are happy to have you join us as we carve out a new way of life for ourselves and our youngest son.
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Everyone or does this. Finish your cut, push it forward, pull your slabs. Then you don't need to lift the head, back over the log, and then recalculate the new cut.
Wow seems to me you'd want to remove the boards after each cut to release pressure on blade. Nice job thnx 4 sharing
It helps to keep them flat.....sometimes. I run a bigger mill.. You never know what you're going to get untill you start milling.
Nice work, i would recommend removing each board cut to keep all that weight off the saw blade. Keep up the good work and that kitchen looks great.
Thank you!
I agree with you removing each cut. I've seen many videos with the same thing done. Less weight less stress on everything
Vinton Reid and less work instead of cranking up and down all the time
That's beautiful, I am happy for you guys. Best wishes on your projects
I'm almost more upset sitting here in my cubicle and not being able to be somewhere like that cutting wood and building stuff. My dream, having couple acres to play with
It's a great dream to have, keep dreaming and working to make your dreams come true!
Super informative. Looking at a used one tomorrow without the owner present. This is exactly what I needed. Thanks for sharing. Great job.
Great video. I'm setting mine up next week and will be hopefully churning out the slabs soon after.
Good luck! It is so much fun cutting your own lumber.
Put the saw dust into your garden beds. It's organic and will turn into compost and help feed your garden plants.
yes, use it as mulch,but don't till it into the soil,it will steal nitrogen.
very good awesome tool....love it..
Loved your video, a practical aplication without all the hassle . ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️
Thanks so much! 😊
Man that is wicked awesome!! Now I just gotta figure out where you can some nice cherry or black walnut for some furniture building or some counter tops. Lol. Keep up the good work Mom and Dad!!
We need buildings before we need furniture, lol. Thanks Jarvis, it really is AWESOME!
You from Canada?
Thx for sharing
Thanks for the review of the saw mill, I am considering buying one and that is better then a chain saw mil.
thank you for the video
You can saw 10' logs by sawing 9' and then blocking the saw and sliding the log.
That is very nice !
Thank you and Thanks for watching!
I'm glad I live in the head of a holler in the backwoods of Kentucky. My mom and dad owns the whole holler probably a thousand acres or more and all the free trees I want. I'm getting me a sawmill very soon.
Nice! You will be able to build anything you want.
Wow, you are a dinámic dúo, congrats..
Thank you and thanks for watching!
Quick note, for those who don't know, the way to have that engine always start on the first pull is to always run the carb dry. It's the only way I shut off my generator, and it always starts on first pull, even after and with 3 year old gas in it.
Thanks for that bit of information. Thanks for watching!
So do you idle down and kill the fuel till it stalls? Seems like a great tip just curious as to how you go about it
@@jackvillan5151 What I do with my generator. Turn off the gas and yes, let it run until it stops. And, I always use Sunoco high test non ethanol gas for all my power equipment. It's more money, but how much do you really use?
Nice set up keep sawing😀
Thank you, another milling video coming soon.
Good luck you guys!
Thank you very much!
If your gonna have a garden start a compost pile and mix the sawdust into it.
Just don't put walnut sawdust because it will kill the plants.
I just watched you unboxing and first cut video on your new Woodland Mills. Enjoyable and informational for sure, but it made me want to come check out you Harbor Freight mill. I can see the obvious differences you pointed out. I've got an old, old.....did I say OLD Belsaw circle mill, 50'' diameter, and am thinking serious of going with a Frontier bandsaw mill, a cheaper build from the Norwood Sawmill line. We ran a Fisher and Davis circle mill back on the farm and we'd use the sawdust mixed with straw for winter bedding for the dairy cattle. We too try to live as self sufficient as possible...always have and always will.
WOW 50" so did it cut a 25" log? I never would have thought of mixing the sawdust in with bedding, I bet it helped them keep warm.
@@ThirdTimeAroundRanch Well 50'' is misleading on a circle mill. The blade is held to the arbor with a huge nut and large diameter tapered washer so the cut surface is lessened immediately by half the diameter of that assembly. Then usually the 'knee' of the carriage assembly, the part that the log sits on, passes the arbor somewhat higher than the height of the nut/tapered washer. So its easy to see the available portion of the blade that can cut the log is way less than half diameter, but that depends on carriage height. My little farm duty Belsaw can cut possibly 18'' diameter at the maximum. With creativity, 20'' may be able to be sawn, but it'd be tough due to the overall light duty of the Belsaw carriage, headblocks and dogging system. One thing about it though, it saws fast. This is me on my SIL's channel:ruclips.net/video/x2NMojV5BG8/видео.html This is my SIL on his channel: ruclips.net/video/YSdRTKeDj0g/видео.html Here's a basic description of the little mill ruclips.net/video/MYlLlE3tZ3c/видео.html Feel free to take a looksee if you've a desire and the time. Hopefully I've adequately answered your question.
Great video ,thinking about getting one this helps
Thank you! Glad I could help.
Me too
I'm sold time to make this a part of my building project. The price of lumber is ridiculous these day's...
Before you buy, check out my video "Here we go again, Harbor Freight vs Woodland Mills"
I appreciate the how-to. I'm still reeling from the sticker shock after I looked it up when you said it's not economic for just one log. (Harbor Freight: Out of Stock!) To avoid checking (leading to major cracks) in the ends of your boards place the stickers no more than 1" from the ends and then fill the space between 1.5 to 2 feet apart with other stickers so that the boards don't warp. Lumber tends to check all the way from the ends to wherever the first sticker is. So if it is 6" in you might get a 6" long crack. I would actually chose a 'cheaper' mill that has the saw mounted on two pillars than then ones with the floating end because I wouldn't want any deflection that could happen without a fixed point for both ends of the blade.
wow those Predator motors do sound pretty good for a small engine it looks like these sawmills do a decent job for the relative low price I’m hoping to get a good size piece of property that I can mill my own lumber on I’m a retired Woodworker and I’ve always wanted to do my own slabs and boards
Your sawdust can be used for a composting toilet or put it in your garden soil for nutrients.
You two make a really nice couple.....Cap.
Well thank you very much :)
If you have blueberries use the sawdust around them. They love it.
Thanks for that idea!
Building my mill, but it would be a whole lot easier to just buy one. But - - not as fun! Enjoy!!!
Sawyer woman! 🇺🇸
Saw dust is the perfect medium for a compost toilet. Can sell it for this or retain for your own use. Also an absorbent as the gentleman mentioned.
Maybe I'll start bagging it up.
I built my entire log cabin with a woodmizer. Took 80 trees . 1 ash tree. 1 cherry tree , 78 pine trees. May buy one of these. GRIZ
Wow, congrats.. I wish we had that many tree's.
You should be taking the slabs off as your cutting. That's a lot of un-wanted pressure on the blade
not true! Watch any vid by a pro sawyer.
I'd remove cut lumber after each cut. Less weight on the blade and also you don't have to raise it each time either when moving back to start. Is there a lock on the hieght adjustment? I'd think it would vibrate loose.
You should wire. Brush the log where the blade enters the wood , the blades will last longer
What does that do to save blade life?
@@jaytodd5809 it clears away the grit on the bark , witch wears out the blade
I own one of these HF sawmills.
Use it in a composting toilet !
Sawing a log!!!
Plant taters in that saw dust in a bed built on the ground. When they make, theyll keep in the saw dust. Through the winter into spring. Red potatoes or Taters in ga.
Do you mean plant them in ONLY the sawdust? If you say yes then I will try that come February.
@@ThirdTimeAroundRanch Yes . I built a 4x12ft bed with 8inch boards. Filled in with fresh saw dust from woodmizer. Set the potato Eyes or sprouts 8inchs apart , about 3inch deep. Keep it watered good.
@@jerrylittle8922 wow, you'd think they would need some dirt for nutrients. Now I'm going to have to try this.
@@ThirdTimeAroundRanch Me and my Grandma planted taters this way when i was a boy. She knew alot about Gardening. Taught me alot.
I suggested to Fall Line Ridge to make fire logs, then I went looking at the $$ for that YIKES! Where did the handle break at?
Use the sawdust in your compost.
Why do you raise the blade at the end of each cut instead of removing the freshly cut slab and returning the carriage back to the starting position?
It is better to raise the blade after each cut so it doesn't have a chance to get hung up on anything when dragging it back.
Not sure the purpose of leaving the already cut boards on top of of the next cuts... seems like it would just place additional stress on the blade.
Just pull what you cut off then you won't have all that weight on the blade and you won't keep having to raise and lower the blade every pass. Looks like alot of fun.
Thank you, we did start doing that and it IS a lot of fun. :)
You can definitely tell who wears the pants !
I'm thinking about getting a sawmill, is their any species of wood the harbor freight Mill won't cut or has a hard time cutting.
May I suggest you check out my video, Here we go again, Harbor Freight vs Woodland Mills. The Harbor Freight Mill did not last long enough to know what it would or would not cut.
5:59 You do not have to lift it this much if you take the slab off before you back up the mill.
How many hp and rpm the mottor is?
you dont need to shim the slab as you go to prevent blade pinch? Speaking of blade pinch, doesnt it get worse after you cut slab after slab after slab and not remove them? I'd think the weight would pinch you pretty tight, losing horsepower at best, stalling out maybe even throwing a blade at worse
No, you don't shim the slab, if you did it could cause the blade to travel downwards or upwards. Leaving four 1 inch slabs on the mill is no different than cutting one 4 inch slab. It is personal preference if you want to remove each slab as you go or wait to remove them all.
@@ThirdTimeAroundRanch i was asking, notg telling. Such good info! I just went down today, and purchased a woodmizer LT15..... $6000... No I am not spoiled... I have spent the last 15 years on my homestead with nothing but an Alaskan chainsaw mill. which if you know, puts out shitty wavy boards at best no matter how good your setup is! I have video to! :-) look on our channel. anyways, with an Alaskan chainsaw mill, yeah, after about every 4ft we start getting chain pinch... really bad. which is why I was asking, after buying this mill... once it is ready for pickup, I think this will be an absolute total homestead makeover game changer!!!
@@helmighomestead2976 Congrats on your new mill! We tried the chainsaw mill but it only lasted for 1 log. It was way too much work and your right about the blade pinch, we used shims with it. So glad we don't have to worry about that anymore. I'm sure you will love your mill and find lots to build with all the lumber you'll be cutting.
At 10 minutes and 35 seconds just wondering why you didn’t remove the boards after the cut rather than having to lift the blade all the way up just to back it off and then takeoff the boards? @ 10:35
Never mind I just saw all the comments confirming … looks awesome though and would love to get one
Seems to need a blade guide. To much blade showing for such a narrow log. You may see curves/bows in your wood.
Seems like a decent tool.
Grizz270 has one those Mills.
yeah for probably 4k more. HF are the cheapest on the market but you get what you pay for
lol i see in another video you took this one back and got a wood mizer,
Don't they have extensions for longer timber?
Most companies do, Harbor Freight does not.
You can sure tell who wears the britches around that ranch... lol
Habor Freight Part Number.
Hmmm , different mill , the Woodland no good ?
Are you two happy with this mill?
Check out our video "Here We Go AGAIN : Harbor Freight VS Woodland Mills BANDSAW MILL"
Hope you are using hearing protection. It is worth the minimal investment.
What part of the south are you living?
We are in Southern Alabama
mix the sawdust in the soil
Would you say this a pretty good mill ?
I would not purchase it again. Check out my other milling videos and you'll see why.
You people don't know big wood from kindling
Poor servant.. he’s definitely not wearing the pants in this homestead…
Great video guys. Looks like that unit runs pretty good. I subscribed to your channel. Hope you make more of these videos. Your welcome to checkout my channel at Newfoundland sawmilling. Love to hear your comments.
Thank you very much for watching and subscribing. We plan to do more milling video's, just waiting for someone to cut the tree's down :) Will check out your channel too.
Using a bandsaw to cut Lumber is ignorant! Someone needs to read cutting lumber for dummies.
Do you have a better idea? I thought that this mill was made for cutting lumber. My mistake.
@@ThirdTimeAroundRanch youtube trolls never fail