Im the nephew. His mill actually cut all the lumber for the big barn in the background with all the lumber from his property. The whole family actually got together to help build barn and had barn christening party. Uncle Bob is very passionate and knowledgeable about his lumber.
nephew take care of the good man on the right in the video. his smile will bring recurring business. thats what makes small business successful. not to say you dont have a good smile, but i hope you understand where i am coming from. despit federal laws to protect jobs are hard to come by for some folks. your uncle is a good man.
Adam, My father felled a cherry tree back in the early 1970's and had a friend with a commercial sawmill business mill it into boards. He air dried the lumber over 3 years(mom said no to boards in the house) and had a cabinetmaker friend build a 10 firearms gun cabinet, a deacons bench and a quilt chest. Beautiful pieces we kids have today.
I had the EZBoardwalk Jr for 9 years which is a 30 inch mill. These are fantastic mills, easy to work on, simple in parts, rugged built and great mill to learn on. My mill has paid for itself many times over. They sell three sizes of mill now a 30, 40 and just this year a 50 inch.
Love to see a family working together on a sawmill side hustle like that. It's honest hard work and a good team building program. Thanks for bringing us that story.
@@HometownAcres I air dry all of my lumber outside, yeaa it takes longer but it's free and much more fool proof! Depending on species, it doesn't take a year per inch as is always repeated too. SR
My dad and I were looking at getting a saw mill for about a year now. I think this video will seal the deal and we will finally pull the trigger on buying one.
I've had my EZ junior for about 6 years it's a real asset. We have lots of eastern red cedar here in Missouri that gets milled into 6x6 for pole barns (people are tired of treated 6x6 that rot off in a few years). Milled a 24 in black oak last week. Glad I have the mill down hill so I can roll the logs on the bed, but it broke one of the 4x4 ramps loading it. Make sure you paint the ends or it will check and split bad. Be safe out there we need you
Morning Adam! Love to see family business doing well. Wow. I would never have thought those slabs would draw such a big price - especially in USD. Good stuff. Happy to be wrong. :)) Hope you find a buyer for it. Cheers and thanks for taking us along today!
Adam you can't blame this part of your debt on poor Mike. This one's on you. You're going down another rabbit hole. Sawmill, then it's gonna be a shed to keep the weather off you, then a kiln, then a planer, then a sawdust bailer. What's another 100k$.
I think it’s partly because live edge slabs are so popular right now. This cycle may not last forever as it could just be a trend but right now they appear to be very valuable
Hey, GP Outdoors. Thank you for the comment. The milled pieces are basically worth what anyone is willing to pay for them. And if your not driven by the almighty $, and willing to provide a great product for a reasonable price for folks who want to create a possible heirloom piece, well then I think it's good all the way around.
Morning Bob! Thanks - good point. I checked on kijiji up here last week and there are folks selling live edge for about $8-10 per running foot CDN. So I think Adam might be on to something. :)) Have a great weekend!
That’s some good looking wood Adam! I would love to have a sawmill too not only to sell a little but to be able to mill for myself to build some nice furniture for the house, it’s pretty cool to have things built from wood on your own property, kinda gives it a little nostalgia.
I’m a furniture builder by trade, firewood business on the side, and sawmill as a hobby. Located in central Indiana. If you ever want to come out, we would love to have you and show you our toys. We have the biggest sawmill Wood Mizer makes, and the 2nd biggest firewood processor from Multitek. We also have a custom made vacuum kiln.
@@boerbol9422 If you get a chance, check out Matthew Cremona. He's based out of MN and the things he builds out of lumber that he mills are incredible. ruclips.net/channel/UCDpL0v-Ifie7u05lbfO3zJQ
Cherry is very nice, but many other species, that don't normally get the attention, are beautiful as well. It's like I told Adam "wood is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get".
Go Erie! I spent some time in Texas (San Antonio and Waco in the Army) and loved it! The River Walk is outstanding and all the Pawn Shops in Waco are well worth a visit.
Hello, massmanute. The mill is robust and simple. Off the shelf parts is their hallmark. I have made some modifications to tailor it to my particular needs, but nothing that changes the mill significantly.
Don’t know if the video goes into it but it makes a heck of a lot of sense. You gain a lot of blade life, 20% or so, from the favourable angle of the cut, cutting down grain rather than across.
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My neighbors make those mills right about a half mile from where I grew up. They’re a good solid mill hand made in Missouri. They have been making them for a long time.
Hello, Michael. Yes they would. I will soon be displaying some very wide Cherry (30 to 35") that will be available at reasonable prices. Length up to 22.5'.
Adam, it might be a few years from now, but one day you will get an invitation to over here in Philadelphia to realize the impact you've made on my life and my city. Your videos were at the start of my journey cutting firewood. Through that, I found places that would actually give me rounds and logs for free. Around the same time, I started making live edge epoxy tables. The last two videos you made linked those two projects together and this can now become a complete business. I've done landscaping in the past, cutting down trees so now I can see very clear. One business that can cut trees, create firewood and live edge wood to sell, and make live edge epoxy tables. I can be a start to finish business and get paid for four different products/services. (Tree service, firewood, live edge wood, epoxy tables) This is a personal game changer for me and you helped reveal key parts to the path. I sincerely want to thank you and now I have a very specific plan in place to accomplish something great. Thank you very much! Time to save up for this milling machine. Nothing more focused then a man with a purpose. Have a blessed day!!
good video Adam nice to see Bob getting the boys involved you got some nice lumber that would be nice to see you and your Dad milling lumber I will be watching take care
Are you still looking now that the bubble has burst and it’s back where it was? I know a few people who, by the time they get their mill (back orders, delays) are going to have to saw because they love it, not make a killing they expected to. I’m already seeing used (barely) for sale for that reason. Gotta do it for the right reasons.
@Bruce A Lumber is still high in my part of the country. A 2x4 stud will still set you back over $6. As for the mill, I'm still looking at them, but most of my projects that require any amount of lumber are on hold until the price gets back to normal or I get the time to buy a mill.
@@1acrehomesteader43 That’s surprising, they’re back under $4 here, and were never below $3.50 in the last couple years. Last article I read recently said most yards have a surplus of logs now. The pendulum has swung back. There’s no money in milling small dimensional lumber to sell unless you have a production mill and a crew, but to saw your own lumber is worth doing on a small mill like this one in the video, assuming you have logs or can buy them right. I’ve certainly saved a bunch with mine, but it helps to like hard work. I think if you hold off another few months you’re going to see good prices on used mills. Not everybody gets addicted...
I have 170 acres of timberland. I’m getting one just to mill my own lumber. Small hunting lodge some shooting houses and equipment barn. If someone wants to buy some lumber from me I’ll sell it but if not, so be it.
Thank you so much for this information. I was at a loss as to what to look for, but quality is very important and price is a tough one to stomach right now!! Thank you do much, Blessings!!
I read about this not long ago. A family were running a sawmill business here in Sweden, milling really big lumber into thick slabs, and they had a homemade sawmill with the same angle on the blade. According to the sawyer, this gives less strain on the blade.
Hello, Richard. It's Adam's wood, but it could just as easily be yours. Check out your local mills if you have a beautiful piece you'd like to hand down for generations to come. You won't be disappointed. Oftentimes I cut a piece or 2 free of charge with payment made via the remainder of the log. Win, win. I can't speak for others, but if I have a quality log deals can be made.
Have you thought of putting down some tarps to catch the sawdust and then use that for smoking? I have a little small mesh steel box that I put wood chips in on my grill. I use hickory sawdust from a huge hickory tree we had cut down at our house years ago that I was able to salvage a 55 gallon trashcan full of saw dust. Works great.
Hey, Jonathan. Great question. Yes there are many things you can do with all the sawdust (smokers, fire starters made with wax and sawdust, bedding, etc.). I mostly use water and Dawn dishwashing liquid as a lube so the preceding are certainly doable, but there is so much time put in the milling aspect of the business that you hardly have time to use the sawdust and so it usually winds up in compost (sad to say).
Great machine. Hydraulics would be such a boon. However, when I bought the mill, I was real strong in those days and didn't think I needed it, now I am envious. Best of luck.
That mill seems just as good as any I've seen on the RUclips's . Beautiful boards you've ended up with. I have an old cherry tree that will need to go & will hunt for a mobile mill in Oregon. Thought about chainsaw milling, but it wastes so much I think I would cry...manly cry😂🤣
Hello, stgreen78. The mill is just what you purport it to be. I agree wholeheartedly with Adam on the Alaskan mill. It does great in a pinch and you can't beat it for those one off large slabs that you can't do on your mill, but it will kick your butt and tear up your chainsaw upon extended use.
Hahaha you filmed yourself catching the sawmill bug! Looking forward to seeing what mill you get. Psssst, keep in mind what happened last time you got the "good deal", u got the conveyor you wish you hadnt got. Get the one you want, its just a few bux in the big picture of it and we all know you get what you pay for. Beautiful cherry wood you have there, great move not just cutting it up that day and exploring another possible avenue with it.
I have talked to a sales person at a show and I was told that the saw head is at a angle for the mill will help pull the blades through the log instead of having to push it as much.
@@MrThenry1988 that is actually where I talked to them. The guy was super nice and answered all my questions. If I didn't already have a sawmill I probably would have bought one.
Yes, there is some of that, but basically it eases the blade into the wood as if you were using a hand saw on a board. You don't cut across the full width of the board, you start at the edge of the board and inch your way through. Less stress on everything, including myself.
Ez boardwalk saws are made here in North Missouri I met an Amish man with this saw. Unfortunately I had purchased a Hudson hfe30, I really liked the EZ saw.
Once again a good reason to invest in a sawmill. Just check out the prices and you can see this isn’t a purchase it’s an investment. Great video thanks. Bruce from Mason Michigan
If your going to do live edge slab stuff I can’t wait for the video about the different values of thickness. I see a pole barn in your future called hometown savings bank. So to store all that wood money.
Nice! Thank you for the video! I went look for it, the thing is she double the price of the woodland.. it does cut wider and seem very solid.. but still double. Can probably get one Lucas Mill for dat price too.
A while ago I was researching all the different sawmills out there and came to the conclusion that EZ Boardwalk was the winner in bandsaw mills. Swingblade mills are a different option for people looking to do dimensional lumber.
Hello, John. You hit the nail on the head. But, you can equip a Peterson or similar product with a chainsaw attachment for slabbling. Many folks are happy with that set up.
@@bobhammar4299 Thanks for your response. Out of curiosity, about how long did it take you to mill that log ? And how long is a blade good for when you're cutting hardwood ? Do you sharpen the blades or just throw them out ?
Hey guys ty for the video. Just a heads up @ 1:39: I wouldn't stand on that side of the log with steel cable. When(not if) that cable fails y'all are staring down the barrel of a dangerous setup. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, FrenziedManbeast (great name by the way). Yes, I had a conversation with both Adam and my son Bob concerning the dangers of that particular situation.
We took a family vote. We would rather freeze and turn all our logs into lumber. I have a log splitter for sale.... Thanks for the vid, Adam. Very cool.
I think I'd throw them on fb now and see if you can sell them green. I think you'll have no problem getting around 100 bucks each. Be nice to know for sure what the local market is to help decide how much you want to invest.
If you get a chance, I would highly recomend Champion sawmills from Quebec. I have used Norwood and another low cost mill that I forget the name of right now but the Champion was so so smooth and the cuts were true. Champion is right in that same price range as all the others too but my god it was much nicer to use and easier on my body!
BE CAREFUL!! I got a small sawmill 6 years ago and got bit by the bug! Going later this week to pick up my new mill and started a small sawmill business similar to Hammar's.... You'll never look at trees the same again. Used to think " wonder how many cords in that tree"...now " wonder what the figure will look like in that crotch wood"! LOL Enjoy the journey.
Hey, Shawn. That's the magic of it all. You make that next cut and marvel at what the good Lord has provided. I'm not the most religious person, but how can you look at those cuts and not think there is a higher power involved. Absolutely beautiful.
New Zealand has big logging trucks. Gross Masses of around 150-tonne. ruclips.net/video/YIXoZzfBJK0/видео.html,ruclips.net/video/VrE877Ut0nI/видео.html&ab_channel=WillBishopTrucksNewZealand ruclips.net/video/TIYDVdO0tCQ/видео.html -ruclips.net/video/juUb_ymW3PU/видео.html&ab_channel=WoodleysNZ ruclips.net/video/vlVsWk5pQ0k/видео.html New Zealand- Classic Chip Trucking with 8V92TA-13sp.@ 40t ruclips.net/video/g-BnwyBK5Hk/видео.html NZ farmers trees been logged,@57ton gross. ruclips.net/video/jak7pX6qCiU/видео.html ruclips.net/video/vzqdGYkH9C8/видео.html&ab_channel=MahoeSawmills ruclips.net/video/gjDJupxp3wo/видео.html&ab_channel=PetersonSawmills Largest Sawmill in NZ .>ruclips.net/video/iea3LqR37g4/видео.html&ab_channel=RuralDelivery. ruclips.net/video/8RzKzU3wykk/видео.html&ab_channel=NZBuilder%2F%2FJoshChapman
Im the nephew. His mill actually cut all the lumber for the big barn in the background with all the lumber from his property. The whole family actually got together to help build barn and had barn christening party. Uncle Bob is very passionate and knowledgeable about his lumber.
nephew take care of the good man on the right in the video. his smile will bring recurring business. thats what makes small business successful. not to say you dont have a good smile, but i hope you understand where i am coming from. despit federal laws to protect jobs are hard to come by for some folks. your uncle is a good man.
Bobby is the best part of our entire family.
How is everyone getting around the fact that you are using ungraded lumber for building structures? Building permits? Fire insurance?
@@chrismalchoff7552 you must be from the city. in the county we generally do what we want without question.
@@chrismalchoff7552 anything structural obviously isn't milled lumber. Just all the boards and battens.
Adam, My father felled a cherry tree back in the early 1970's and had a friend with a commercial sawmill business mill it into boards. He air dried the lumber over 3 years(mom said no to boards in the house) and had a cabinetmaker friend build a 10 firearms gun cabinet, a deacons bench and a quilt chest. Beautiful pieces we kids have today.
A tree that becomes a family story and legacy.... just wonderful!
I had the EZBoardwalk Jr for 9 years which is a 30 inch mill. These are fantastic mills, easy to work on, simple in parts, rugged built and great mill to learn on. My mill has paid for itself many times over. They sell three sizes of mill now a 30, 40 and just this year a 50 inch.
Love to see a family working together on a sawmill side hustle like that. It's honest hard work and a good team building program. Thanks for bringing us that story.
Hello, On The Pond With Dick and Jane. Thank you for the wonderful comments. Appreciate it.
Hey honey. I'm just going to move these milled logs into the living room for a couple of months.
Thanks guys. Nice video.
I think he meant the basement haha
@@HometownAcres I air dry all of my lumber outside, yeaa it takes longer but it's free and much more fool proof! Depending on species, it doesn't take a year per inch as is always repeated too. SR
I had our dining room hutch lumber in the dining room for a while. Hmm. Wife did put up with it, but then she has a hutch now.
@@oswaltedmund6257 You keep your wife in a hutch? Sounds like a good move to me
Great to see him involve both of his sons. Good video.
They're right up the road from me. Beautiful lumber!
My dad and I were looking at getting a saw mill for about a year now. I think this video will seal the deal and we will finally pull the trigger on buying one.
I hope I am not stepping out of bounds but your oldest son appears to be special and I mean special. The way he looks at you is priceless. I love it.
I would love to see more of this mill. They have I nice operation. Can't wait to see what you get!
I've had my EZ junior for about 6 years it's a real asset. We have lots of eastern red cedar here in Missouri that gets milled into 6x6 for pole barns (people are tired of treated 6x6 that rot off in a few years). Milled a 24 in black oak last week. Glad I have the mill down hill so I can roll the logs on the bed, but it broke one of the 4x4 ramps loading it. Make sure you paint the ends or it will check and split bad. Be safe out there we need you
Good advice.
I cover all pipe, metal etc with a robust layer of paint. Inside and out
Good looking slabs Adam! Nothing better than milling lumber, always a treat! Thanks for taking us along, take care!
Looks Like a Nice Precise Cut!!......Much Better than a Chain Saw!!!
Great video. Beautiful lumber. Great music. Mike Morgan is a great mentor.
Hello, MaintenanceBy Nathan. The Morgan's rock!
Cool little setup. Those live edge boards are gonna be awesome! Thanks for sharing 👍
Morning Adam! Love to see family business doing well. Wow. I would never have thought those slabs would draw such a big price - especially in USD. Good stuff. Happy to be wrong. :)) Hope you find a buyer for it. Cheers and thanks for taking us along today!
Adam you can't blame this part of your debt on poor Mike. This one's on you. You're going down another rabbit hole. Sawmill, then it's gonna be a shed to keep the weather off you, then a kiln, then a planer, then a sawdust bailer. What's another 100k$.
I think it’s partly because live edge slabs are so popular right now. This cycle may not last forever as it could just be a trend but right now they appear to be very valuable
Hey, GP Outdoors. Thank you for the comment. The milled pieces are basically worth what anyone is willing to pay for them. And if your not driven by the almighty $, and willing to provide a great product for a reasonable price for folks who want to create a possible heirloom piece, well then I think it's good all the way around.
Morning Bob! Thanks - good point. I checked on kijiji up here last week and there are folks selling live edge for about $8-10 per running foot CDN. So I think Adam might be on to something. :)) Have a great weekend!
Nice video.
It was refreshing seeing a family business trying to survive in this corona mess. I subscribed.
That's America baby!
I am so glad you enjoyed the video. God bless America and you!
I’ve enjoyed a lot of Hometown videos in the past but this is my favorite. I’d hire Bob and his boys to mill for me. Absolutely!
Thank you, Tom. Your comments are truly appreciated. Family is everything!
Very cool. Family business that you can start early.
While you look for a mill, save those higher value logs for milling.
Agreed.
That’s some good looking wood Adam! I would love to have a sawmill too not only to sell a little but to be able to mill for myself to build some nice furniture for the house, it’s pretty cool to have things built from wood on your own property, kinda gives it a little nostalgia.
You are so right.
I love the music that goes with these videos. Beautiful slabs!
My favorite part was oldest son Bob using the force at 1:39 💥👍🌲 Awesome looking wood!
Haha yeah I didn’t see that until I was editing. it was hilarious
lol thanks, I didn't catch it .. awesome
Interesting, good luck with your endeavors! I had to laugh about drying those slabs in the house in 3 months. I’ll bet the wife will love that idea😂🤣
I think he meant in the basement. Not in the living room haha
Well...if you do enough "Honey dos" and only put special pieces in the house, it might not be a deal breaker. My experience only.
This is so satisfying to watch. Something I have wanted to do my whole life. At seventy two, time is short.
I’m a furniture builder by trade, firewood business on the side, and sawmill as a hobby. Located in central Indiana. If you ever want to come out, we would love to have you and show you our toys. We have the biggest sawmill Wood Mizer makes, and the 2nd biggest firewood processor from Multitek. We also have a custom made vacuum kiln.
I would love a video of that. And maybe a video building a cool table or whatever.
Ooooooo, vacuum kiln. Video please?
Shoot me an email - hometownacres@outlook.com
@@boerbol9422 If you get a chance, check out Matthew Cremona. He's based out of MN and the things he builds out of lumber that he mills are incredible. ruclips.net/channel/UCDpL0v-Ifie7u05lbfO3zJQ
@@GeodesicGarden thanks
Family business is hard to beat. That wood will make some nice furniture. Great video!!
Great video... love it when you guys reach out to other people... your making me to want to spend money lol ... have a great day
I know that there are some other timber that shows beautiful grain and such but Cherry is something special all together.
Cherry is very nice, but many other species, that don't normally get the attention, are beautiful as well. It's like I told Adam "wood is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get".
That is a very interesting sawmill. I've not seen one with an angled saw head. The mill looks to be well built and very reasonably priced.
Good to see Erie on RUclips!!! I'm from Erie ...living in Texas now.
Couldn't hack the snow?
Go Erie! I spent some time in Texas (San Antonio and Waco in the Army) and loved it! The River Walk is outstanding and all the Pawn Shops in Waco are well worth a visit.
you are right, never heard of that sawmill. Great video, very well done.
God bless Bob and his family business
I've been wondering how good the EZ Boardwalk sawmills are. They look real good on paper. It's good to see an independent review.
Hello, massmanute. The mill is robust and simple. Off the shelf parts is their hallmark. I have made some modifications to tailor it to my particular needs, but nothing that changes the mill significantly.
I enjoy watching the sawmill videos.
That was a beautiful log!! The grain on the inside was very unique! You got some pretty good money sitting there!! Stay safe!
So glad to see you kept a milling log out of that cherry! Looks great!
Interesting setup. The approach angle is unique compared to most mills. Good stuff.
Don’t know if the video goes into it but it makes a heck of a lot of sense. You gain a lot of blade life, 20% or so, from the favourable angle of the cut, cutting down grain rather than across.
@@whirled_peas New Zealand has big logging trucks.
Gross Masses of around 150-tonne.
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New Zealand- Classic Chip Trucking with 8V92TA-13sp.@ 40t
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NZ farmers trees been logged,@57ton gross.
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ruclips.net/video/vzqdGYkH9C8/видео.html&ab_channel=MahoeSawmills
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Beautiful boards & your friend is so informative / Thanks much
Hello, Stuart. Thank you!
I do my best to be more of a help than hindrance lol. That sounds like me. Great to see his kids involved!
We have had a ez 40 for about 5 years. Its been perfect. Built one house 1400 sq ft with it and finished the inside of another 1600 sq ft
I like your new video today this is a really nice tree you guys did a really good jop on this tree good jop today buddy
Great video Adam! That cherry made some beautiful boards. That would be a great side business for you and your Dad to start.
That is a brave family! Greetings from Germany
Thank you and my best to you and yours.
My neighbors make those mills right about a half mile from where I grew up. They’re a good solid mill hand made in Missouri. They have been making them for a long time.
That log turned out great, those would look beautiful as a counter top or coffee table.
Hello, Michael. Yes they would. I will soon be displaying some very wide Cherry (30 to 35") that will be available at reasonable prices. Length up to 22.5'.
Thanks for sharing with us Adam, good luck with a mill. Fred.👍👍👏🏻👏🏻
Lovely video. Family. Wood. Nature.
But I just couldn't take the snow. I hate the snow.
I'll always be a Southern man.
Thanks for this great video ☘️🇺🇸🤘⚡️⚡️
Great inspiring materials. Thanks so much......
Hello from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Thanks for sharing your great video’s please keep them coming.
The Honda engine is a plus. Even Wood-Mizer and other brands normally have Kohler engines. Got to be a good mill if it has a bulletproof honda engine.
Adam, it might be a few years from now, but one day you will get an invitation to over here in Philadelphia to realize the impact you've made on my life and my city. Your videos were at the start of my journey cutting firewood. Through that, I found places that would actually give me rounds and logs for free. Around the same time, I started making live edge epoxy tables. The last two videos you made linked those two projects together and this can now become a complete business. I've done landscaping in the past, cutting down trees so now I can see very clear. One business that can cut trees, create firewood and live edge wood to sell, and make live edge epoxy tables. I can be a start to finish business and get paid for four different products/services. (Tree service, firewood, live edge wood, epoxy tables)
This is a personal game changer for me and you helped reveal key parts to the path. I sincerely want to thank you and now I have a very specific plan in place to accomplish something great. Thank you very much! Time to save up for this milling machine. Nothing more focused then a man with a purpose. Have a blessed day!!
Good Luck, Kidphillyorg and God Bless!
@@bobhammar4299 thank you for filming your operation with Adam. Much appreciated! 👍🏾
Sharp blade makes good flat boards like yours ,that price buy them all
Agreed.
The color was a give away.....The Boardwalk has always been on my list if I sell my mill.
Really nice video. First Canted mill I have seen. I am thinking of doing this when I retire.
It’s a great hobby and if taken seriously enough a business.
good video Adam nice to see Bob getting the boys involved you got some nice lumber that would be nice to see you and your Dad milling lumber I will be watching take care
I love watching the channel. I may not comment all the time but I do enjoy watching.
The cherry log milled out nicely..
Thanks Daniel
I've beginning to start looking at bandsaw sawmills since the price of lumber has skyrocketed. They're looking more appealing every day!
Are you still looking now that the bubble has burst and it’s back where it was? I know a few people who, by the time they get their mill (back orders, delays) are going to have to saw because they love it, not make a killing they expected to. I’m already seeing used (barely) for sale for that reason. Gotta do it for the right reasons.
@Bruce A Lumber is still high in my part of the country. A 2x4 stud will still set you back over $6. As for the mill, I'm still looking at them, but most of my projects that require any amount of lumber are on hold until the price gets back to normal or I get the time to buy a mill.
@@1acrehomesteader43 That’s surprising, they’re back under $4 here, and were never below $3.50 in the last couple years. Last article I read recently said most yards have a surplus of logs now. The pendulum has swung back.
There’s no money in milling small dimensional lumber to sell unless you have a production mill and a crew, but to saw your own lumber is worth doing on a small mill like this one in the video, assuming you have logs or can buy them right. I’ve certainly saved a bunch with mine, but it helps to like hard work.
I think if you hold off another few months you’re going to see good prices on used mills. Not everybody gets addicted...
I have 170 acres of timberland. I’m getting one just to mill my own lumber. Small hunting lodge some shooting houses and equipment barn. If someone wants to buy some lumber from me I’ll sell it but if not, so be it.
Awesome video! Cool to watch that tree get transformed from widowmaker into premium hardwood boards.
Great comment, Alex and I totally agree!
Really good set up with a excellent crew! Oh gotta say Bobby keep an eye on your little brother Mike and don't let him mess up.
GOD bless you guys
Thank you so much for this information. I was at a loss as to what to look for, but quality is very important and price is a tough one to stomach right now!!
Thank you do much, Blessings!!
The interesting thing about that mill is the angled entry of the blade into the log
i thought I was imagining that!
I read about this not long ago. A family were running a sawmill business here in Sweden, milling really big lumber into thick slabs, and they had a homemade sawmill with the same angle on the blade. According to the sawyer, this gives less strain on the blade.
that is the first mill I have seen with the blade skewed
Beautiful looking wood...
That’s absolutely stunning wood- beautiful 👍
Hello, Richard. It's Adam's wood, but it could just as easily be yours. Check out your local mills if you have a beautiful piece you'd like to hand down for generations to come. You won't be disappointed. Oftentimes I cut a piece or 2 free of charge with payment made via the remainder of the log. Win, win. I can't speak for others, but if I have a quality log deals can be made.
Hi Adam, loved seeing the Warthog, great video
Have you thought of putting down some tarps to catch the sawdust and then use that for smoking? I have a little small mesh steel box that I put wood chips in on my grill. I use hickory sawdust from a huge hickory tree we had cut down at our house years ago that I was able to salvage a 55 gallon trashcan full of saw dust. Works great.
Hey, Jonathan. Great question. Yes there are many things you can do with all the sawdust (smokers, fire starters made with wax and sawdust, bedding, etc.). I mostly use water and Dawn dishwashing liquid as a lube so the preceding are certainly doable, but there is so much time put in the milling aspect of the business that you hardly have time to use the sawdust and so it usually winds up in compost (sad to say).
Timberking has been really good. No complaints. Good solid 4 post machine. Since I work alone have hydraulics for most of the process.
Great machine. Hydraulics would be such a boon. However, when I bought the mill, I was real strong in those days and didn't think I needed it, now I am envious. Best of luck.
Great video. I love sawmills. I hope one day i will own one😁
Awesome wood grains in that lumber 🪵
That mill seems just as good as any I've seen on the RUclips's . Beautiful boards you've ended up with. I have an old cherry tree that will need to go & will hunt for a mobile mill in Oregon. Thought about chainsaw milling, but it wastes so much I think I would cry...manly cry😂🤣
Not only wasting the lumber but also wasting fuel. You probably use a tank of fuel for each slab. They just seem so slow and inefficient
Hello, stgreen78. The mill is just what you purport it to be. I agree wholeheartedly with Adam on the Alaskan mill. It does great in a pinch and you can't beat it for those one off large slabs that you can't do on your mill, but it will kick your butt and tear up your chainsaw upon extended use.
Hahaha you filmed yourself catching the sawmill bug! Looking forward to seeing what mill you get. Psssst, keep in mind what happened last time you got the "good deal", u got the conveyor you wish you hadnt got. Get the one you want, its just a few bux in the big picture of it and we all know you get what you pay for. Beautiful cherry wood you have there, great move not just cutting it up that day and exploring another possible avenue with it.
Great video quality and music selection. Nicely done!
Great looking wood.
Excellent video Adam thank you for sharing!
I have talked to a sales person at a show and I was told that the saw head is at a angle for the mill will help pull the blades through the log instead of having to push it as much.
I believe I talked to these guys at the Paul bunion show last year. The blade on theirs was offset. I wonder if it was these guys.
@@MrThenry1988 that is actually where I talked to them. The guy was super nice and answered all my questions. If I didn't already have a sawmill I probably would have bought one.
Yes, there is some of that, but basically it eases the blade into the wood as if you were using a hand saw on a board. You don't cut across the full width of the board, you start at the edge of the board and inch your way through. Less stress on everything, including myself.
@@kevinbrewer2141 I believe his name is Stanton. And yes, he is a good guy.
I like the cleaning of the sawdust with out wetting the surface, a true sawyer knows the worth of the log they are planking.
They are doing that because it's freezing outside.
Ez boardwalk saws are made here in North Missouri I met an Amish man with this saw. Unfortunately I had purchased a Hudson hfe30, I really liked the EZ saw.
Now those are some great wooden planks you got off that!
Thanks for showing, I've never seen or heard of that brand sawmill before.
yep , same here.
Can’t wait to see your new toy in the future. Who says kids have all the fun.
Nice video Adam.
Looking forward to seeing a Saw Mill in future videos.
Once again a good reason to invest in a sawmill. Just check out the prices and you can see this isn’t a purchase it’s an investment.
Great video thanks.
Bruce from Mason Michigan
Good point, B. Newton.
Absolutely beautiful boards you have there.
Now you can start watching Nathan @Out of the Woods, Mark Galicic, Sawing with Sandy, Matt Cremona (6ft Bandsaw) just to name a few! ☺️
That is a nice saw mill for the money, I wish that company offered a hydraulic lift option. Those boards came out great!
If your going to do live edge slab stuff I can’t wait for the video about the different values of thickness. I see a pole barn in your future called hometown savings bank. So to store all that wood money.
Nice! Thank you for the video!
I went look for it, the thing is she double the price of the woodland.. it does cut wider and seem very solid.. but still double.
Can probably get one Lucas Mill for dat price too.
My dad and I do firewood and have sawmill. Makes a good combination hobby
A while ago I was researching all the different sawmills out there and came to the conclusion that EZ Boardwalk was the winner in bandsaw mills. Swingblade mills are a different option for people looking to do dimensional lumber.
Hello, John. You hit the nail on the head. But, you can equip a Peterson or similar product with a chainsaw attachment for slabbling. Many folks are happy with that set up.
@@bobhammar4299 Thanks for your response. Out of curiosity, about how long did it take you to mill that log ? And how long is a blade good for when you're cutting hardwood ? Do you sharpen the blades or just throw them out ?
How many different dimensions does the saw rotate in
Looks like a great family to know. Thanks
Thank you, Zates!
Hey guys ty for the video. Just a heads up @ 1:39: I wouldn't stand on that side of the log with steel cable. When(not if) that cable fails y'all are staring down the barrel of a dangerous setup. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, FrenziedManbeast (great name by the way). Yes, I had a conversation with both Adam and my son Bob concerning the dangers of that particular situation.
Even if you don't live in the erie area. I promise it will be worth your while to check out Hammar custom lumber.
We took a family vote. We would rather freeze and turn all our logs into lumber. I have a log splitter for sale....
Thanks for the vid, Adam. Very cool.
I wouldn't go that far "Wood, Sweat and Tears", but I'm stepping in what you're putting down.
It is a well known name but maybe not as much as Woodmizer. I have heard a lot about it . It is well made.
I think I'd throw them on fb now and see if you can sell them green. I think you'll have no problem getting around 100 bucks each. Be nice to know for sure what the local market is to help decide how much you want to invest.
In texas my live edge slabs are dry in a few weeks outside. It is a constant 100 degrees f here in the summer though.
If you get a chance, I would highly recomend Champion sawmills from Quebec. I have used Norwood and another low cost mill that I forget the name of right now but the Champion was so so smooth and the cuts were true. Champion is right in that same price range as all the others too but my god it was much nicer to use and easier on my body!
BE CAREFUL!! I got a small sawmill 6 years ago and got bit by the bug! Going later this week to pick up my new mill and started a small sawmill business similar to Hammar's.... You'll never look at trees the same again. Used to think " wonder how many cords in that tree"...now " wonder what the figure will look like in that crotch wood"! LOL Enjoy the journey.
Hey, Shawn. That's the magic of it all. You make that next cut and marvel at what the good Lord has provided. I'm not the most religious person, but how can you look at those cuts and not think there is a higher power involved. Absolutely beautiful.
Am curious about the angle of the head on the track does that improve on anything that can be related to other portable sawmills?
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Gross Masses of around 150-tonne.
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NZ farmers trees been logged,@57ton gross.
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3 minutes it says the mill is an EZ Boardwalk mill. We have one. Works pretty well.