Building A Double Cutting Sawmill And The Story Behind It
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- This is the story of how I went from a beginner woodworker, to begin milling with a chainsaw, then eventually building my own sawmill. Since then it has been a slow but steady progression into running a small business making and selling custom furniture and live edge slabs.
This is also a look into our personal development during this time, and how the choices we made all ties together to a bigger picture.
Check out @backstromwoodwork on instagram if you want to see more woodworking and sawmilling.
Thank you for watching and have an awesome day! 
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From this day forward, I will temper my "humorous" comments about millenials and the Gen Z amongst us. I am in awe of the hard work and diligence your family has. You are the best of human beings, and I hope your example spreads through the RUclips-verse.
John, I cant thank you enough your comment. It made me smile a laugh. Cheers man.
For the most part humorous comments about millennials and Gen Z are well deserved. There are always those that stand out from the crowd and these two definitely do. I’ve met a few hard working millennials. LOL but they sure don’t like to be called that or be grouped in with them. I haven’t personally met a Gen Z yet that didn’t have to wear Velcro shoes but after seeing this I’m really hopeful there are more.
Congratulations on all Your Success, Hard work and Determination will always get you were you want to go, Great Build on your mill , I have worked like you for 45 years, Restoring home in NY city, and Though out Conn, Multi-Million dollar homes, The last Home was for a doctor, 1700'S home A General owned this home, All the Beams were Hand Hewn 16 x 16 x16 feet long, All done on site, God Bless to You and Your Family.
"To fuel my tool purchasing addiction". Great quote.
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I would consider your story a beautiful story of two people becoming three and creating a life. Your summer is a work of art congratulations. God bless you stay safe. 🇨🇦🥰
Doug, thank you for you wonderful comment. All the best to you :)
" ~ and also just my journey through woodworking, witch is my passion and purpose through life ~"
THIS is the Soul of a True Woodworker! There's Nothing like cutting through a log and seeing the Grains, the Burls, the Beauty of Natural Wood
that you fashion with your own hands. You might not get rich, you might not get Famous, but buried within the sawdust of a log that you just
cut is like finding a little part of you that you can show to other people who have a little bit of the same soul as You do.
Woodworking brings out your Soul. And only people with Soul can appreciate it.
I cant thank you enough for your super kind words! You really captured the essence of woodworking in your comment
That's the best chain saw sawmill I have ever seen. Great job.
Thanks!!
I just rewatched the video as I did enjoy your story that much... hope all is well
This video was very inspirational, and uplifting. I enjoy seeing you and your wife set goals together and concurring them! Also seeing your Fab skills develop throughout the video is cool too.
Thanks a lot, i appreciate you saying that!
An amazing story of life and the rewards of chasing a passion! The mill itself is quite nice but the story line, video and sound track editing made it a joy to sit back sipping coffee and watching during a snow storm here in Colorado. Thank you for sharing it with me and all who have watched.
Great video, looking out the window at my mill sitting in the snow, I've got to get busy.
Cheer's from Iron Rock, Nova Scotia Canada.
Thanks John! Not looking too much better over here.. gotten a fair bit of snow lately.
Thank you for sharing. Touched my soul. At 58 after 35 yrs in home Remodeling and Handyman service, I am at the point of wanting to go after a passion as this and lathe work. I do envy your journey, intellect make it work! My wife says I'm not gonna be able to do what I do and I'm good at forever and is encouraging my to go after passion. Th Alaskan saw mill looks to be what I can afford along with a lathe made in the uk.
I look forward to more of your journey for at my age do not think I will see the day I have a full blown mill and drying furnace.
Jeff Soule in Warrenton Virginia
NO, NO, NO! You do not stop like that. Thank god there must be more videos or this would stop the heart of this 72 year old man who loves and just subscribed. I surely hope that your still on track with your ideas. I shall look hard for more!
Morgan, your comment put a big smile on my face :) I’m staying busy with all kinds of fun work including some more videos for the channel. All my best wishes to you!
Awesome video and great story man. In very much in the same boat (old house, wood shop, alaskan mill...looking to build a bigger mill before selling/buying a larger property). Was just kicking around the idea of a double cut mill the other day and that's what led me here. It's great to see it's an idea that works. You've build a beautifully made machine too. Hope you, your young family, and business are doing well.
Great story!
Thanks David :)
Love your story cheers have a great life.
Thanks Michael!
Amazing! Keep charging!
Mycket fint, önskar er all lycka. Cheers.
Beautiful slabs!
Lovely double cutting sawing machine you have made it.
Ambition and dedication is always a beautiful thing to watch. Those are some amazing big logs you cut.
I appreciate that my friend, thanks for commenting :) yeah they get a bit heavy to handle, but lots of fun to cut!
I enjoyed your video journal of you journey. I have also endured several of those chaotic times. It is always so refreshing to come out on the other side. All of my boys have been girls. Enjoy your daughter. She will be gone soon. So enjoy your journey with her as well. Blessings on your family and ventures
Thanks Harold. I appreciate your well wishes!
Nice !! Great build man!! There is hope in your future for sure!!
At least you got the inspiration to do this when you were young and healthy. Very happy for you and your family. I too enjoy working with wood but at 52 have to start slower and smaller. I wish you lots of success in both your business and a long fruitful marriage.
Thank you! I’m very grateful to recieve such a nice comment from a fellow woodworker.
@@backstromwoodwork566 you're very welcome there's just something about being able to make something useful or even beautiful out of a huge hunk of nothing or something that was discarded.
amazing.
This whole video was really well done! Great story, awesome mill, and congrats on the new baby!
Thank you Will, super nice of you to comment, all the best to you.
I love your channel mate don't stop doing videos. Hello from Oxford in the UK
Awesome!! Thank you for your encouragement and positivity. Cheers.
Have just seen this channel video today, well done, well told story, inspirational, good luck, a dream come true, the hard work pays off
Thanks Geoff! I’m happy to hear that :) my best wishes to you!
That is very good developed with this bouth elektrik motors and the alu profile. Good furtune and good care with it.
Thank you Clemens!
Great job editing this video! Of course, having great content helps! Congratulations on your success, both as a master planner, engineer and master craftsman and most importantly as a husband and father! I am so happy I stumbled upon your page. I am also an avid fan of RUclips lumber milling and construction. Peace and good luck! Steve from Daytona Beach Florida USA
Steve, you just made my day. I’m glad you found my channel and are enjoying the content. All my best wishes to you :)
Wow, amazing story! Amazing skill also! Best wishes for a great future. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks John! I appreciate that.
Awesome story. Keep it up!
Thanks Jayson!
I as well just stumbled across this video. Fantastic!!
Thanks Bill!
You did it . That is beautiful .
Thanks Robin! Always nice of you to comment. Hope you’re doing great in the new year.
Congratulations! Lovely photo and video! It will be very interesting and nice to see the progress.
Thank you Jonas!
Great story! It looks great!
Thanks man :)
Amazing vid man cant believe i had to scroll so deep to find u, unreal how much u accomplished since 2013
Josh, thank you man, happy you found the channel
Excellent video. This will go viral. Prepare for a tsunami of subscribers! Count me in as one. Beautiful slabs. All that hard work is paying off. Kudos.
Thanks man, glad to have you as a subscriber!
So impressive, all your work and creativity, as well as the beautiful videography and editing skills! You are a great team.
Very grateful to recieve your comment. Thanks :)
Beautiful work there
Great start to a good life for you and wife, and daughter. Wish you much success friend.
Big thanks! All the best my friend
Seriously dude ken ave spoke to u a bit just wanted to say to u again this video is awesome and ave just watched this video about setting up the big sawmill and looking at the journey you've went through is pretty much identical to me and my wife bought house needing renovation allot! I love wood seen video of a Alaskan mill wanted to do it the only difference I have to what I've seen from your situation so far is I have no wood working skills and can't really do it but am trying but seriously dude big up to you you really enspire me to make this work cause a wanna turn it into business to help my family. Big up from bonnie Scotland UK.
That’s so cool, thanks for sharing your story. Keep it up my friend, all the best.
Amazing work well done. I am starting my Sawmill build
Thanks man! That is awesome, my best wishes to you.
Super schöner Film. Über die Pfade des Lebens und eben auch die Irrwege. Die Rahmen der Säge sind gut dimensoniert. Da
braucht es nur noch einige Streben für eine stabile Konstruktion. Und es fehlt noch ein guter Bandsägekopf! Die Kettensägeschwerter sind aufwendig zu warten und vernichten bei jedem schönen Stamm einige Bretter (Bohlen). Ausserdem benötigen sie eine unnötig hohe Antriebsleistung. Diese Nachteile kann man auch nicht durch zwei Sägeschwerter ausgleichen, eher im Gegenteil.
I’m amazed and blown away by your craftmanship, presistence and way of life. Keep on going and maybe make a video now and then for us to enjoy! Just started a business saving trees from the woodstove in Belgium.
Thanks for that wonderful comment! I’ll keep the videos coming, got lot’s of stuff in the works. Hey that’s great, the more doing this the better i think. Hope you are having a great time!
Another excellent video my man. You (or your wife) have great editing skills - when you get drawn into a youtube video, and kind of forget everything else, it is the mark of a great video. Great story leading up to the present day, including how your wife told you about the baby. As you know hard work is not easy, but it pays off in the long run. Your mill has two cutting bars? Nice work.
Thank you! I’m glad you like the video and your support means a lot. Yeah the bar at the front of the sawmill is set 3” below the one in the back, making it cut two slabs in one pass.
All the best to you, very nice ! Awesome saw Wish I had one here in Norway!
Thank you Espen! And I wish we had your beautiful mountains
I always thought that one time a slab cutter what cut a log and bam the last super would be in the grain, the holy grail of slabs
Pretty awesome work
Thanks man!
Double wow !!! You are amazing !!!! Great work, have you ever thought of making and selling these machines?
You could make a fortune. Excellent work.
Thanks Jay! The thought have crossed my mind, and there might be some very early discussions going with a possible distributor.. but that’s all I’m allowed to speak of right now :) anyway thanks for your comment and your positive feedback.
I tripped over this channel last week and have watched most of the milling vids. The one thing I kept thinking was this is one big strong guy who someday will break his body wresting with these ever-larger cuts. You obviously had some of the same thoughts and came up with a grand solution. Your design could be scaled to double the bar length and almost any amount of track. The instant torque of the electric motors must be nice. Are you lubing the chain with water or oil? Keep posting. Your content is impressive and will catch RUclips`s AI brain soon enough.
Haha thank you my friend, glad to hear you are enjoying the content. The electric motors are very nice. With a sharp chain they cut very well and there is a built in oil pump in the motor and i also put an extra pump at the nose end of the long bars. It’s nice not having to mess around with gas either, just plug in the cord and push start. I’m trying my best to get some more videos put together, been absolutely swamped with work and family for the past months, but I truly appreciate you tuning in and there will be lot’s more videos coming in the (hopefully near) future.
@@backstromwoodwork566 maybe you could connect some fixed cameras like a security system would have. Then you would only have to do a few small cameras setups to make weekly or every other week videos. Just a thought. I'm new to your channel. I'm guessing you are in Sweden? Tack så mycket
Excellent job! A question I have is why not have the top blade be the first to finish cutting through the log?
Perfekt! Meine Respekt Ein wahres Meisterwerk
Thanks a bunch :)
Min nya favoritkanal!! Super :)
Tack Hannes, välkommen och kul att du gillar :)
great video! nice saw!
Thanks Nick!
Good show man.
Thanks man 👍
Idealy you would.want the top blade tonfinish cutting first or the wood.will shift in the top blade
This is a great video. Really good work. Subbed!
Btw what is the model number and brand of the electric motors you upgraded this mill too? Im pretty curious what HP rating they are and how long of a bar they are powering. Lastly, what are the chain characteristics you are running on the bars?
Sorry questions, but it would really help me if I knew. Thank you in advance!
nice video, are there a reason why you choose chainsaw instead of bandsaw? have tried chains and find them slow and waisting a lot of material?
You'd get a lot more yield by using a bandsaw blade instead of chainsaw. At 1/4" chainsaw kerf, that's a loss of 2" for every 8 cuts.
Very impressive mill you have build yourself there. I was hoping you may have some close up pictures or videos of how the drive axle system of the rim sprocket is built? Is it just a ball bearing pressed into a piece of aluminum with a shaft through it? I built a sawmill myself (not as nice as yours but it works) and I am always looking for ways to make it run smoother. Thanks in advance and kudos on the build.
Thanks Evan! I’d be happy to show the drive assembly in a future video. Will be running the sawmill a lot this spring and summer so I hope to make a bunch of sawmilling videos
Very seldom do I have the time or the attention span to finish a video. I had no problem sitting through this one. Beautiful story and excellent job telling it. You and your wife are a rarity these days and give me hope for the future generations. Nice job on the mill. I am curious as to why you didn’t go with a band mill? Smaller kerf, less waste , faster cut time. You definitely have the skills. I think I’ll hang around and see what else you have.
Congratulations on that little one!
Hey man, thank you so much for your kind words, i read your comment to Sofia and she says thank you as well. We both appreciate it very much 👍 well at the time i was comparing costs, chainsaw vs bandsaw, and quickly realized building a large enough bandsaw was out of my budget. I already had most of the stuff i needed to make this chainsaw mill so it felt like a no brainer. And this made even more sense since i was only interested in milling slabs. Logs are typically very big, and when doing these wide cuts a chainsawbar stays nice and straight. Bandsaws also cuts straight, but to make really wide cuts succesfully and reliably, large diameter wheels and fairly wide blades (preferably 2”), are a must, and thats when it got expensive to build. A thin kerf is nice, sure, but if the blade wanders half an inch in the cut, the amount of waste that gets produced later when the slabs are flattened would effectively be greater than the kerf made by a chainsawbar that stays flat the whole time. That’s why i dont worry too much about the size of the kerf for this application. But i would never cut 4/4 lumber with my mill, that would be very wasteful :) hopefully that answers your question. And hey, you are not the first one to ask so maybe i could make a video about this topic to share my thoughts without having to write a whole novel. Again, thanks for commenting, all the best to you!
@@backstromwoodwork566 LOL I appreciate the novel. Everything you said makes perfect sense. A video is probably a good idea save you from having to answer that again. I appreciate you taking the time to answer. Now I’ve got a little time I think I’ll check out another one of you videos.
Talk to you later
Interesting device. Now I'm thinking about traditional gang saws and how much trouble it might be to replicate their function with band saws instead of reciprocating saws. One pass to slab a whole log into flitches is a very intriguing prospect.
Yes indeed, talk about a time saver! The old gangsaws are really cool.
Great story and congrats on the new life (daughter and home).
One thing I would like the know, how is the accuracy of the board between the two blades?
From my experience, depending on the timber, the cut end of the board will creep up and down with stored tension in the log as you progress through the cut. By having your blades staggered, you may find that having the top blade pass through first will improve the accuracy and lead to less time spent planing etc.
Just my thoughts, other than that, I applaud you on your build.
Hi Mack! Thank you for your kind words! The accuracy is okay for this application, i set the two bars so it cuts a 3” slab (it might be off +/- 1 or 2 mm or so sometimes) on the bottom cut i use ”wedges” which isnt really a wedge but its a piece of flat bar just a hair thicker than the kerf, this allows me to use real wedges in the top cut without pinching the bottom cut, if that makes sense. It seems to do the trick.
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Wow!!
😁👍
Great Build. Why not 2 cuts at the same time👍😃
I tried a chain mill..Built it and used it for one year..They chew a lot of wood..My factory built band mill works so much better..You are young and like to build..Im 67and getting slower.So have fun with your mill then switch to band mill type...
A proper bandsawmill is on my wishlist, when i got the money i will get one. Chainsawmilling works for my application, but theres not much other than slabs they are useful for.
“How do you feel about becoming a dad?”
“YES”
One if the happiest and most memorable moments of my life :)
I absolutely loved the video. Having a daughter is second to none be a the best dad you can be let her cut logs and drive the truck when it’s time lol .
I lost my daughter two years ago she got involved with drugs and someone sold her fentanyl. I cried like a baby when she was born. I’m wondering if I’ll ever stop after losing her.
A metal worker with the heart of a wood worker, when it comes to making machines for your heart's craft you could not have planned it better. With all the sawdust will you build a machine to press it into firewood? Somewhere I heard pressed wood is dense and burns long but I really don't know.
I appreciate your comment my friend. I have been thinking a lot about how to best utilize the sawdust i produce. I think for it to be worth my time i need to do a lot of volume, and maybe in the future it will make sense to invest in a press. We heat our house with wood and i plan to get a wood boiler to heat the workshop as well, a press would probably come in handy by then.
Wicked job and love that mill looks better then a wood miser. Yer getting two slabs every pass. Can ya mill in both directions???
Thanks Shane! Welcome to the channel and nice of you to leave a comment. Yeah i guess it will cut both ways, never tried it but in theory it should work.
I'm really enjoying this vid except for one thing. The background music level makes the narration nearly impossible to understand. Background music is an enhancement only when it stays in the background.
Oh I’m really kicking myself for getting the audio levels messed up in this video. It sounded fine through my speakers but obviously it isnt good. I appreciate your comment, and glad you like the video anyway.
Where do you get the money for all of these changes and updates if you’re not making money from woodworking?
At the time I had a full time job and then did woodworking on the side. I used what money i could from my salary and invest into this woodworking business, and since I in essence was working two jobs, the woodworking jobs i did also brought in some decent money, and i was able to invest all of those earnings as well. I’m not gonna say it was easy, but doing it this way has allowed me to remain debt free. Now woodworking is my full time job.
Just started watching your videos I like what you are doing but could you turn the music down when you are talking please
Yeah sorry about that, maybe my ears wasnt working that day. You’re not the first to say and I do appreciate it. I will be paying more attention to the sound levels moving forward. Thanks for commenting!
Great video, nice to see a young couple that works hard together. I have used chainsaw mills and they are noisy and slow as molasses. Why did you stay with chain instead of a bandsaw blade?
Thanks John. It was mainly due to the lower cost of building, running and maintaining a chainsawmill that at the time made the most sense to me. If i had a larger budget back then I would have built a bandsawmill, because as you say chainsawmilling painfully slow at times. A few pros however is that it is very easy to make a chainsaw cut nice and straight, and it is relatively inexpensive when things go bad (nails, screws or other surprises in a log) normally I would just replace a tooth or two using a breaket and spinner. 95% of the time i cut 3” slabs so the large kerf it makes is something i can live with
Thanks makes sense, keeping the surface really flat saves you time later. Nice job with your videos, and the music you choose is great. Some channels I watch have great content and terrible music.
I really appreciate that, thanks again for taking the time to write a nice comment and for checking out my channel. Hope you will return to watch future videos, best wishes to you.
Have you tried a bandsaw mill and do you run a carbide blade on your mill? I designed my own style of mill and you have seen nothing like it on the internet! I like the bandsaw style but have plans to build a swing blade style mill! Where are you located I presume over seas I am in Canada
Hey Marc, sorry for my late response. That’s really cool that you also built your own sawmill. I do have plans for building a large bandsawmill, and if all goes to plan then i will begin building this spring.
What brand welding helmet were you using that thing looked sweet
Oh I believe it is a zekler, I bought it used many years ago, been very happy with it 👍
Definitely an upgrade from a chainsaw or Lucas mill but you still cutting 3/8 kerf, cutting painfully slow, constantly grinding chains and ultimately end up w/ a coarse/rough cut. Also, noticed you are using alot of extruded aluminum, not sure about all that. Personally, I would build it from steel. Anyways, seems original, thank you for the video.
Hey thanks for your input, and yes, chainsawmilling is slow, these motors are not incredibly powerful, they cut faster than my 661 for sure, but not a lot. I’m running a 404 hyper skip chain for most of the stuff I mill, huge kerf and that’s a huge minus when chainsaw milling, but the hyperskip does leave a pretty nice finish. Currently it is set up to mill 3” thick slabs, usually 3 or 4 passes with the mill to slab an entire log, after that both chains need sharpening. Appreciate you taking the time to comment, all the best my friend.
Hey. Were did You g’et the olie pump for the Saw
And Nice video 😉
Hey thanks man, the oil pump comes with the motors. Pretty cool design on those little pumps. The motors are made by Logosol.
Nice axe
Welding in shorts and crocs. I love it but I bet the safety Sallys are just hating it. LOL!
Haha thanks man, gotta give them some fodder once in a while
I am also a toolahalic.
Hur bredda plank kan du såga. Hur många kw är elmotorn på och vilket varvtal.
Hej Mikael. Max snittbredd är 165cm med det längsta svärdet jag har nu, tror det går att få lite mer med ett längre svärd. Motorerna är på 8kw vardera. Vet inte varvtal, 1500 brukar det vara på elmotorer, men det är en uppväxling med remskiva, kedjehastigheten är typ 20-25m/s
Sorry man, I fell asleep before you got to the saw mill
There is little doubt that band saws are preferred for dimension lumber because the kerf is much narrower, less sawdust and more lumber means more profit. The exception is slabs. To stabilize a band saw blade cutting a slab you simply need a much larger band saw. By the time you scale up the band saw, the kerf advantage diminishes, and the machine weighs many tons. These machines exist in old mills, however, moving them is expensive, and they are probably close to worn out if not rusted out. So, with the chainsaw bar, the chain is stabilized and the double bar fixes the geometry. This setup does not scale up for someone interested in millions of board feet, but that is not your interest.
You hit the nail right on the head my friend. Bandsaws are awesome, but there’s a reason the wm1000’s of the world are so expensive. They’re not cheap to make when you want a bandsaw that cuts this wide. Chainsawmilling with all it’s drawbacks is still a very viable option for the small business focusing on slabs.
So I've spent about 2 hours enjoying your content, so I hope this doesn't come across as presumptive. Your style is amazing and the chill contemplative vibe is wonderfull, but the mid-roll adds... they jarr soo badly. Understand that you want to see some payment for all the work you put in to vids like these, I'm in the same boat. In the long run though I really would think about if you'd be better off with limiting adds to the start and end... viewer experience would be so much better... anyway love your vids, so thanks 😊
Correction that should say sawmill not Summer.
nice build sawmill , chain must be cheap , most mills use bandsaw blades , also the double chain is interesting , do the same job in less houres . stay cool and do not overpush yourself and your family . like Kermit the frog said ; it's nice to be important , but its more important to be nice
The Kermit quote gave me a good chuckle :) i try and slow down some times, but I could be better at taking time off for sure. Anyway thanks for your comment, I do appreciate it.
top bar should finish before the bottom bar
You’re right, i ran it backwards
u would be more batter if u convert it in to bandsaw mill
I've watched bulti-million dollar Hollywood movies with less "grab" than this home-made video. The Hollywood ones have worse cinematography too. Parts of this video are borderline Epic - beyond Art. Parts aren't - like using a stick welder & not Mig, plus not having a mag drill - but nobody is perfect.. This is though, damn close.
The music is too fn loud
Your hearing is too fn good!
Sorry man, just kidding, i probably messed up the sound levels, I’m still learning :) but I do appreciate your honesty. All the best to you.
You sob. I'm in 👦 👉
trun down the music
Sorry dude, I messed up the audio levels 🤦♂️
Came to watch a double cut mill , wasted 22 minutes . Wish I could find that video of the chain saw mill making a cut going forward and then making a new cut coming back . Two motors so the chain was always being pulled through the cut . This video is well done , but a huge disappointment
I am so confused by this sawmill design. This is probably the best-made stupidest design I've ever seen. wtf. Wow. I'm so annoyed that you are so capable and so hard working and yet this is what you made. What problem does it solve?
Haha thanks.. i guess..? No i get it, and your question deserves an answer, so here goes. There was never any real problem to solve, it worked just fine the way i had it set up originally by just putting my chainsaw on the carriage and using that as a powerhead. But the 661 did struggle.. My two options was either to covert to a large bandsawmill, but given the size timber i cut and mostly hardwood, a capable bandsaw, even if i built it myself was out of my budget. Option number two was to get more horsepower to my existing setup, but i didnt want to buy another chainsaw. Instead I opted for these electric motors from Logosol. I got a good deal when buying two, and there wasnt gonna be too much work invovled in fitting those to what i already had. And then another thing that I didnt talk about in the video, but will now, just bare with me.. the style of log house that are most common here in Sweden is to use logs that are cut on two sides, typically 6” or 8” blocks, (think half cants) sometimes gangsaws are used with reciprocating blades to produce these blocks. Building log cabins has been a hobby of mine since 2016, and i always wanted a sawmill that was setup like a gangsaw to cut these blocks that are used to build log homes.. anyway, im going off on a tangent here but it will make sense soon. So then when i ended up buying two of these electric motors, thats when i got the idea to use two seperate bars so it acts more like the gangsaws. Initially the discussion was about using two motors to power one single chainsawbar to only cut slabs. However simply doubling the power in an already powerful drive, does not directly translate to double cutting speed, you eventually get to a point where the chain cant take a bigger bite, no matter how hard you chew. If you double the power while at the same time increase your chain speed then yeah, you can get a little more out of it, but the motors dont turn that fast. And believe me i did think a lot about that option. Retrofitting sprockets from harvesters to up the chain speed, different belt pulleys etc. But nah, too much of a trial and error thing to have it working optimally. I went the simple route and just doubled the number of chainsawbars cutting at once and in essence, doubling the speed. That’s what i wanted to achieve, and i also got the added bonus of being able to cut blocks for log home building in one single pass with the sawmill, and that makes producing those blocks go super fast, which in and of it self is a good side business. The subject matter of the video was the sawmill, but the spirit of the video was to show that with perseverance and as you say, lots of hard work, you can achieve your goals. The sawmill is just another project among a lot of projects that I had to get done to reach my goal. And i actually just did. About a month ago i quit my job run my business full time, and it is an awesome feeling. I appreciate your comment, all my best wishes to you.
Looks like a waist of time and $$$ .. but that's what hobbies are 4 I guess!
Yeah man hobbies are great! Especially when they pay for themselves
@@backstromwoodwork566 how often you have to sharpen the teeth on the dreaded double saw?
First I must say bravo! Awesome video. 👌 I have so many questions and so little time but I will only ask one! The drive you have is awesome, how do balance work with hobby and family and rebuilding your house and the business of Woodworking and milling...? I am a bit older and have the same drive and do much of the same stuff but as I bounce back and forth something gets lost within my drive... I just lost my dad a week ago he had a struggle for a few years which was very hard on my mental state as he was also my Woodworking partner and logging business partner. Tge last 2 years has been a struggle to actually make it with his health it made everything very disheartening. I started over from scratch after losing my wife to cancer ⁴ years ago quit my career job packed up and moved back home to find myself and rebuild my life and now this passed week is another big blow.... your commitment is inspiring!
First let me say I’m very sorry for your loss. You say your dad was your woodworking partner, and I know for a fact how working alone can affect your drive in a negative way. Whenever i got a friend or family member to help out for a day or so, I get so much energy and excitement. I still have my dad and he was here just the other week working in my shop, so I can only imagine how losing a dad feels, and I’m sorry for that. And losing a wife, my gosh, you’ve endured some pain I can tell, no wonder the drive is not at it’s best, and that’s okay I guess. A poor comparison perhaps but our dog passed last year, and for a few weeks I didnt want to do anything remotely close to woodworking. When you know it’s your passion and something like that happens, some major event, I would think it’s normal to not wanting to do whatever your passion may be, dont want to bring the grief into it I guess. A big thing that has made me work so hard to get this woodworking business going is that I for 10 years worked a day job that I absolutely hated. The company was great, fantastic even, but the job I had was so incredibly boring. Once I figured out I could make some money doing this then that’s when I put some real effort into it, and it payed off as i just recently quit that job to do this full time. Juggling working fulltime while at the same time starting a business from scratch and all the other projects going on has not been easy, and it has definitely not been easy on my family having me working myself to death, but it needed to be done and now I can focus on making up lost time, and give them something better than what they otherwise would have had, i.e me being a bitter old man working the same boring job until I retire. Dont know if that answers your question, but I appreciate you asking and sharing your story. Keep it up my friend.