Thanks for watching! If you like this, check out my Building a House from Trees series. I am 5 seasons in documenting building a timber frame house in the woods from the trees I cut and mill off my land in Maine.
Nice Pyraneese! And I love the way you FF the video... but add in the occasional comment. Had me laughing while learning! Well done. I'm curious... not counting the man hours... how much $$ did you put into this? Obviously the lumber was free, but there are other costs. Were the metal roof and hinges/screws/gas/deisel the only costs?
Man building a shed from pine is super, building a shed from Aussie hardwood is a complete game changer, our old skool builders certainly knew how to use a handsaw and hammer to to drive 6" nails into hardwood.!!!!!!!
I saw all your video sir. Your very inspiring sir..your a great husband..your wife and your children are very lucky to have you..godbless you and you family..
Laurentide Thanks a lot. Yes, overbuilding like I have no concept of physics or geometry. We could park several tractors up on that roof. But it should stand for a while.
Ha! Yeah, I'd say most of the 200 year old buildings around here were overbuilt by modern standards. A 1990's spec house won't be standing in 200 years.
Really nice build. It is very similar to the one I made for my sawmill in Norway some years ago. My experience was to put a small chimney on the exhaust, so it gets out, as well as I had to make a small wall in the highest side, as drifting wind/rain always came in. Else, lovely saw mill house. Well done.
Thanks a lot! I like those suggestions/design ideas. That mill had a moving saw head, and the exhaust was pointing out, so it never really blew to hard inside.
Your shed looks great! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! I built an 8x10 shed for my kids in my backyard earlier this year using plans I got from *WoodBlueprints. Com* Clear directions and an accurate materials list...It was great for a novice builder like myself!
Thanks a lot. I can believe that it actually works. We are almost never going to be opening and closing it so it doesn't need to be totally perfect. I am going to go over and mill a little bit for the House from Trees this weekend on that glorious rig.
Nice job.if you some air space control, check with local carpet stores. When a customer want the floor changed from carpet, they'll frequently cut strips 3-4' wide so it easier to handle, and if you give then a heads up (lia shopping list), may cut to what need if they can . Depending on what size the carpet and maybe a short wall
Nail/screw the top edge of the carpet to the beam/joist, then drop 2 pieces of rope down the outside, then under the botton, and back up the inside to 2 pulling inside the ben. Add something like a dock cleat to the post, and you can roll up the carpet wall for light and air, and roll it down if it's nasty outside. A draft in the evening can get really chilly.
Thank you very much! Have fun building! It is a great project to do and the comfort of having a structure over the mill is quite nice. I am going to be milling some hemlock that I felled today for the house that I am building. Check those videos out too. House from Trees.
Well built. And I concur with other statements below. Think about two sliding to the side barn doors for the front. enclose it in a storm and even while working on the mill in the cold. That makes it also handy for other uses and functions. Maybe start with one and see how it works and functions.
My fav woodsaw shed on RUclips. I do have one gripe from my couch though. You didn't pay attention to which way the siding boards bowed. The boards should always be turned so the bow is curving up. In 20 years, that will be very noticable.
Nice work on the shead .i watched you saw and wanted to give you a helpfull tip. When you put your logs on the mill rase your towboards up and set the logs on them instead of letting them roll hard agents your logs dogs over time this will throw your mill out of set just somthing i learned the hard way happy sawing
This is an incredibly obvious and immensely helpful tip. Thank you so much! Of course those steel dogs should be catching the logs! This right here is what makes the internet and youtube so magically wonderful. Helping the world from the bottom up. Thanks.
Great job - But as I am sure you found out, you should always put tar paper or other underpayment under metal roofing, if you don’t, you have to tarp your mill to keep it from rusting from the condensation dripping. I learned this the hard way.
Well, it may be a function of the location, (windy, full sun) or the openness of the overall structure, but it has made it through all four seasons in Maine here and there is absolutely no condensation dripping. But I appreciate the advise. I am about to put a metal roof on the house I am building on this channel and I think ill be ripping strips of tar paper for the strapping with an old chainsaw.
Bus Just found your channel and love it. I am a new sawyer and want to build a building like you did. Would love to get a copy of your sketch. Thanks for your time and will be bing watching now. God bless.
How much square footage do you need for a sawmill setup like the area to cover your drying shed load logs and all that If iwas to clear an area in the woods.
@@mainepatriot235 I assume you have seen my other videos. That’s exactly what I am doing with 12 acres. This shed was for someone I used to work for. I mill now mostly in the winters in the Feild so I have ample room. Do it where you’re gonna clear your house spot. Have fun! It’s an insane amount of work. But you’ll own it!
Thats so beautiful dude! Makes me feel like a wuss! I also want to now move to a wooded area, buy one and build a house from scratch! Oh wait a minute, we already established that I am a wuss! Geez, I envy you bro! Best part was, you bought an amazing machine, then used it, to fabricate the facility to house the machine you bought!
Thank you very much! You shouldn't feel like a wuss! Sometime, you may just find yourself in the situation where you need to make something big like that and you'll find your up to the task. You may not have tried it yet, but trust that you can solve whatever problems arise and you'll be fine. I actually don't own the mill, it belongs to the man who I used to work for. Thanks for the comment.
Don't beat yourself up too bad. I'd never built anything more than a tree house out of scrap lumber. A few years ago, I bought a portable band saw mill to saw lumber from beetle or storm damaged pines on the place, bought a few "how to" books on house framing, got to work and built a 16'x16' cabin above our pond. Stick with your dream.
If that door has started to sag, you might consider adding a wheel to it, to both support weight and reduce sag/ make the door easier to open and close. I know this is a year old, looks good.
I agree completely! This series was shot at a place where I used to work, and I am currently running an LT28 at my place milling like crazy for the house that I am building from the trees I cut off the property. Season 4 just started! Take a look : ruclips.net/video/GE5FoKA8jPQ/видео.html
Love watching your stuff. Great to have discovered you. Are those white dogs meremma? Perhaps they’re the neighbors? Haven’t learned enough about your homestead to know better yet Cheers!
Thanks! It is unfortunately not my sawmill or my shed. It is all at a place where I used to work. But the shed it holding up really well. Thanks for the comments. Glad you liked the build.
Seems good so far! Was easy to talk to about his My Shed Plans [Go Here=> *WoodBlueprints. Com* ]. Guided me in the right direction & helped me understand everything & in the end it was what I wanted
TheKaffeeKlatsch Yes, you’re correct. It is best practice to do that, but due to the heavy duty bracing I had installed in the frame and the fact that I thought we would be siding it with vertical boards or shingles, I just wanted to get the giant random boards up anyway I could. It was so cold! But you’re right.
Jerry Little I have not used that she’d in years as I don’t work there anymore. But I would have maybe used 20 foot rafters for longer overhang in the back.
THanks! Ive got something of a strange little solar kiln set up at my place right now drying some cherry for more serving trays. Thats a good question and one i pondered a bit. I am going to line the studs with a couple wide boards a couple feet high along the back wall so the chute can shoot the dust against it and drop to the concrete. And i am going to cut out and frame in a very simple door a bit wider than the shovel in the back corner that will lead to the back side and then have some kind of slab to scoop against with the tractor. It will be bedding for the pony.
Hey there, thank you. I certainly considered that design, but since we are very rarely going to be moving that mill from that spot, and that door will almost never be opened, I thought that a single door/wall would be more solid in the long run
Hi Bus! Good stuff! I'd love a copy of your sawmill shed plans. If you'd like I can transcribe them into a Sketchup model. I've been using Sketchup for a few years now.
Yes, PTO driven logging winch. I have one at home (this video is shot where I work) on my 1957 Ford 641 work master tractor and it really is like a skidder with that thing on the back. So useful. Great for moving rocks too.
Do you have the measurements of the shed & main beams? ie: whats the height clearance, roof pitch, size of the beams, etc. I'm trying to come up with something similar in a config that would fit a mill.
nemloc I’ve gotten a couple requests for plans and I will be working to put those together ASAP. I’ll probably make another video too of the final stuff and using it and pluses and minuses. Itll be soon.
Boy, that is a good question. six or seven, plus the really big one that I used for the giant carrying beam. usually a minimum of 16" or so. There was a fairly large pile of pulp wood that I picked through to get some of the beam wood, as that could be fairly jenky.
I wish i had included it in the video, and i may have in part 4, but I did but a cable and turnbuckle on it. I opened it a year after i built it and it hasn't deflected an 1/8th. Thanks for the comment.
Impressive workmanship but about that door-----If you come across hardware from an old overhead garage door that was torn down, it would be great to rehang that door to open up and above.
Man this was the most satisfying video yet, somehow. Feels like ... peak Bus Hux editing style has been achieved. Btw, what’s with the little mini errrr gable-but-not extra bit near the door end? A space for a door? Will the remaining side be closed in? So many questions...
Thank you Will. I was really happy with how this vid turned out. One of those get lost in the editing for six hour kind of process that is really fun. Ah! I just understood what you mean. Yes, thats for a little very tall man-door. For now, I am going to let some storms blow in and we will see how much weather comes into the structure and go from there. I have priced out a foldable garage door type thing that pulls up that would seal in that giant opening and make the structure tight. That little door space was a function of being only able to mill 26' on that gian beam and not the full 30' of the slab. I like how it looks and i am going to have fun making a weird and super tall door. Thanks for the kind words. I feels good when people agree with how it seems to the maker
Thanks for the comment. I don't work at the place where I built that anymore, but a year after i built it the door still worked without sag, open and close. I attached some cross cable with turn buckles, that I guess I didn't show in the vids.
Hi, i am just an woodworking enthusiast. I loved your work, it was fun to watch and a great build. I am in no way an expert in this field. If you could answer this question it is much appreciated. Is it better to use green wood or dried one for this purpose and why?
Thank you very much! I am by no means an expert on these subjects, but I can toss my two cents into that question. I cut these eastern white pine trees in the coldest part of the year when there was not a lot of water in the trees anyway, so it was the driest green you could get. I really like working with green wood because it never splits, its easy to cut, and I know fasteners will cinch up tightly in it as it drys. There is shrinkage, but in my case here it didn't matter much as it is an outdoor building and the siding boards having a hawfinch gap in them doesn't make much difference.
If I had to bet, I would have placed my bet against those short hinges ever holding up the weight of the door. I still don't believe that they are and I do believe that the door will begin to sag and drag the ground at the far end, in a very short period of time. However, I was wrong about the strength of hinges in the first place, so maybe I'm also wrong about their holding power.
Yeah, that door has been a hot topic of conversation! It won't be opened that often, but when it has been opened, over the last year since i built it, it hasn't sagged a 1/4 inch. I build in a cable and turn buckle system to take up any potential slack, but have not needed to touch it yet. Those hinges are rated at holding up more weight than that. They look small cause its so damn big. Thanks for the comment.
The fella I was working for had recently bought the mill and told me he wanted a shed, so I poked around at google images of sawmill sheds and cherry picked the best parts of the various buildings i looked at to make what would work for me. It has proven to be really good at keeping the weather out and keeping it dry. Send and email and ill send you my scratched out plans. I go over them in part 4 of this series.
Good question. The slab is 30' wide and I was able to comfortably mill that massive beam to be 26' long. And, I wasn't sure if we would be installing a door of some sort over the front and I thought we would want a normal sized man door too the left.
Thanks for watching! If you like this, check out my Building a House from Trees series. I am 5 seasons in documenting building a timber frame house in the woods from the trees I cut and mill off my land in Maine.
Nice Pyraneese! And I love the way you FF the video... but add in the occasional comment. Had me laughing while learning! Well done. I'm curious... not counting the man hours... how much $$ did you put into this? Obviously the lumber was free, but there are other costs. Were the metal roof and hinges/screws/gas/deisel the only costs?
Is that a 20 ounce estwing hammer you were using
Very nice build. A super sawmill shed to be proud of. Stay safe God bless. 🇨🇦✌️
Man building a shed from pine is super, building a shed from Aussie hardwood is a complete game changer, our old skool builders certainly knew how to use a handsaw and hammer to to drive 6" nails into hardwood.!!!!!!!
Yes!
I saw all your video sir. Your very inspiring sir..your a great husband..your wife and your children are very lucky to have you..godbless you and you family..
Good to see how you enjoy this job.This is the feel of creation.....
Wow!! That was incredible!! Thank you for sharing ☺️
That door is unbelievable! Nice job!
Thanks!
Nice job man! That's an extremely attractive and overbuilt shed and your skills are impressive.
Laurentide Thanks a lot. Yes, overbuilding like I have no concept of physics or geometry. We could park several tractors up on that roof. But it should stand for a while.
Ha! Yeah, I'd say most of the 200 year old buildings around here were overbuilt by modern standards. A 1990's spec house won't be standing in 200 years.
I got your channel from Northwest Sawyer and really enjoy it, thank you.
Well I am glad you are here.
Northwest sent me👍 you build just like me.mostly by yourself and always super stout!!
Thanks a lot!
Really nice build. It is very similar to the one I made for my sawmill in Norway some years ago. My experience was to put a small chimney on the exhaust, so it gets out, as well as I had to make a small wall in the highest side, as drifting wind/rain always came in. Else, lovely saw mill house. Well done.
Thanks a lot! I like those suggestions/design ideas. That mill had a moving saw head, and the exhaust was pointing out, so it never really blew to hard inside.
Check out part four of this video series. Send me your email and I will send you the plans.
That's a nice overbuilt shed you got their buddy...
Indeed it is! I wish it was mine. I built at a place where I once worked and no longer do.
You have done a bloody great job pal..
Thank you so much for this kind and encouraging comment.
That was a pleasurable video to watch. Thank you!!
Thank you very much. I appreciate the kind words!
Your shed looks great! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! I built an 8x10 shed for my kids in my backyard earlier this year using plans I got from *WoodBlueprints. Com* Clear directions and an accurate materials list...It was great for a novice builder like myself!
That’s bad@$$! Great work!
Thanks a lot!
Good morning Bus! Excellent job my friend. Take care.
Thank you! Your wood pile is coming along nicely.
That door is super impressive. Everything Came out really nice. Excited to see what that mill spits out!
Thanks a lot. I can believe that it actually works. We are almost never going to be opening and closing it so it doesn't need to be totally perfect. I am going to go over and mill a little bit for the House from Trees this weekend on that glorious rig.
Nice job.if you some air space control, check with local carpet stores. When a customer want the floor changed from carpet, they'll frequently cut strips 3-4' wide so it easier to handle, and if you give then a heads up (lia shopping list), may cut to what need if they can . Depending on what size the carpet and maybe a short wall
Nail/screw the top edge of the carpet to the beam/joist, then drop 2 pieces of rope down the outside, then under the botton, and back up the inside to 2 pulling inside the ben. Add something like a dock cleat to the post, and you can roll up the carpet wall for light and air, and roll it down if it's nasty outside. A draft in the evening can get really chilly.
Bus, Great shed and great video, really liked the editing!!
The Farm Life. Thank you very much! I really appreciate them feedback. I was happy with this one.
I going to build one just like it for my mill. Great job and it looks nice enough to live in.
Thank you very much! Have fun building! It is a great project to do and the comfort of having a structure over the mill is quite nice. I am going to be milling some hemlock that I felled today for the house that I am building. Check those videos out too. House from Trees.
That door is no joke. Nice work dude!
Thanks Tim! It probably weighs three hundred pounds. Or something. I installed a turnbuckle and cable on it yesterday for more support.
Well built. And I concur with other statements below. Think about two sliding to the side barn doors for the front. enclose it in a storm and even while working on the mill in the cold. That makes it also handy for other uses and functions. Maybe start with one and see how it works and functions.
Great channel! Can’t believe you only have 3900 subs. Should be ten times that! Hopefully that’s coming!
Thank you very much! You're very kind to say that. In time! Glad you found the channel.
The she'd looks very nice, I would be very proud, I would have built up the land higher for drainage to keep flooring Dryer! NICE shed.
My fav woodsaw shed on RUclips. I do have one gripe from my couch though. You didn't pay attention to which way the siding boards bowed. The boards should always be turned so the bow is curving up. In 20 years, that will be very noticable.
Thanks a lot! Its a good point.
Very nice shed.
Thanks!
Nice work on the shead .i watched you saw and wanted to give you a helpfull tip. When you put your logs on the mill rase your towboards up and set the logs on them instead of letting them roll hard agents your logs dogs over time this will throw your mill out of set just somthing i learned the hard way happy sawing
This is an incredibly obvious and immensely helpful tip. Thank you so much! Of course those steel dogs should be catching the logs! This right here is what makes the internet and youtube so magically wonderful. Helping the world from the bottom up. Thanks.
Great job👍👍👍👍
Thank you.
Who would give this a thumbs down? Its awesome
Thanks a lot!
Very nice mill barn
Thank you!
Good job!!!
Thanks!!
Nice shed Fred
Thanks chief!
That is AWESOME!
Thanks a lot man.
I am impressed with your work. And also jealous. But wish much for your future.
Thank you very much for the kind words. There is more coming, to be assured!
The lightning for backing the mill in was perfect. Love the animal cameos.
Matthew C Burke thanks! The clear day made me hustle to be ready for that sunset. Fritz!
Beautiful. I was thinking turnbuckle and cable while watching you hang that door. Agree with all the other comments.
Yes! Thanks a lot. It was very pleasing to tighten up the turnbuckle and feel the tension hold that low corner up.
Good job.I like your videos
Thank you very much. I am glad to hear it
How do put together front overhead beam what is the length
Great job - But as I am sure you found out, you should always put tar paper or other underpayment under metal roofing, if you don’t, you have to tarp your mill to keep it from rusting from the condensation dripping. I learned this the hard way.
Well, it may be a function of the location, (windy, full sun) or the openness of the overall structure, but it has made it through all four seasons in Maine here and there is absolutely no condensation dripping. But I appreciate the advise. I am about to put a metal roof on the house I am building on this channel and I think ill be ripping strips of tar paper for the strapping with an old chainsaw.
very nice , love it
Thank you very much! I would love to be a bush pilot. One day, I hold out hope that this is something ill do. Thanks for the comment.
Bus Just found your channel and love it. I am a new sawyer and want to build a building like you did. Would love to get a copy of your sketch. Thanks for your time and will be bing watching now. God bless.
Nice! Glad to hear. I can email you a copy of the plans if you want. Message me with your address or just post it in this reply.
Bus I would also like a copy of this if you don't mind. This is exactly what I'm looking to build as well! Good work!
How much square footage do you need for a sawmill setup like the area to cover your drying shed load logs and all that If iwas to clear an area in the woods.
Jeez. I have found the more the merrier if you have the ability. Flat ground with room to turn and stack. half acre?
Thank you for the prompt response I only have 10 acres of land but looking to harvest Lumber to mill my house
@@mainepatriot235 I assume you have seen my other videos. That’s exactly what I am doing with 12 acres. This shed was for someone I used to work for. I mill now mostly in the winters in the Feild so I have ample room. Do it where you’re gonna clear your house spot. Have fun! It’s an insane amount of work. But you’ll own it!
Awesome, what a sweet setup!👊
Thanks! It is at a place where I used to work. But I am really happy with how the shed turned out.
i love how easy the plans are in *WoodBlueprints. Com* to understand and the step-by-step videos they have. Makes getting material really easy
Thats so beautiful dude! Makes me feel like a wuss! I also want to now move to a wooded area, buy one and build a house from scratch! Oh wait a minute, we already established that I am a wuss! Geez, I envy you bro! Best part was, you bought an amazing machine, then used it, to fabricate the facility to house the machine you bought!
Thank you very much! You shouldn't feel like a wuss! Sometime, you may just find yourself in the situation where you need to make something big like that and you'll find your up to the task. You may not have tried it yet, but trust that you can solve whatever problems arise and you'll be fine.
I actually don't own the mill, it belongs to the man who I used to work for. Thanks for the comment.
Don't beat yourself up too bad. I'd never built anything more than a tree house out of scrap lumber. A few years ago, I bought a portable band saw mill to saw lumber from beetle or storm damaged pines on the place, bought a few "how to" books on house framing, got to work and built a 16'x16' cabin above our pond. Stick with your dream.
Guys I am learning woodworking shed plans at *WoodBlueprints. Com* I recommend this website all you guys who are beginner or advance in woodworking
Nice build
Thanks man!
Looks fantastic.
Thanks!
What size is your beams and wood used to mill them
Very nice!
Thank you.
Are you going yo enclose the front to keep snow from blowing in ,maybe some kind of sliding tarp system
It isn't mine, and i think the snow tended to stay out of it.
what is the size of your front beam? thanks
But how wide is your sawmill shed front to back?
If that door has started to sag, you might consider adding a wheel to it, to both support weight and reduce sag/ make the door easier to open and close. I know this is a year old, looks good.
I havnt been to that shed in over a year, but I used a cable and turnbuckle and it didn't sag at all over a year.
That end wall door, upon watching I expected to see 2 doors open.
Half the fun of running a band saw mill is building stuff from the lumber you cut up. Nice series of videos!
I agree completely! This series was shot at a place where I used to work, and I am currently running an LT28 at my place milling like crazy for the house that I am building from the trees I cut off the property. Season 4 just started! Take a look : ruclips.net/video/GE5FoKA8jPQ/видео.html
Could you send me plans for your sawmill shed
The Ash log was good that they cut with the Wood mixer. Several hundred dollars worth of lumber. Terry Brown
Looks good you'll be putting in a double door at some point though. lol
Well, it actually was shockingly weather proof with that giant opening. It seems the dead air inside keeps the wind from blowing in snow or rain.
Love watching your stuff. Great to have discovered you.
Are those white dogs meremma? Perhaps they’re the neighbors? Haven’t learned enough about your homestead to know better yet
Cheers!
darn nice builtcan use as kiln too
Thanks!
Very cool!!
Thanks a lot!
Bus can you send me plans for the saw mill shed
Nice mill shed
Thanks. I am pretty happy with it.
Perfect shop for you sawmill!!!
Thanks! It is unfortunately not my sawmill or my shed. It is all at a place where I used to work. But the shed it holding up really well. Thanks for the comments. Glad you liked the build.
Seems good so far! Was easy to talk to about his My Shed Plans [Go Here=> *WoodBlueprints. Com* ]. Guided me in the right direction & helped me understand everything & in the end it was what I wanted
how long did you dry you lumber before construction?
Zero minutes. I cut it down, milled it, and built with it. Clean pine doesn’t move much.
Just me but shouldn’t you stagger the joints on the siding?
TheKaffeeKlatsch Yes, you’re correct. It is best practice to do that, but due to the heavy duty bracing I had installed in the frame and the fact that I thought we would be siding it with vertical boards or shingles, I just wanted to get the giant random boards up anyway I could. It was so cold! But you’re right.
You dhould make a turn buckel cable from back coner of the roof to th open side of door take weight off the hinges
I actually did, and forgot to show it in the vid. It worked.
Bus, Im about to start on my sawmill shed. If you were building your shed over again, is there anything you would do differently in the structure?
Jerry Little I have not used that she’d in years as I don’t work there anymore. But I would have maybe used 20 foot rafters for longer overhang in the back.
@@BusHuxley Thank you Bus.
Milled and built with green lumber?
Yes
Looks awesome, Bus. This and a solar kiln are on my 'some day, maybe' list. I was curious how you plan on dealing with the sawdust?
THanks! Ive got something of a strange little solar kiln set up at my place right now drying some cherry for more serving trays. Thats a good question and one i pondered a bit. I am going to line the studs with a couple wide boards a couple feet high along the back wall so the chute can shoot the dust against it and drop to the concrete. And i am going to cut out and frame in a very simple door a bit wider than the shovel in the back corner that will lead to the back side and then have some kind of slab to scoop against with the tractor. It will be bedding for the pony.
PT 4? :-)
You've given me a good idea. I do believe there is a part 4 in order.
Bus. Looks awesome. Why didn’t you split that door in two and hinge if from two sides?
Hey there, thank you. I certainly considered that design, but since we are very rarely going to be moving that mill from that spot, and that door will almost never be opened, I thought that a single door/wall would be more solid in the long run
What is the estimated build cost for materials you didn’t mill? That looks like a 20k+ structure retail. Excellent work.
I think it cost the guy I was working for all in 2500.00 including my cheap labor.
Sweet!
Hi Bus! Good stuff! I'd love a copy of your sawmill shed plans. If you'd like I can transcribe them into a Sketchup model. I've been using Sketchup for a few years now.
I will certainly send them. give me an email address. And, yes, I'd love a rendering of them. That would be great!
@@BusHuxley okay cool! Kennylindsay3@gmail.com
Bus Where did you get your L brackets that you tied the 8x8 post to floor, who makes them?
Clifford Thomas Simpson strong ties. Most building supply houses have them. They come in a vast configuration. They’re the gold standard.
You mite would like ad 2 more hinges for door sagging , that's a big door on hinges!
I had added a couple cables and turnbuckles and it kept it taught. Thanks for the suggestion
Had to google the name your rear tractor attachment to see what it was....looks like a handy skidder.
Yes, PTO driven logging winch. I have one at home (this video is shot where I work) on my 1957 Ford 641 work master tractor and it really is like a skidder with that thing on the back. So useful. Great for moving rocks too.
Do you have the measurements of the shed & main beams? ie: whats the height clearance, roof pitch, size of the beams, etc. I'm trying to come up with something similar in a config that would fit a mill.
nemloc I’ve gotten a couple requests for plans and I will be working to put those together ASAP. I’ll probably make another video too of the final stuff and using it and pluses and minuses.
Itll be soon.
How many trees (and what avg diameter?) did that take? Curious because we're building one this fall.
Boy, that is a good question. six or seven, plus the really big one that I used for the giant carrying beam. usually a minimum of 16" or so. There was a fairly large pile of pulp wood that I picked through to get some of the beam wood, as that could be fairly jenky.
Cool. Thanks for the info. I was figuring a dozen or less so that seems right. Turned out great. Good work.
You should probably put a cable on the door for sagging after awhile
I wish i had included it in the video, and i may have in part 4, but I did but a cable and turnbuckle on it. I opened it a year after i built it and it hasn't deflected an 1/8th. Thanks for the comment.
was the lumber dried out, or did you put it up green?
Chateau ADK Green. It’s all green and dried at the same time. Works fine. Thanks for the comment.
Awesome how long and wide and high
Hey hey, Thanks! Part four in series breaks it down to specifics as well as the plans. I think its 30' wide, 12'tall in the front and 13' deep.
Impressive workmanship but about that door-----If you come across hardware from an old overhead garage door that was torn down, it would be great to rehang that door to open up and above.
Thanks a lot! I will certainly keep my eyes peeled. It is a hard thing for me to do, pass up old hardware.
I have to build a sawmill shed as well. I like your shed. Just what I was thinking. Please send me your drawings or plans. Thanks Bus!
Thanks a lot.
I would like to get the plans for the LT35 shed. I cannot find a link for emailing you.
Dennis Dover hey there. Post your email here and I’ll send them in the am.
@@BusHuxley dcdover@aol.com
Man this was the most satisfying video yet, somehow. Feels like ... peak Bus Hux editing style has been achieved.
Btw, what’s with the little mini errrr gable-but-not extra bit near the door end? A space for a door? Will the remaining side be closed in? So many questions...
Thank you Will. I was really happy with how this vid turned out. One of those get lost in the editing for six hour kind of process that is really fun.
Ah! I just understood what you mean. Yes, thats for a little very tall man-door. For now, I am going to let some storms blow in and we will see how much weather comes into the structure and go from there. I have priced out a foldable garage door type thing that pulls up that would seal in that giant opening and make the structure tight. That little door space was a function of being only able to mill 26' on that gian beam and not the full 30' of the slab. I like how it looks and i am going to have fun making a weird and super tall door.
Thanks for the kind words. I feels good when people agree with how it seems to the maker
belle job
il me semble avoir entendu parler francais
apret un an la porte de coté tien le coup.
I lived in france for a spell a decade ago. I learned a petit back then but have forgotten most. That side door has cable turnbuckles to keep it up.
Nice !!!!
Thanks!
attach a heavy wire to end of that door then to building 1 1/2 feet up for support and to make it easy to open
Thanks for the comment. I don't work at the place where I built that anymore, but a year after i built it the door still worked without sag, open and close. I attached some cross cable with turn buckles, that I guess I didn't show in the vids.
Hello from Okotoks Canada, what part of the world are you in my friend ?....love the timber frame
I am over in the northeastern most corner of the USA. Maine. My felling is that you get a little bit more snow than we do. Thanks a lot!
Why wasn't that a pair of doors on the end?
We don't plan on moving the mill in and out very much so the one door is a more solid end wall that will most often be closed.
Hi, i am just an woodworking enthusiast. I loved your work, it was fun to watch and a great build. I am in no way an expert in this field. If you could answer this question it is much appreciated. Is it better to use green wood or dried one for this purpose and why?
Thank you very much! I am by no means an expert on these subjects, but I can toss my two cents into that question. I cut these eastern white pine trees in the coldest part of the year when there was not a lot of water in the trees anyway, so it was the driest green you could get. I really like working with green wood because it never splits, its easy to cut, and I know fasteners will cinch up tightly in it as it drys. There is shrinkage, but in my case here it didn't matter much as it is an outdoor building and the siding boards having a hawfinch gap in them doesn't make much difference.
@@BusHuxley thanks for the reply boss. Got what yer saying. Learning something new everyday.
We all need a bar
I used too. Not so much anymore.
I understand what you mean now after having rewatched this. Good catch
Money money money right there
Thanks man.
Did you seal the lumber? I didn’t when I built my mill cover and after 3 years the wood is deteriorating pretty good. Now I know lol
Mike Reilly I treated the bottoms of the posts as well as sticking ice and water shield to the bottoms to prevent wicking capillarilly.
when i built our shed i used a plan from *WoodBlueprints. Com* and it had all the blueprints, supplies, materials, and list well laid out for me.
If I had to bet, I would have placed my bet against those short hinges ever holding up the weight of the door. I still don't believe that they are and I do believe that the door will begin to sag and drag the ground at the far end, in a very short period of time. However, I was wrong about the strength of hinges in the first place, so maybe I'm also wrong about their holding power.
Yeah, that door has been a hot topic of conversation! It won't be opened that often, but when it has been opened, over the last year since i built it, it hasn't sagged a 1/4 inch. I build in a cable and turn buckle system to take up any potential slack, but have not needed to touch it yet. Those hinges are rated at holding up more weight than that. They look small cause its so damn big. Thanks for the comment.
Now THAT'S a door
Yessah.
Your videos are cool, but your editing is AWESOME 👍👍👍
Wow! Thank you so much. Thats much appreciated. I hope you stick around for the house building series! Today was the premiere of season 4!
Bus what’s on the back of you John dear tractor
Nice work did you have a plan for the shed or just figure it as you went ? I just got an LT 40 and wanted to do something similar
The fella I was working for had recently bought the mill and told me he wanted a shed, so I poked around at google images of sawmill sheds and cherry picked the best parts of the various buildings i looked at to make what would work for me. It has proven to be really good at keeping the weather out and keeping it dry. Send and email and ill send you my scratched out plans. I go over them in part 4 of this series.
@@BusHuxley hey my email is jason@americantreeandland.com you did a beautiful job !
What are the double poles on the left for?
Good question. The slab is 30' wide and I was able to comfortably mill that massive beam to be 26' long. And, I wasn't sure if we would be installing a door of some sort over the front and I thought we would want a normal sized man door too the left.