Congrats on restoring the old Frick. Enjoyed your restore video! Love these old mills. Thank you for recording!

@davidcunningham257

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve, glad you enjoyed it. It is a great mill to saw on.

That's a really nice job and a mill to be proud of David. Thanks for the video.

Great little mill smooth operation

@davidcunningham257

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Worked at a sawmill when I was in my twenties. Frick mill with 353 Detroit and 56-inch saw. I was the off bearer and ran the edger. We cut a lot of pallet lumber, some grade. Sometimes we would get an order for bridge lumber or railroad ties. Now near retirement age, I am enjoying your videos. Kind of makes me want to take up the hobby if I had a mill. It is hard work though.

My Grandpa had an 01 I believe, he put a dust blower down in the dust pit, and that was my job. To shovel dust to the blower when he wasn't running a log through the mill. He sawed 7x9 ties for the railroad and some lumber. I miss those days!

Glad you all are enjoying the mill. As soon as we can score a big oak, we are going to do a video on how to quartersaw on the Frick. Thanks again to all for watching!

Greetings from the mountains of NC - great videos and sawmill! I really enjoyed seeing it in operation!

@davidcunningham257

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much and glad you enjoyed the videos. We love the NC mountains and visit there as often as we can. Hoping to retire up there one day and bring the mill with me!

the miil sounds so sweet to the ears. i can almost the smell the pine being milled from here and i live in WI.

@davidcunningham257

6 жыл бұрын

It does fill the air with the smell of pine. As far as lumber goes, I love oak to work with but sawing pine, cedar and poplar is my favorite!

That baby cut great. smooth operation.

Looks great!

Good log. It made some good looking lumber.

@davidcunningham257

6 жыл бұрын

It did saw some nice lumber from that pine. I was a nice sized pine with little to no knots. We made a nice storage cabinet for the garage out of it.

That's a really nice mill. I'd like to find an old frick and restore it

@davidcunningham257

6 жыл бұрын

It was a challenge to restore but today it saws so nice and is a pleasure to use. If you do decide to restore a Frick, I would suggest starting with an 01 model as you can still get parts for them. My 00 is hard to get things for or they have to be custom machined.

This is really cool! question though, what's that big chain do that runs over the machine and then outside the shed?

@davidcunningham257

5 жыл бұрын

The chain drags the sawdust from under the saw and piles it up outside the shed. A number of the chain links have paddles on them that aid in moving the sawdust. We run the chain in a wood trough over the saw so that if it ever came apart for some reason, it cannot fall across the saw blade.

Hello david i am getting ready to start setting up my #1 frick mill i am looking at using power poles like you did for the piers how far apart did you space yours thanks in advance

@davidcunningham257

5 жыл бұрын

Darren, my posts are spaced no more than 3'-6" apart. There are some that are slightly closer due to the location of a cross member, etc. but none are further apart than 3'-6".

Do you have to remove the whole blade to sharpen or can the tips be removed?

@davidcunningham257

7 жыл бұрын

No, thank goodness you do not. The blade itself is quite heavy. The teeth are friction fit into the blade and are replaceable. You can sharpen them on the saw either by hand with a file or with and electric grinder. The teeth are held in the saw by a half moon shaped shank. The shank and tooth are inserted into the blade with a cam action using a special wrench. Friction holds both the shank and tooth into the blade.

There is a Frick saw mill for sale up the road from me that needs a little love. definitely a restocking, the rollers fixed, and likely other stuff too. I have no experience in saw mills whatsoever. Would you dissuade me from taking on the restoration challenge?

@davidcunningham257

7 жыл бұрын

It is a huge undertaking to restore one of these. If I had it to do over again, I would start with a Frick 01 model because parts are still available. The Frick 00 model that I have is harder to get parts for and some things have to be custom machined. It is very rewarding to get one of these old mills running but it takes a lot of patience to work through it. I struggled with finding resources to help when problems arose. D&D Sawmill Parts and Service out of Chambersburg PA helped the most and led to the success of getting this mill back operational. I would not dissuade you, it is awesome to get one of these going, just understand you are in for a long road of frustrations by taking one on. I would still do it again just because I love these old mills. Buying a band sawmill to have a sawmill was never an option for me, I love the old circle mills.

how is it working is it desel or electrical very imperessive sawmill

@davidcunningham257

7 жыл бұрын

It is powered by a Cummins HRF-6, diesel engine. The engine is 1955 vintage, naturally aspirated that we got from a scrapped 100kW generator. We took the generator off and converted it to a power take off (PTO) for use on the mill. Glad you enjoyed it!

I was wondering what type of Frick did you buy and how much did it cost you?

@davidcunningham257

5 жыл бұрын

Jake, mine is the 00 model which was the smallest. They also came in 0 model, the 01 and the 1 which was the largest. I paid $3500 for mine in rough shape and a dead engine. If you are looking for one, I would suggest an 0 or 01 model as parts are easier to come by. I had to have my mandrel custom machined as they are not readily available.

@swimmer537

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information. I have been looking at their price sheet and I was super confused by it due to all the add-ons you can get. I honestly just need to base model carriage and track with no bells and whistles. You gave me something to look for on the sheet. I think that would be the carriage frame and the headlock. Also thanks for the tip on the 00. I definitely dont want to run into a parts problem. @@davidcunningham257

All you need now is a steam engine to run it now

@davidcunningham257

5 жыл бұрын

Being that I design steam systems for a living...yes, I would love one but I also love living in the house with my wife! lol! I am sure she would have some objections to me taking on that much of a project.