So many videos of you all working together is awesome. Your wife is a hard worker and looks like she knows your every move. I bet she is a big help. Thanks for sharing what you do.

@IronOakSawmill

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I will be sure to tell her. She is the director around the mill. When we are with a customer, and they are helping, I tell them to follow her lead. She is the director, I'm just the mill operator. Shes the best for sure. Thank you again, and thank you for checking us out.

I bought a Wood Mizer LT35HD a couple months ago. My wife and I love working with this together. She loves running the cuts too. I have made lots of rookie mistakes, but other than a couple blades, we haven't hurt anything. Gets better ever time. Thanks for your videos, we both enjoy watching another couple play with the machine.

@IronOakSawmill

6 жыл бұрын

rustynails113 sounds like you guys are on your way. Mistakes happen. We all do it. Usually it costs you a blade, and that's it. Mybwifes likes running the mill as well, but just haven't recorded her doing so. Enjoy, and keep watching. I'm sure I will be adding more videos soon.

i have repaired the inside of homes many times .. the cost of some home renovations is very costly .. when i first started doing renovations .. i had to figure it out as i went .. i knew how to paint a house .. really well because i took my time doing it .. i got pretty good at repair work inside a home and let me tell you i've seen some pretty wrecked houses in my time that i repaired at a minimum cost to the home owner .. after watching you for awhile .. i kinda figured out that you came about your skill .. the same way i did .. sometimes through trail and error or remembering what someone else told you .. on .. how to accomplish a task .. keep up the great work ..

@IronOakSawmill

6 жыл бұрын

charles villebrun Thank you very much. I am self taught in alot of the same things as you. Can't see paying someone else to do, what I can do myself. Plus we get the satisfaction of creating something from beginning to end. Very rewarding.

The upside down picture was a bit crazy for a while. Glad you resolved it.

@IronOakSawmill

4 жыл бұрын

😂🤣😂🤣 back when I didn't really edit anything. Hope I've gotten better over time. Thankbyou for stopping in Frank. Hope to see you in the comment more often.

@frankpitochelli6786

4 жыл бұрын

@@IronOakSawmill ..its all good,, I just caught on to these videos, I'm an electronics and gadgets geek, and really like these videos as well. Ty for your response. Best wishes. 😉

@IronOakSawmill

4 жыл бұрын

@@frankpitochelli6786 Glad you stopped by. I refer to myself as a wood geek. That just means that we love what we love to do.

@frankpitochelli6786

4 жыл бұрын

@@IronOakSawmill 😀😎

Good luck with the cherry wood. It would make some beautiful gun stocks .

@IronOakSawmill

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Do you know a good size / thickness to mill for gun stocks. It would be something I'd like to offer

Great video. We hang a bucket from the chute on ours without the rubber tube and then just dump into wheelbarrow or big trash can. And the. Just wheel it out into sawdust pile. This saves from a big mess on ground where your working. Depending on if it’s in it home in shop or out on job just let it fly.

@IronOakSawmill

6 жыл бұрын

Paul Whited that's a great idea. I have some customers that don't want the saw dust on the ground. That will save me the clean up time. Thank You Paul.

@paulwhited117

6 жыл бұрын

Charles Rogers that’s awesome. Glad that could help hopefully. Once you get in the groove of dumping it out every few cuts it’s pretty easy way of disposing instead of shoveling piles. Been there done that.

Charles, good looking slabs!

@IronOakSawmill

6 жыл бұрын

James Harless thanks. We use all we can from the tree. Don't want any going to waste.

@IronOakSawmill

6 жыл бұрын

James Harless Thank You

I imagine those head sets would come in mighty handy if one of you got hurt when the other was out of site, like maybe in the house then you could call each for help.

Great video! So how do you decide when to cut into a cant and make timber and when you flat saw and leave the live edge. Hoping to have a WM one day. Steve

@IronOakSawmill

6 жыл бұрын

Steve Hasebroock clear logs become lumber, and not so nice logs become live edge slabs. Learning to read logs will be one of your challenges

@IronOakSawmill

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Steve, and thank you for your question. We usually cut live edge slabs from logs that have a crotch that will show amazing grain patterns in the wood. Most of the logs we sawed into timbers in this video, had quite a few branch nubs that would leave knots in the boards, making for lower quality. For the ash, we are trying for clear lumber. Or at least as clear as we can get. Timbers with knots will stay straight, where.boards would most likely twist at the knots. If I was looking for rustic lumber, at 8/4 for farm tables and such, the small knots would be fine. With all the ash trees during, due to the emerald ash borer, we are trying to save as much of the wood as we can. That Wood Mizer will come one day. Keep working towards it, and make it yours.

Lol no problem I have done it

Hi Deb Glad you have been noticed.i talked about these head sets awhile ago n watched a video today about some walkie talkies being much better .I think these videos are way out of order.not tring to be picky but wow my friend.it really looks out of order?

@exotictones1054

3 жыл бұрын

I cut alot of cherry up for junk fire wood.

chuck I was suprised that you missed that your log moved on your first cut causing that little lump on the end. By the way Hi to you both.

@IronOakSawmill

4 жыл бұрын

Its been a while, but i probably saw it. If i didnt, Deb sure did, and let me know. Since these are live edge slabs, and have to be flattened with a router sled, it wont matter. Ill catch it at that point. Thanks for stopping in again Geoff. I have to admit, im behind on your videos. I need an evening out of the shop, to get caught up. Take care my friend.

I have found that if I buy kiln dried wood, that I need to let it adjust to the climate it will be in before I dimension it. Kiln dried has some disadvantages.

@IronOakSawmill

4 жыл бұрын

I let any wood acclimate to indoor atmosphere. Hardwood floor installer do the same, before they install it. If not, gaps open up. Good practice for woodworker. Thank you James.

@jameshaynie4570

4 жыл бұрын

@@IronOakSawmill most of my lumber is already adjusted to climate in my shop which is temperature and humidity controlled and constant. I have installed many hardwood floors in the distant past before I retired and now I get to build what I want , when I want whether it is cabinetry , furniture, or doodads . Strictly for my enjoyment and as gifts.

@IronOakSawmill

4 жыл бұрын

@@jameshaynie4570 it's good when you can build what you want. Working towards that now.

Was that your woodshed featured in one of the woodmizer videos?

@IronOakSawmill

6 жыл бұрын

Wf2v I believe it was. Can you post a link to the video?

@IronOakSawmill

6 жыл бұрын

Wf2v, Thank You. That was our wood shed. Holds 10 to 12 cords. No more wet firewood for us.

The boards you cut towards around 30-40 minutes. How long to cure? What will you do with them? What are they worth? Thanks!

@IronOakSawmill

5 жыл бұрын

On average, air dry takes 1 year per inch of thickness. These will take about one year. These are stacked, stickers, and covered until they dry. Price depends on what the market is bringing at the time of sale.

@jeffreythompson5505

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the quick response. How do you sell them? I think you are in PA. Where abouts? A buddy bought an L15 this summer and we are looking for info.

@IronOakSawmill

5 жыл бұрын

We sell by the board foot. The price on these is lower due to the length. Grade length is about 7'. If you Google rough milled lumber prices for your region, you should find some good info. We are in southeastern PA. Stay current on pricing. They do vary, and you want to be fair to your customers, and yourself.

You can timber frame with green wood..

@IronOakSawmill

6 жыл бұрын

RICHARD MOORE absolutely. I've done just that.

Must be frustrating when the logs are sow short they don't reach the roller tailboards.

@IronOakSawmill

4 жыл бұрын

It can be at times, but the reward of opening that log, and seeing the amazing grain, makes it worth it. We are glad to save them from the firewood pile.

I notice on several videos that you wipe down the bark...what is that for?

@IronOakSawmill

5 жыл бұрын

We get our logs from all sorts of sources. Many of them have been dragged through mud and rocks. It gets driven into the bark. We use a stiff bristle wire brush to clear it out of the bark. We have a debarker, but the rocks are so bad sometimes, you have to clear them out by hand.

@cblguy63

5 жыл бұрын

@@IronOakSawmill ok never considered that. My son and wife built a house in Tn. Sure wish I'd discovered the miser before..could have saved a few $

@IronOakSawmill

5 жыл бұрын

@@cblguy63 we've saved quite a bit as well. If you watch some of my other videos, you see some building in the background. 2 of those were built using lumber from the Wood Mizer. They were built for a fraction of the cost. Cant go wrong with a Wood Mizer.

Are you using a water drip with soap?

@IronOakSawmill

6 жыл бұрын

Tayro Thinkingoutloud I use a combination of Pine-sol, and Palmolive dish soap. Pine-sol keeps the blade clean, and the dish soap keeps the water and Pine-sol from separating. Great question, and thank you for watching.

what headset do you guys use?

@IronOakSawmill

6 жыл бұрын

Ram-n_dodge Those are Sena headsets. Saves us a lot of issues., but them at 2wheel.com Best price around

@mrfixit304

6 жыл бұрын

What a good team and making some very nice cuts as a sawyer!...The head phones seem really nice so each have hearing protection and can communicate with each other...Best wishes..Bernie

the first time you cut into the stops? it wont be the last so i guess it aint that bad

@IronOakSawmill

5 жыл бұрын

Nope, just the first time on video. My old lt15 had a few scars in it as well.

@gadiantonx8474

5 жыл бұрын

@@IronOakSawmill neither the first time nor the last not hardly relevant :P