I can’t believe this came up. I was working on that exact idea to help guys with mills utilize what they got! You beat me to it and awesome video. Glad it was you who sprung it out there ! I am getting one!👍🤠

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

It's a good start, needs up/down adjustable mod.

@TwoGuysTimberframing

Ай бұрын

We are working at manufacturing one that has all that and will work on any mill setup. This is the first one I saw that came close to what we are doing! Thank you for sharing this.

Nice job, mate. Great thinking outside the box, as the saying goes. 👍👍👏🙌🇦🇺🇦🇺

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Doug Smith is correct in his comment about mailing it to yourself via a registered letter. I had talked with a patent lawyer several years ago and that is as good as a patent for one year. Great idea.

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

Good to know but I didn't invent the idea, I just recognized a fairly cheap very well made device that would work.

That’s a great discovery. May have to try it. Wish it had up and down adjustments but I suppose putting shims in of equal size will be fine. I might have to come up with the additional rail system for the lt35

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

Any slab over 2" would need shims between wheels and extrusion bars but I make wood so that's not a problem.

That’s pretty cool. Nice !!

Thanks for your latest video. Best other use for my sawmill. That’s as good as a pocket on a shirt.

nice work George thanks for showing us that, you might have given me some ideas!

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

If you are thinking of building your own watch this for a better idea. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mneaq5SFY6jNXbw.htmlsi=h7O_cq-dT4jjt8Zn

That’s a great discovery. May have to try it. Wish it had up and down adjustments but I suppose putting shims in of equal size will be fine.

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

It could use improvements, hoping I get someone at stonecoat to discuss mods they could sell for it.

@SwampSawyer

Ай бұрын

@@mcsawmill let us know if they do. We need a flattener.

Nice job!!! Watch all the time. I used to live in Burton on Butternut road years ago, now I reside in Florida. I have a helpful tip, use a cheap battery powered leaf blower to keep your sawmill clean and sawdust free. Very easy and fast cleanup. Again nice job. 👍

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

Hi John, i know butternut road, cool. I did clean it off with a DeWalt cordless blower off camera. Glad you watch!

Super clever idea! I don't know how the router slides so easily, but hopefully it won't eventually bind up from dust. Also, once people begin making items from your wood, toss in a few frames at the end of some videos, I'd love to see them!

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

I didn't show it real well but there are little ridges on the aluminum extrusion where the router slides, it's not a flat plate, that helps with eliminating friction making the router slide easy.

Lovely Slab George

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

Thanks, I've got a bunch of those.

very nice job it works very well

great find. thanks for making the video.

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great thinking! Now you are only limited by the cut width of your mill, not the width of your planer. I thought that sounded like a lot for a router jig but it is a lot cheaper than an industrial sized planer.

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

I spend more on blades than I spent on that. That makes it seem more reasonable lol.

What a fantastic idea. Thank you, i'll be doing the same.

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

It needs height adjustment, probably should have shown that better but I love it

My god that's gorgeous. Also, where is your hearing protection?

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

What?

Oh, by the way, I’m sure you can order a larger, cutting head for your rotor, or possibly get a bigger rotor for a bigger cutterhead. ✌️🇨🇦

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

Yes there are some larger options, also some that use replaceable carbide inserts. I have one on order! So thanks for the idea!

@dougsmith548

Ай бұрын

@@mcsawmill thank you kind, sir for replying to my suggestions. God bless.

I have no idea whether you thought of it or not, but is there a way that a person can patent an idea such as you had there. If you didn’t think of it, and you did patent the idea and you mailed a special delivery letter back to yourself with the idea and drawings in it, you probably will make a fortune because I can see everybody who has a sawmill will want one of those gadgets. It was just an idea I had it was told to me years ago by a friend and of course I have no talent for thinking of things, other than when to come home for supper. Best of luck with your new toy. Take care. Be safe God bless. ✌️🇨🇦

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

It's not a new idea. Woodmizer makes a really nice one called the MB100 that they sell for $10,000.

Clever, George. Very clever. Is that router older than me?

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

I don't remember when I got that router.

Excellent idea!! Kinda a price jig, but it might pay off at some point. Ed

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

I didn't mind the price, it's good quality material and well designed. A pleasant surprise in today's world.

Great Video, Every time, but this one I love my raised bunks on my Woodland Mills HM130MAX for getting my tractor forks in and out but this same virtue kills my ability to use this on my sawmill bed. Bummer.

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

If you put a wood block between the rails an the wheel brackets it would work on your mill. Maybe I'll show that in a video at Nate's.

Could you use an electric hand planner in a jig to put in the guide? Seems like that would be faster.

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

I was taking very light cuts, when I did the other side I did it in a single thick pass as a test and it worked fine. I'd say same speed as a power hand planer.

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

My hand planer makes wider cuts so might be faster but I have a bigger router and a half inch bit on order.

Where did you find a 1/4 shank flattening bit.

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

Amazon search for spoilboard bit, make sure you pick one with 4 cutters. Watch the dimensions.

@Sawbucs

Ай бұрын

@mcsawmill yep. Been looking.

Hmmm, where's my credit card? It wouldn't fit my mill but still looks like a good router sled.

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

Yeah you have to have the double rails.

Do not replace the router it a Wen RT6033. I bought one because it was a half inch collet. The rocket scientist made the hole in the base rectangular. I bought a 1" round-over bit and IT DON'T FIT. Wen has a nasty habit of NOT supplying replacement parts for their stuff.

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

Thanks, no worries I have 3 other routers lol... I have a half inch bit coming.

U can easily make that guide don't spend $400 lol .perfect fitt

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

My thinking, I can saw $2000 worth of slabs or make a $400 jig... Same amount of time. It's a choice, different people different reasoning. It's totally doable like you said.

Wtf!?! My buddy and I thought of this last year!!!

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

Well didja make a video of it? Lol

could you not run the sawmill through it first to take off the heavy cut. less work for your router.

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

You sure could but it wasn't really that heavy a cut, I was just taking thin cuts because all I had was a 1" flattening bit.

@davewarner5513

Ай бұрын

@@mcsawmill o.k just mentioned it as I have a mill and have done that before, you certainly end up with a smother finish using the router as opposed to the mill. always nice to see people with out of the box ideas

I built this planer to go on my Lt 15 wide. Same principle except I can take off a 20” wide pass. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mneaq5SFY6jNXbw.htmlsi=eCUD_ugpZuKaNHiB

@mcsawmill

Ай бұрын

That's AWESOME! I wish I had skills to build stuff like that! You can't plane wet wood, try it on dry slabs and take 1/16 or less off on final pass for a good finish, 1/8 is crazy heavy pass.

@BigelowWoodcraft

Ай бұрын

This is fantastic. I just built one and didn't even consider building it to go in my sawmill. I just might have to build this. Great video.