Your videos have been the most informative of the saw mill channels I've seen. Thank you.

@davidcunningham257

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. Appreciate you watching.

You have really got that mill tuned right that saw sings the same tune no matter how big the log is.

Your mill runs fantastic! 👍👍

Good to see you at the sawmill again!! Nice job!!

@brettcarson2590

2 жыл бұрын

instablaster

Dave, I see your very considerate of your offbearer the unsung heroes around the mill. Once in a wile if I have some young guys tailing and their bored or grabassing I'll fire 7 or 8 board their way rapidly that gets them moving. Fine running mill.

@davidcunningham257

4 жыл бұрын

He had a hurt foot so I was taking it easy on him. Besides, those wide boards are heavy even if they are 1" thick. He gets a little upset if I start rapid firing the boards at him! LOL!

Nice job !

Love your sawmill. Thats the size pine that we cut all the time up in Northern MN beautiful wide pine boards. And they tend to be clear or very small knots

@davidcunningham257

4 жыл бұрын

We have some in these parts of NC but you don't often get them to the mill. Hurricanes over the years keeps down the diameter of them. Counting the rings, this one is about 85yrs old so it has seen some bad hurricanes in its time.

hi there good to see you behind the stick again . nice sawing pretty boards john

@davidcunningham257

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks John. I have been working on our place up in the mountains of NC that we bought almost 2 yrs ago and it has cut into my time sawing. I honestly have not sought after too many logs in the past year but could not pass these up.

Many interesting and thanks for sharing this video. Ciao Nicola from IT

@davidcunningham257

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video.

I like the beetles to get into the pine...it turns into beautiful blue wood!

really nice sawmill.... looks like you have it set up perfect

@davidcunningham257

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob, it is sawing really well. Always a joy to saw when it is running like that.

Love those old mills when the carriage and saw are set up correct , like you have done . They can cut like a damn . Take that woodmizer

@davidcunningham257

4 жыл бұрын

I have been asked several times over the years when I am going to move away from a circle mill and go to a band mill any my response is simple..never if I have any say so in it. I just love the old mills and will keep this one running as long as I can.

@dandeforest9439

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidcunningham257 old boy told me circle mills have a certain romance to them,i agree

@davidcunningham257

3 жыл бұрын

@@dandeforest9439 I agree, there is just nothing like them!

Nice and efficient set up. I prefer circular mills to band mills. Can cut 3 boards in the time to cut 1 on a band mills.

New subscriber nice setup and wide boards

@davidcunningham257

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Doug, glad to have you as a subscriber

The aroma from that fresh pine must be heavenly.

@davidcunningham257

3 жыл бұрын

It fills the air and is wonderful. Great when you are sawing cedar as well.

Cool bench

Awesome wood.

@davidcunningham257

3 жыл бұрын

It made some nice wide boards and all of it dried up nice and straight without cupping.

When do we get another of your videos ? You keep us moving

watching you again makes me want to get to sawing but my logs are under 3 feet of snow

@davidcunningham257

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds cold Dan! Here in the NC flat land, if we got 3 feet of snow everything would come to a stop for a month! lol!

I'm not so sure how much more of this I can stand. I'm telling myself, "NO", but I'm not listening.

@davidcunningham257

2 жыл бұрын

Been looking for an old sawmill now? 😊

David what kind of diesel engine do you have on the mill I know it’s is not a Detroit diesel is it a Cummins? It sounds like one each one has their own unique sound

Dave, you might take a minute sometime to describe how you came to have such a interest operating a circular sawmill. You seem to have a lot of time, energy and money into getting your mill up and running. You really seem to enjoy it.

@davidcunningham257

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bonnie, I will take that into consideration. Someone also suggested that I talk a little bit about how I dry my lumber. Pouring rain here in NC for weeks and hard to keep the lumber we saw from drying. May do a video and touch on your suggestions as well as other things.

@lukemurdock9351

4 жыл бұрын

Short answer I had a sawyer tell me ...."once ya get saw dust between your toe's your hooked" !!! I know you were being serious just hitting the lighter side LOL

Just subscribed to the channel! I hope you’re planning on putting out more videos. Hard to beat seeing a circle mill run. Hope you are doing well, and being safe! - Samuel

@davidcunningham257

2 жыл бұрын

Samuel, I plan to make more videos, just haven't had the opportunity. Have not had any logs in almost a year and work has been keeping me busy as well as some side projects. The mill isn't done, there will be more videos.

@TheTennesseeFrontier

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidcunningham257 Glad to hear it! I know how it goes. Time is hard to find sometimes!

@davidcunningham257

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheTennesseeFrontier I have also been putting off doing some maintenance on it which will take it down for a few weeks. Again, no logs so not that big of a deal. May start that this weekend. The arms on the setworks came with babbitt material which has worn away. I have new arms with brass wear bushings but it requires completely disassembling the setworks in order to replace them. Good reason to procrastinate! lol!

@TheTennesseeFrontier

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidcunningham257 I tell you what . . . I’ve never needed help in the realm of procrastination. 😅

@davidcunningham257

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheTennesseeFrontier My dad in TN is the chief procrastinator so I learned well! 😆

I see you aren't cutting 2 and 3 inch slabs like so many other "sawyers"! I like that!

@davidcunningham257

3 жыл бұрын

I do cut some 2" from time to time but this all will be used for interior panels or furniture so all is 1" thick.

What size is your headblocks open up to and size of blade

@davidcunningham257

3 жыл бұрын

The headblock openings are 32". This is the smallest of the Frick sawmill line but we changed the collar to match the larger saws so it will swing a 60" saw but I have a 54" on it. I have a couple of 48" that I use sometimes as well.

I'm looking into a new Frickco 00H. I wonder how similar they are to the old mills?

@davidcunningham257

Жыл бұрын

If you are looking at Albright Saw in OH, a lot of the parts are interchangeable. I think the head saw pulleys, shafts and such are the same but I believe they headblocks on the carriage are different and rightly so. The old 00 headblock ells were cast iron and they wore grooves in the bases and ended up becoming dished on the faces. They had to be machined to repair these issues and add a sacrificial base like I did on my mill to protect the ways. I think all of the new headblocks are set up with sacrificial faces and bases that can be changed out.

@OldGloryLumberandMilling

Жыл бұрын

@@davidcunningham257 That's good to know, and yes, that's who we're looking at.

Also ask how many nails are in them.

@davidcunningham257

Жыл бұрын

I think that day we only had the one and didn't hit it. We have had logs that had 3 or 4 nails in them. That typically really messes up the teeth. I also sawed the top out of an eyebolt once and that required us to change all the teeth in the saw. I got a nice new metal detector so hopefully no more finding nails with the saw.

If your still using the Frick you might want to build a weather proof cover for the sawdust then you could offer dry sawdust for bedding and other farm animals. Better than throwing it away.

@davidcunningham257

3 жыл бұрын

We typically let it stay there for a while and break down some then add it to the gardens that we are not currently using. This year, we have started raising chickens so I am going to put some in the bottom of their run to scratch around in. We also give it to any neighbors that want it for mulch or gardens as well. With gardens, have to wait a year for it to break down well in the soil.

I see you do not run the blade at a high RPM like some other circular saw mills. It seems to cut just fine. 👍

@davidcunningham257

3 жыл бұрын

It does cut great and consistent. It is running at around 600rpm but the engine does tend to creep up some and may get to 625rpm sometimes. The blade is hammered for 600 so if it gets near that 625, I tend to get a little bit of wobble in it. Haven't found how to dial my engine back any though.

What year Frick ya runnin Dave?

@davidcunningham257

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly Jim, I am not sure. When the guys at D&D Sawmill Parts and Repair looked at the setworks, they estimated early 40's but who actually knows. When I got it, it was already converted to steel and the 00 Frick was originally all wood frame. I assume when it was converted from wood to steel, the tag got lost on it so we are not sure of age but know its a 00 based on the belt width, headblock depth and shaft size. When we restored it, I upgraded the axles to the 01 style which are much better.

That blades sawing nice. Carbide teeth or no ?

@davidcunningham257

Жыл бұрын

I only use steel teeth these days. I had a set of carbide that came with the mill but they just seem to chip too easily if there is a small rock in the bark or anything hard. After using them once, I went back to steel teeth and have stuck with them.

What engine are you running the mill with? It sounds good!

@davidcunningham257

3 жыл бұрын

It's a 1955 Cummins HRF-6. I am not sure how many years they made them, I don't really see any around but it is a good running engine. Straight 6, naturally aspirated and easy to work on. Our biggest issue with it was too much power! LOL! It is rated at 190hp and we ended up removing two of the belts from the sawmill to cut down on the power transmission. May not be an issue now that we have three bearings on the mill and pulling between the bearings but when there were two and had a cantilevered pulley on the mill, the Cummins would cause the sawmill shaft to flex when the governor kicked in and it would throw the saw off.

@TheFlyingfarmer28170

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidcunningham257 I knew it was too quite to be a 6/71 Detroit.

@davidcunningham257

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheFlyingfarmer28170 It isn't that loud. I just ended up with it because we were designing a new boiler plant for a local hospital and they were throwing this engine away. I was able to buy it for $0.01/lb. It was a generator but we took the generator head off and put on the PTO. It has served us well.

White pine?

@davidcunningham257

Жыл бұрын

All of that was southern yellow pine.

I never saw yard trees or line trees with my bandsaw mill .i us to help a neighbour saw on a circle saw and seen what happen when you hit metal not good.

@davidcunningham257

2 жыл бұрын

We sawed cedar from the middle of the woods a couple of weeks ago and still hit two nails in the tree. Just never know. My saw teeth were already on their last leg so I just kept sawing and got the job done. I have pulled 4" J bolts out of trees before which would kill the sawblade itself. Those we had metal detected due to them being yard trees and found the J bolt with a metal detector instead of with the saw.

where is your ear protection?

@davidcunningham257

Жыл бұрын

I use those foam inserts so it is hard to tell they are in but I am wearing hearing protection. There is just no way to saw without it nor should you with as loud as things are around the mill.

@fredfriar1420

Жыл бұрын

@@davidcunningham257 really enjoyed you restoring the Frick mill. Frick evolved over the years to also make very good compressors and refrigeration equipment. For a very long time the only two brands to met Navy specks was Frick and York. I was in the water treatment business one of my customers (near Marietta , Ohio) had a band saw mill the blade was 37' long. teeth on each edge. sawed both directions . Took 3 men in the saw shop keeping those blades sharp.

You need to make some more videos

@davidcunningham257

3 жыл бұрын

I wished I had more time to do so. Working full time and sawmilling as a hobby doesn't allow me too much time at the mill unfortunately.

CHECK THESE GUYS OUT! "fricknjeep" IS ONE OF THE GUYS THE OTHER IS "mark galicic"

I wouldn't wait for the off beater, pump those boards out and if he cant keep up then find some one who can.

@davidcunningham257

3 жыл бұрын

He is getting older and had hurt himself so I was being easy on him. I have an up and coming son so maybe I can get him to do the heavy lifting in a few more years!

Why do you feed the log so fast than you stand and wait. It sounds really good. and that’s some really nice lumber. Thanks for sharing

@davidcunningham257

6 ай бұрын

If the feed is too slow, you risk the saw moving side to side in the log and give you unsatisfactory dimensions. So, I saw at a faster rate which gives us more uniform dimensions on the lumber. I wait because it is just myself and brother doing the work and he is older and slower! LOL! So, not always seen in the videos, he is grabbing the wood and stacking it on the forklift and I am waiting on that. There is a small gap between the carriage and the conveyer and if he isn't standing there to grab the board as it comes off of the saw, it sometimes falls through that crack and we have to stop everything to get it out so I also wait for him so that doesn't occur either. I have meant to fix that for several years but...