I am a portable Sawmill owner, beginning with the purchase of a Norwood HD 36 portable sawmill in 2018, partnering with a friend, who has since moved on and I am now running the mill on my own. I am running a side business with my sawmill. Milling custom lumber for friends and family, and locally.
as well as for my own projects, As I enjoy wood working.
I hope to help other sawyers by sharing things I’ve learned along the way, And my goal is to create quality content that is educational and entertaining for the viewer. As well as creating a second stream of income through my channel. In the future I want to expand my channel to include homesteading, woodworking,and such types of content as well!
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First time ever viewing a hybrid methos of turning logs. Neat idea.
How long did/will it take to make your money back.
It’s not my mill, I’m just using it. A friend of mine and I got a bunch of logs together, and I’m helping him mill them up on his mill, But with this mill at the low price point I imagine it wouldn’t take long. And I’m impressed with its performance! Especially in pine. Compared to the Norwood that I had.
Hi buddy I’m glad to see ya out making sawdust!! Thanks for sharing! God bless you and the family!
@@heyyoubuddy6749 hey buddy! Thanks man ! God bless you to!
Awsom video, we saw pine on a Norwood bandmill, it's good to watch someone else work, great setup you got there🇺🇲✝️
I have the same mill. Thx. for the tip. I have not had to move the set screws yet. 3 blade changes later, the blade still tracks true on the wheels. Just curious, how often do you have to adjust the tracking screws.
Your welcome! If I remember right, sometimes I’ve have had to adjust almost every blade change.
@@Plankmills Thx. for the quick response. I’ll keep an eye on it. Cheers from Ontario. Just subscribed to help your channel. Now I have to binge watch your videos to catch up.
@@bobcaygeon4533 not a problem! I think I mentioned on one of my videos that I found it cuts better if the blade is positioned slightly further back on the band wheels, my theory is that it gives it more rigidity in the leading edge of the blade. So I’d usually run it with the bottom of the gullet flush with edge of the rubber pulleys
Top! Glückwunsch! :-))
That’s a good start. It will be good to see you milling again. Looking forward to seeing whatever you build.
Yes indeed! Thankyou! Me too! Haha Planning to do a small single level house With cathedral ceilings, with rough sawn beams from these trees for rafters. And roof framing. Exposed beam rafters with T&G on top Then rafters and insulation and roof on top of that. Similar to a log home roof system. And I thought about doing half-log siding and making look like an authentic log cabin from the outside. But inside just normal framing.
@@Plankmills That should be really nice. Will be beautiful!
Hi buddy it’s good ya see ya out working in the trees. I’m thinking working with a small mill will be different a lil more work, but that’s ok, making saw dust is always fun!! I’m looking forward to the build!
Hey you buddy! Good to hear from you! Yeah! I think so too! Yes! Thanks hopefully starting soon!
That is a really nice piece of equipment!
Yes it was! well built too1
Have the same sawmill for four years. I was about to move it to a new location ( 2 hours away on hwy). I had totally forgotten how to lock the cutting head down. Thx for the video. Anything I should worry about moving it so far?
Awesome! Glad I could be helpful! I’d recommend putting a post or small log on the from end to give it ample tongue weight. Other wise I noticed it was too well balanced. But I also had an extra bed extension on mine. And make sure your lights work. And stop every so often to make sure the carriage head is still secured tightly. But not to over tighten them. I sheared one of the bolts off by over tightening it.
@@Plankmills Awesome my friend. Greatly appreciate the info. Where are you? I’m in Ontario, Canada.
@bobcaygeon4533 your welcome! I’m just across the puddle… haha in Michigan. But I sold my mill and move to TN last fall. Which I wish I wouldn’t have sold the mill. But I’m actually over here right now for a wedding.
@@Plankmills Cheers. All the best in your new home.
Very professional!👍
Love the music. I had no problem hearing you. 👍
Sorry about the poor quality audio. I this was my first video using a new camera I got. So I have to figure out how to get the audio sounding good.
I like the scripture written on the green wall in your sharpening shop. Eph 2:10👍
Yes!! My sister who enjoys painting did that.
Hey glad to see you back! That sawmill has seen better days and definitely has missed the periodic maintenance schedule. Frontier has just come out with a new mill, the OS 35. Worth looking into, probably the best bang for your buck right now. Pretty sure they have a hydraulic option for it.
Hey! Thankyou! It’s good to be back! I’ve got a logging video coming soon! Getting some logs for my house build, using mostly rough sawn, hopefully coming this summer. Oh interesting! I guess I won’t need a mill at this time because the fellow that I’m buying land from would be my neighbor as well. and he said I can use his mill. He’s got a little woodland mill.
Great video. That one has definitely seen a lot of lumber. I prefer the vertical stops and clamps too. Cook’s do make good sawmills. I wish Norwood would offer a diesel engine. Keep your videos coming. 👍
Thankyou! Yes it had! from what I could tell it didn’t make very consistent lumber anymore. I’d be happy with a Honda, I guess Koehler is pretty good too, but Briggs are just not that great! I had to have mine rebuilt once. It was around $900. The governor came apart on the inside and had to have a bunch of stuff replaced inside the crank case. The repair guy said it was over-revved I guess I was running to high RPM’s so it would be good to check yours and adjust if needed. Just look up the rpm specs for your specific one. Then I had trouble with it for a while seeming to have a sticky throttle. But after a while with returned to normal.
Yes, I think the Honda engine is a real good engine. I have changed my engine oil to the Valvoline racing oil VR1, high zinc, as your mechanic recommended. The biggest thing that I don’t like about that B & S Vanguard is the non adjustable, (government regulated carburetor). I have to let off the gas slowly at the end of the cut to keep it from back firing. Those carburetors are very sensitive to ethonol gasoline (more government stuff) too. I had to switch to ethanol free. Glad you are back on KZread. Thanks for the information on the B & S engine. I will check that out.
Oh nice!! 👍🏼 Mine did that quite a lot too. I mostly use rec fuel (100% gas) Or premium.
I really hated to see it go. I really liked watching you run it with the limited amount of hydraulics that you had on it. I have no hydraulics on mine and I know you know how tough that is from hearing you say that you started out with no hydraulics. I have thought about adding just what you had on that one because I don’t really need the loading arms and think they would mostly just get in my way and I think I would rather push the saw than have auto feed because I like to feel what the saw is doing and as for as power up and down, that crank handle that is on it works pretty good and helps keep me in shape. 😂 If I could find the right buyer for my HD36 I think I would sell it and buy an Hd38 and add the hydraulic log stops and clamp to it. The reason for my thinking on that is for the increased throat capacity above the blade on the HD38.
I forgot to mention the roller toe boards. They looked like they worked great on your mill also.
Yes! I certainly agree! Where are you located? I may be your buyer! I’m located in TN. Although i would like to go with the HD38 for several reasons. The bigger cut throat and capacity. And also the better Honda motor! But there is a guy were planning to buy property from here who has a woodland mills mill he said i can use.
@@Plankmills I am in north western Horry County, South Carolina about 40 miles from Myrtle Beach, SC. I like the Woodland Mills too for the money.
@@jamesstroud8018 oh cool! I’ve been to Myrtle beach! I’ve never ran a woodland mill, but hopefully soon I’ll get the opportunity. I don’t like there blade guide system, I’d prefer the roller guides but we’ll see how it does.
@@Plankmills What part of Tennessee did you move to? Tennessee is a pretty state and I think you will like it.
Congratulations!
Thankyou!
I've heard you should not install standing seam roofing on a low slope roof. We are building a patio cover that has a slope of .5/12 and we want to do standing seam roofing on it. We live in Idaho and get quite a bit of snow load depending on the winter. Thoughts? I've also heard you shouldn't do nail strip install on low slope, only mechanical.
I’m guessing that’s because of ice damming. If that happens or even a lot of snow and the water could possible seap in through the ribs if it has enough water standing or puddling under the snow and ice. But the only scenario I’ve seen a low slope roof like this leak is where there was a low slope valley that wasn’t installed correctly. Are you saying the roof is 1/2 of 1/12 pitch?
Very modest and honest. 👍
Hey, I have always enjoyed your videos. As you may remember I have a Norwood HD36 too. Your content is always spot on and informative. I was sorry to see your sawmill go. I wish you the best in your endeavors and hope you eventually get another sawmill of some kind. Anyhow, keep some videos coming and be happy. 😊👍
That’s great to hear thanks! I’m hoping to get another mill this year. Not sure which brand I’ll go with. I want one with the vertically moving log rests. Like the Norwood ones. Not the ones that most manufacturers make where they move sideways. I liked the Norwood setup a lot but just think it was a bit under built.
I like the vertical moving log stops too and you are right about Norwood being under built. I believe they could do better than that.
That was a great video. Thanks for sharing it.
Glad you liked it.
Hello, where can I find the kit? THANKS
You can email or call Norwood sawmills and ask them for the roller blade guides kit for your sawmill.
Good work, thank you for sharing.. Have a great day..
The problem is the wheels..they wear out and you lose clearance between your rail and track. I came up with nice solution if anyone is interested .
What was your solution? I guess replacing the wheels would help.
@@Plankmills I replaced the original track altogether, using 1/4" x 2.5" flat bar with 5/8" solid round stock welded to the flat bar. A local machine shop made wheels out of delrin. The wheels have a concave cut so they ride on top of the round stock. The results are very smooth with zero binding. Much smoother operating than the original track system. I have about $900 in the new track system and I feel it will last a long time. Been running it like this for about a year now and it's great.
Interesting! Yeah the track it comes with wears out pretty fast.
Great video thank you, planning my set up for Norwood mill and you answered a lot of my questions
Been using diesel for many years. Have also used water and various mixtures of dawn, pine sol, windshield washer fluid and there is no comparison. One drop every 5 seconds or so. Occasionally the band gets a little extra by accident or when running out of the cut. If anything, I think blades run cooler and those that have excessive heat are usually dull, not enough set, PITCH BUILD UP! (which you eliminate with diesel. ) or too much time in the cut. The odor and contamination is not a problem because even when I'm sawing guitar material, the rough sawn material gets aged, re sawn on a shop bandsaw several years later, then thicknessed , surfaced, and any diesel is long gone.
I have a norwood lm 28
Cool, I’m assuming it works kinda the same way as mine?
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Nice sheed and mill !
How big was the winch. Uve told me NOTHING. A VAGUE VISUAL COMPLETELY DIVOID OF SPECIFICATIONS, PARTICULARLY THE lbs. Winch
I’m sorry about that. I believe it was a 2,500 lb winch.
The only thing he DIDN'T tell you was the size of the winch. It clearly shows how to rig the ramps, the cable/straps, the winch placement, even the battery cables. Great video, don't apologize.
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Great instructions we were getting derailed blades and the guide sorted us out Thanks
You are welcome! Glad I could help!
Nice
Thanks for this great video! I'm gonna buy the HD36V2. I wasn't going to go with any hydraulics but after seeing you use the log positioning and dog controls, they are a must have for a 1 man operation. Definitely a time saver!
Your welcome!! Yes! It definitely is a big time saver!
Id rather just eat my steak,
With rust all over it?
Use a non stick grate
You are stupid to use 1x1 for lath my sawmill we use 1x4 for the lath
Are you saying you use 1x4 to space your lumber for drying? I’ve never heard of doing that. I’ve only seen people use 1x1 or even smaller. If you use a 1x4 you’ll have more surface area in contact with the drying lumber, and then it won’t dry properly in those spots. And also it will mold under them if it’s really wet wood.
Humm, I was getting ready to replace the plastic blade guides on my HF sawmill with bearings, but my assumption was that I needed them on top and bottom of he blade, how does this work with rollers only on the top?
Hi there, the way this works is it puts down- pressure on the blade, I don’t think I’ve ever seen. One with them on Both sides. I would look just to getting some from Cooks saw manufacturing. They have ones that are 4- way adjustable. Which I think would be an amazing feature.
Did you get a new mill? thought you sold one last year.
No I did not, This was an old video that I shot from before I sold my mill. I just hadn’t posted till now.
@@Plankmillsahhhh. are you planning on getting a new one or headed in a different direction?
I’m not sure yet, I’ll probably get a new one, either Norwood or, woodland, or potentially I can just rent one from a guy I know. I went to look at one the other day, but didn’t buy it.
Thanks for not boring us with details like, 'I'm gonna go fill the gas tank' and then go fill the gas tank on the video.
@johnkrigin1535 Your welcome! I want to produce no-nonsense videos that people enjoy watching and are useful, educational, or entertaining.
I had gotten them with my Norwood sawmill. For loading logs onto the mill. But they worked great for this too!
Where did you get those ramps?
I found a 47 to one worm drive hand cranked winch in the metal bin at the dump. Oh yeah, the possibilities are endless.
Awesome music 😊
Also look at blade lube system they carry it’s great as well, it uses felt pad to wipe lube on blade and uses a fraction of the fluid
How’s the guides holding up, FYI when you need another set Cooks mills has guides with dirk fittings for grease. Thx for the video
That would be worth looking into ! Thanks! As long as I had it they were good. I sold my mill
@Plankmills Wondering how your rollers worked. After reading some of the comments sounds like they worked ok, seen you sold your mill so...guessing they must not have worked as well as you had hoped? I got the order list for the roller kit but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Also sounds like they might be coming out with a new blade guide system. Might wait for that before changing to rollers.
@@solopilot02 yes! I really liked them better than the ceramics. I think they produced a better more consistent cut quality. Less waves. That might be a good option. Some people recommended the Cook’s saw manufacturing roller guides. They can be adjusted in every direction. And to me that would be an amazing feature! Also a better lube system. Would be nice. The only complaint I have is that there was no attachment for the lube system on the new roller guide. If you watched my videos on the roller guides I think I showed that it didn’t have a spot for the that. But I make-shift made something work.
The best shop I've seen yet. Great job
Thankyou, I liked it quite a lot, The only thing I’d do differently is make it a bit bigger. And use something stronger beam for over the biggest opening.
Great job. Thx for sharing
Just found your channel. Excellent explanations. I notice many millers are installing DROs to their mills. Seems inexpensive and easy. Have you considered it? Thanks I saw your video where you sold your mill and went to Tennessee. Are you set up there now?
Where are you located? How long have you been doing this? How much for equipment We have 12 acres in Georgetown Delaware Looking for solutions Thank you You are impressive AMDG
Hi, I used to live in Michigan, But last fall I sold my mill and move to TN, I had bought the mill in 2018. For around $13k I later added the hydraulic log clamping system and toe boards, and a blade sharpener and tooth setter which brought my investment up to about $20k I would recommend Norwood because they are fairly in-expensive and offer vertical operating log stops. And their shipping time is much quicker than most other manufacturers. I got my mill with an extra 4’ of bed length so that I could mill logs 16’ long. Just make sure you do your research and learn from others on assembly of the mill. If you choose to get one from Norwood that’s not assembled. Thankyou.