Sawmill

[RivennHewn]

Nice dog.

That’s my little buddy

 

[Walkers]

Nice I have a guy in town that has a band mill when I need a lot of wood. I mill with a more primitive setup the Alaskan chainsaw mill it works great for custom cutting and getting to a hard to reach spot I just mill on the spot and load the truck, it is hard work though.

I dry my wood in a dehumidifier kiln for my furniture.

With that log on the bottom you could cut out a bunch of 2x4s and sell them to Home Depot

 

[Ton ton]

With that log on the bottom you could cut out a bunch of 2x4s and sell them to Home Depot

LOL.

 

[JohnKal]

Nice work Rivenn!

 

[RivennHewn]

Nice work Rivenn!

Thanks John!

 

[brianh]

That will be a oval coffee table for a customer it is a branch that came off a massive red oak on their property.

Way too straight for HD.

With that log on the bottom you could cut out a bunch of 2x4s and sell them to Home Depot

 

[RivennHewn]

Lasering in the trailer tongue this afternoon.

Might be about all I have in me today

 

[Fatboy148]

Tell us about this puppy:

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachments/41bee81c-0e08-4e90-9dbc-168aa010057f-jpeg.1579449/

Back when we had a Tibetan Mastiff, I used to tell visitors to be careful as you don't step in dog poo, you trip over it!

 

[RivennHewn]

That’s @ranger_the_newfie (he’s got his own Instagram)

He’s my 3 year old goofy-assed Newfoundland.

Just got his 36,000 mile check up at the vet this week. Vet says he’s in perfect health.

He is on the smaller side for the breed, weighing 137lbs.

But, the bigger they are, the more problems they are prone to.

 

[Fatboy148]

That’s @ranger_the_newfie (he’s got his own Instagram)

He’s my 3 year old goofy-assed Newfoundland.

Just got his 36,000 mile check up at the vet this week. Vet says he’s in perfect health.

He is on the smaller side for the breed, weighing 137lbs.

But, the bigger they are, the more problems they are prone to.

Beautiful puppy! I hope you get a ton of years out of him. We were lucky, our TM went for 15.5 trouble free years then she started having some issues in her get along. Got so she had difficulty on the tile floors with her back legs wanting to give out on her. Hardwood, carpet, anything else but tile, she was fine. It was time.

 

[Jayman17]

Ranger looks like he tore into a bag of powdered sugar in that photo!

Jay

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Are you sawing logs yet? What's it been 3 days already? ;0p

 

[RivennHewn]

Beautiful puppy! I hope you get a ton of years out of him. We were lucky, our TM went for 15.5 trouble free years then she started having some issues in her get along. Got so she had difficulty on the tile floors with her back legs wanting to give out on her. Hardwood, carpet, anything else but tile, she was fine. It was time.

Always a hard day when the time comes

 

[RivennHewn]

Ranger looks like he tore into a bag of powdered sugar in that photo!

Jay

Looks like Pacino in scarface

 

[RivennHewn]

Are you sawing logs yet? What's it been 3 days already? ;0p

Slow progress is still progress.

I did get the wiring harness installed last night.

 

[Half-fast eddie]

I did get the wiring harness installed last night.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachments/29774999-170d-4192-b3d4-1bf90047f4a0-jpeg.1585222/

I have never assembled a saw like yours … but I suspect that cable is going to interfere with towing … maybe …

 

[RivennHewn]

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachments/29774999-170d-4192-b3d4-1bf90047f4a0-jpeg.1585222/

I have never assembled a saw like yours … but I suspect that cable is going to interfere with towing … maybe …

No, it’ll be fine. It’s just how I have it looped up on the receiver.

I still need to fasten it with some cable clamps.

 

[Half-fast eddie]

I was joking. Looks like it comes out of the ball socket, but i’m sure you didn’t do that.

 

[RivennHewn]

I was joking. Looks like it comes out of the ball socket, but i’m sure you didn’t do that.

I guess I could tie a loop in the end of the wire, and put it over the hitch ball!

 

[RivennHewn]

They call it a toe board, not sure why.

Used for adjusting/compensating for taper.

 

[RivennHewn]

Who’s a roller?

 

[Half-fast eddie]

Is the tongue as long and skinny as it looks in the video?

 

[Crabman]

Who’s a roller?

Awesome!

 

[RivennHewn]

Is the tongue as long and skinny as it looks in the video?

Typical small trailer stuff.
It’s only rated for heavy loads with the feet down.

It is not rated to carry anything on it while towing it.

 

[RivennHewn]

Question for y’all:

They show the cutting head locked down to the trailer (for transport) almost to the end of the trailer, well behind the axle.

While I’m sure they did their research, I can’t help but wonder if it wouldn’t be better to set it up at, or in front of the axle.

Since I have to drill the rails for the lynch pins that lock the head to the trailer, I can do it anywhere along the trailer.

would love to hear your opinions.

 

[LXCam]

Just Forward. The last thing you want is a tongue lite issue.

Just looked at the picture and didn’t realize how far back the axle is. Without the head what do you estimate the tongue weight being?

 

[RivennHewn]

Just Forward. The last thing you want is a tongue lite issue.

Just looked at the picture and didn’t realize how far back the axle is. Without the head what do you estimate the tongue weight being?

From the axle forward, I’m guessing 1500 lbs.

 

[LXCam]

From the axle forward, I’m guessing 1500 lbs.

I doubt that but why don’t you temp the head unit in behind the axle like the instructions say then use a scale to see what the tongue weight is. Then you could play around with the location. I’d shoot for about 300lbs.

 

[Crabman]

The pictures on the manufacturer's website show it in the back for sure.

Logically you would want it further forward.

Maybe ask them?

 

[RivennHewn]

Doing a little math.

Total weight is 2K lbs.

Instructions says to lift the assembly with equipment capable of lifting 1000 lbs.

So the total trailer is 1000 lbs.
2/3rds of that is in front of the axels.

so you have 660 lbs in front of the axle, and 1340 lbs behind the axle.

(Approximately)

 

[RivennHewn]

 

[RivennHewn]

Then, about 30 seconds after I landed the cutting head:

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Any serious damage?

 

[RivennHewn]

Any serious damage?

No.

It was a slow, creaking failure.

No blood, no foul.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Sounds like you're living right!

 

[RivennHewn]

Sounds like you're living right!

Harbor freight wouldn’t let me down in a catastrophic way!

 

[RivennHewn]

Getting down to the smaller items on the list!

squared up the log stops.
Installed the cam clamps.
Torqued a bunch of M12s to 93 lbs.
Drilled the frame for the lock-down pins (I went with the manufacturer’s spec for location, for now)
Secured/adjusted the log scale/ indicator.
Installed the fenders.
Adjusted the throttle cable (rough).
Installed a door clamp/latch on each door.
Had a pFriem Pilsner for lunch.

All while under a tsunami Advisory

 

[PCustoms]

So 1st log tomorrow?

 

[RivennHewn]

So 1st log tomorrow?

Or, someday soon.

I still have a list to check off.

Lubrication lines, adjust blade guides, add engine oil and gas, verify tracking, blah, blah, blah

All in good time!

 

[RivennHewn]

Almost ready for logs!