Pretty sure we all use our eyes😊

No matter when I check in to learn more, The Professor is always providing top shelf teaching. I'm gonna try Cotton Picker Spindle Cleaner on my table saw carbide blades yo keep them cleaner. Be back soon for another fix.

Im usually thinking of nails. The rock opened my educational textbook brain, thanks!

As the song sings, 'Don't worry, be happy'. LOL!

I don't even own a band saw yet and love your shows. I did, however, just buy a chainsaw for milling though. I figure I'm just learning correct information for when I do get my bandsaw.

I found a product but my comment never posted. Not sure why, but here is another thought. I use a soluble oil as a dormant fruit tree spray. It is available everywhere. Think I will give it a try.

Thank you Robert, I really appreciate your hard work and jokes. Very helpful. I will be going through from your day one video from this video on. Ive been watching random videos you make and they always have alittle something to help in all cases. Gotta get all the info i can.

Learning about Dendrology /forestry will greatly increase your knowledge of tree species so you know how each is different there by making better useable lumber.

How are you making those ribbed stickers. Haven’t seen that piece of equipment yet

Love it. Get the best of all worlds. Animals,toys, and lots of expertise. Thanks Robert

U are teaching me so much, invaluable, thank you

Any thoughts on using spindle cleaner for chainsaw milling ? Been cutting some used telephone poles. Yuck !

Thanks so much. Since I only have the 25 horse gas engine would you recommend the .045 thickness. Thanks again for your expertise and sharing

Thanks for the tip on saw blades out of the woods said your the man on sawmills I believe it

That is an amazing piece of equipment. When I was a kid in school, they bought wood from Paxton in KC, and they double sided the hardwood the school bought, and it was crooked, bowed, wavy crap. Building a project in wood shop was experience, the project was junk. Now I have a 12" jointer and a 15" planer, in order to make my boards flat.

That's good advice. I use paint markers to write on my equipment/parts, fastener sizes, dates, hours, mileage etc.

That's why I cut pasture with a rotary cutter/bush hog instead of a flail mower...just 2 blades instead of dozens.

I bought mine on-line from Mystic Oil co.

I've been using cotton spindle cleaner for the past year and it works great on my mill. In the winter months I mixed it with windshield washer to prevent freezing.

If you know an equivalent product please post it to this comment so others can find and buy some. Thanks!

You're supposed to keep Earl's recipe secret!

Been searching online tonight and can't find the brand you showed. Can you help with source? We don't have many cotton machines out here in Oregon. Thanks for your videos Robert.

Just realized since I use this stuff for just about everything I went to check my supply and I'm down to about half gallon or less, so I ordered 5 gallons, Great video today and great reminder Thanks, Now then since Nathan has one of your hats I need one, gota keep up with Red Neck Hat day ya know!

You really have no idea how much I appreciate this education you’re providing me. I’m not sure what I owe you, but I owe you something.

Will this stuff work on belts? Run a Norwood hd36v2.

*"Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them."* _

As always enjoying your videos. Like usual. I'm going to give it a try. Diesel is what we're currently using.

Ur my kinda people, love ur input, time and efforts thankyou very much!

I hope I don’t wear you out with questions. You were right about Wood-Mizer liking to push double hard. His reasoning was you get more sharpening with the double hard than the silver tips. Do you know if that’s correct or do you bother resharpening. Thanks for all your help

Looks like you set your lube setting way down for either this spindle cleaner or diesel, when you use them in your mill lube tank.

Thanks! Commented in a previous video I'd try the spindle cleaner on my saw chains...I'll try to find a local source this week for just 1 gallon to try out. Tobacco is sticky too. I'm curious to find out if useful for other equipment maintenance/cleaning.

Oddly enough, I went on a walk about when I was about thirty and so ran a two row cotton picker for a man who was beyond a doubt the most selfish fellow you should encounter. He gave me a chance to operate one for his little farm in Arkansas. I had to wash by hand all those spindles before operating the machine, and since it took a couple of hours to do this at eighty five cents a hour, thought its boring but hey its work. I started on a wednesday and payday was on friday. I had my numbers in my head added up the amount of money I was earning. Kind of excited in a way. One problem tho, I mentioned friday as payday but not the friday I was working towards as he paid every two weeks. My bellybutton rubbing a hole in my backbone told me since he was so ecstatic about how hard a worker I was. I had my three days of work on friday and said to him, sir; I seem to think your a liking my work and I just really need a few dollars for gas and some food money. He told me that he provided a way to work in the back of his pickup so no money for gas. Then he did say since I was a great hard worker he would advance me five dollars! Mr., no matter who and where you might be, making five dollars stretch another seven days would be a right hard touch to do. So I said.. "we work from can see to can't see,, so I must of made more than enough for say twenty dollars??? He told me I had to clean those spindles and he did not pay a man for setting on his butt for two hours in the morning and at night before going home. Now I had walked to work that particular morning as it was only fifteen miles to his farm. Didn't allow much time for any sleep that night an admit was lot more tuckered out than I figured would be in but gave it all that day for him. FIVE DOLLARS!!! for a man to make last another week and eat plus walk them miles as his pickup was full and just hang on with the black folks working for him. I never met in my lifetime a finer bunch of fellows to work with. Always had a smile on their faces, most of them close to sixty plus years of age and tromping the cotton down in the bins to hold more of that cotton seed. Many scars from weevils they encountered everyday biting them. Their bodies were frail and yet no complaining was ever heard! That man drove a brand new pickup and did not allow anyone inside of this truck. He instead sat inside it with the air conditioning on and drank beer all day! He just tossed the cans or bottles on the ground and one or more of those black men picked them up and placed them in their aprons to place in the garbage for this man. Now this man was a big fat fellow and he showed a lot of stress in his skin and mostly his face when he stepped out of his truck to talk to me. He had me in a bind and so said nicely to him..... why do you treat people like animals..... more like cruel to animals? He said some right down derogatory things about them..... and then is when I just lost it. I had worked all my life, even as a young man working for my dad before old enough to argue, and so about ten years since coming home from vietnam.... I was not afraid of hard work but his jeering of those men, dang good older gentlemen who gave it all everyday and him holding a can of beer in either hand as he had a open can in one hand and the other for when that one ran out.... like I said, I just lost it right there. I punched him in the eye and caught that full can he dropped before he fell. I reached into his truck and grabbed a couple more for my back pockets. I told him that he could keep his money as I had enough time in to pay for the "FREE BEER" and started walking home. I told him to keep his precious money. He ran up behind me and grabbed my shoulder to spin me around but I was mad and spun right quick to face him. He quickly changed his mind about tangling with me. Those men standing there with grins on their faces fearing any laughter told me what I needed to know.. Sorry about a book length comment but just couldn't help myself. Just a part of my nature I suppose so hoped you are forgiving of that. I never gave thought as to this information you shared with us as he (that fellow in my comment) made us use our pocket knife to clean those spindles. It took a good while to scrape all of the corkscrew spindles. Had it been a machine of these times with a multitude of rows for picking, heck you wouldn't get one machine clean by yourself in a day using dull pocket knives.

Ty so much iam so knew its crazy i subscribed ty

I was using an oily solution before and it works like a charm... very good tip and helps a lot. Diesel - im not a big fan of it - although my brand of sawmill writes it in red-blot letters - DO NOT USE DIESEL... because of drive belts, rubber things getting messed up etc... which makes sense to me. What i really like about your channel is - you are not telling this "you must do this and that ..." or "thats the best blalbalbalba"... you are sharing valuable information just like everybody of us would stand infront of you - thats becoming so rear at youtube - no bullshit centent creator stuff but simple saying honest opinion about a topic. PLEASE keep this attitude and this type of content coming. I also like (and this is not meant negativ in any sense/way) not high gloss 3000 animation cinematic video production style. Plain - straight forward, honest content sharing - thats it - great!

Hey Robert, squirrel question (off topic): any thoughts on using using methyl bromide to eliminate insects on rough cut lumber, then kiln dry for much shorter time?

Yessir it works Been using it for about 2 years...love it. Joe In N GA

Mr.Milton. You have caused me to think back to when I was growing up. We used crosscut saws to fell some of the trees. The yellow pines, some 24 to 36 inch diameter, would gum up the saw teeth and rakers to the point that you couldn't pull the saw. Especially when the moon was waxing or full.. We would take a coke bottle, we called it a dope bottle, and fill it half full of coal oil or kerosene. Then we would stuff green pine straw into the neck of the bottle to make a brush. A third person would apply this to the saw blade as the two workers pulled the saw. This would keep the pine pitch from sticking ti the saw. The additive Mr. Wood mizer uses sounds like a graphite solution that metal workers use to cause drill bits cut smoother and longer before dulling.. Just a coup[e of ounces mixed in a gallon of water turns it to milk. Great video. I intend to try the spindle cleaner. I see Chip hid during the video. He knows why that puppy is there and he's thinking he may be on his way out. Ha!Ha! Thanks Mr. Milton I believe this will extend the blade life and keep.it sharp longer. Another great video!!!

Where do you buy it from? I was not able to find it on the internet. Thanks in advance.

I started with the pinesol and switched to diesel and never looked back.

I don’t know if they still have it, but CAT used to have a water soluable oil that was white like that for use in the coolant. I’m talking about around 1972. If you just ran water in the summer, you needed that for lubricant. It must have been concentrated, because it came in a small can like you get never seize in. If it’s the same thing, and you were somewhere cotton isn’t grown, that would fix you right up. Hopefully it is still available. Thanks for the video. Take care.

Brilliant ! Thanks Robert - that is just the stuff I was looking for and the explanation of why and how it works was very helpful, especially to an amateur like me.

Robert, thank you for this highly informative video. Your secret solution will help many a beginner sawyer.

I've heard Nathan mention it, but now that I hear that's what the professor is using, I will too! No disrespect to Nathan, but now it's settled.

I use the same stuff for my metal cutting saws too! either way band blades stay clean and cooler also use it in the coolant cup at my bench grinders.

Thanks for another video. I hope you had this in the works before my post on the forum. I will be down from cutting all summer due to my paying job but will have to try it. How's Chip doing?

using pine sol today cutting spruce works ok , not so good on oak . gonna try and find some of the secret sauce . thanks for the tip

Robert, although s rookie, totally sold on the spindle lube. Have used it pretty much since I started. By the way, for some reason I was unsubscribed but back. Thanks

Good info as usual! I am in northern Michigan and wonder if the spindle cleaner can be used thru the winter. Either way ordering some tonight

Ur awesome, thannkyou very much!

Thank you so much looking for it as soon as this is done