1964 Frick 0 Sawmill Milling Sweetgum and Southern Pine

Testing out the rebuilt Frick Model 0 sawmill.

[@verticle2612]

Some of the comments on here are ridiculous. I've got the same mill, been sawing for 40 years. First, the machine was designed by Frick exactly the way he is using it. OSHA can't and won't go to a privately owned sawmill that doesn't have employees or say shit to them. These guys are two friends that have been sawing 50+ years on their private property. Most of us Sawyers do this for the public. I don't let my customers hang out with me while I'm sawing. Next, Sweetgum (first log) is not junk wood. That comment obviously came from a non Sawyer. The only reason people don't like Sweetgum is because of the gum balls all over their yards. Lumber is strong and more forgiving than Oak. Where Oak snaps, Sweetgum bends. Of course sawing is dangerous, that's why you have to be experienced! The belts are not supposed to be covered you're just supposed to keep your damn hands out of them. It always bothers me when a bunch of people that have no experience with what they are talking about make a bunch of stupid comments. Nice work gentleman, but I do agree I'd get my ass sued off if one of my customers got hurt watching me saw. I also have a chip deflector hanging above my saw (1959 Frick 0) mill with 6-71 Detroit 4 valve head, 32" Frick Edger and 28" Frick cut off saw.

[@raganhayes4924]

Some of these idiots on here need to get them some Sweetgum for firewood and split it with an axe and wedge. That will give them something to complain about.

[@markleman8649]

your old sawmill is like me old but like me, it is a ball tearer, the sawdust remover chain is something else, your old mates wandering around are they helping or getting in the way. great video thanks.

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Thanks 👍

[@markgalicic7788]

nice old mill!!

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Thanks!

[@billieaycock1067]

You are setting your camera on the wrong side of the process. All I see is a log moving back and forth. Not so entertaining.

[@DonnaCreswell-j3v]

Wallace farm and sawmill

[@audiemccall7611]

Me and dad and brothers sawed on a frick just like that one ,,4500 to 5000 bd/ft a day ! Lot of white pine and we would take it to old fort n.c. to Ethan Allen furniture about 60 miles from our mill in Pisgah Forest ! We were truly a sawmill family

[@fricknjeep]

hithere well i am a bit late but good sawing and nice mill . best to all john

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Thanks!

[@invisiblewithlibertyandjus8458]

This is great! Ol feller down the road from me where I recently moved to, that I just met, finally! Has one of these pretty similar to this one and I've been itchin to get to help him saw. I got to introduce myself to him and told him if he ever got a day that he wanted to spend sawing, to please keep me in mind for a helper and I would gladly put in a full days work and wouldn't charge him a dime cause I love to work better than anything. I'd rather work 10 hours a day for nuthin than to spend 30 minutes of my life playin some old video game. Great job men! Very impressive!

[@bobbym6964]

Nice job putting the old mill back together!! I know that was hundreds of hours of effort.

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Yes it was!

[@rubberbandshee2188]

Absolutely the most interesting thing I've ever seen in ages! 1964 was a very good year I'm 57 so I can say that. Most amazing to operate a machine like this one and so glad you have recorded it. Sadly it won't be long before no one will be able to operate a machine that doesn't do all the thinking for them. Love watching that beautiful engine come to life also, restarted the video 3 times just to hear it. Thanks for sharing this wonderful video!

[@frickcirclesaw]

Good job on the carriage. Beautiful old mill. Thanks for the video.

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@terrybreiland4230]

As a teenager I worked with the same type of set up but was ran by steam at Olympic Mfg. in Gresham Ore. Nice to see not dead yet. Thanks!

[@genewoody7187]

Dad owned a sawmill back in the 1950's. It was powered by a TD14 4 cylinder international power unit. The mill was much like the one there. I was too young to do much but helped off bear the edger. His had a blower for the sawdust. It had a slab chute so we burned the slabs and strips off the edger. I asked my dad why he didn't teach up boys, six of us, how to run the mill, he told me he didn't want us to work as hard as he did.

[@pamtnman1515]

and this right here, Gene, is why America is in so much trouble now. Older generations did not want the younger people to work so hard, and we ended up with a bunch of spoiled nincompoops who don't want to work and don't know how to work. America cannot survive with this lazy attitude

[@wilmamcdermott3065]

68 years old in alberta own my own mill my dad owned a frick mill in 50s. 60s .

[@fricknjeep]

hi there real nice mill . steel husk, tapered bearing wheels, board gauge .wooden carriage maybe more then one mill . what is the spring on the husk belts for . sorry i just got to the end looks like you are missing the spring to hold the handle in neutral . i have been making them and put them on several mills now . i will try to make a short video on what it looks like and post it might be helpful . nice job on the mill looks real good . be safe john

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Thanks John.

[@danielgant2214]

I’m sure these guys know what they’re doing, but that open blade makes me nervous just watching it.

[@brucegarrett7232]

In South West Louisiana we have a lot of Sweet Gum and Tallow trees. Always wondered if they were for lumber. If that first log is Sweet Gum that's fantastic grain.

[@martyadams3915]

I spent several years of my youth working a frick mill with different members for my family some mills were single o and others were double o. Mostly I worked with my poppa but my dad and uncles had mills as well. At any given time our mills were scattered all across north east Georgia. Mostly in the mountains but private timber was good too in the late 70's and early 80's. I never did saw much but all the other jobs from off hearing to turning logs and working the bullpen I did do. It was hard work but I learned my limits as a boy and later as a man doing this. Where is this mill located?

[@justindc3124]

So cool! I just wish there was a wall built between the blade and the blade operator, man how dangerous

[@kenrolltideAlabama]

Was thinking the same thing, and when that small slab of wood feel against the big saw blade and he reached down with his bare hands and pulled it out. Very dangerous, lose a hand that way.

[@sharonyoung8251]

OSHA would have a field day. But I sure lived watching the video.

[@raypitts4880]

you learn from a young un to appreciate machinery push on with the job be safe work safe.watch look learn listen. im 75 im still here was helping grandad at 7 with a chainsaw trees we planted then now ready to be cut.75 years.

[@huntermossakajunkerman9646]

Nice to here that 4-71 detroit diesel running so smoothly.

[@wilmamcdermott3065]

Buffer screw need adjusting

[@chrischris4827]

I tailed an 0 when I was a kid ,boss would have gave the sawyer hell for going that slow!

[@nathanscott7910]

Come on dude they are old men.

[@susanvaughn741]

On of my rules is; don’t reach within 6” of the blade. There are tools and sticks I can afford to loose, but not my fingers, hand or arm. You also need a depth of hangout checker that does not require a tape measure. I’m going to make one with a pipe sliding in a pipe, the inside pipe will have marks to tell me what the saw will curt off, and color coded too.

[@charlesgarrett]

The power supply my dad and I had was the back wheel of a model A ford. The 53in saw blade was driven by a belt like the one being used here. Dangerous work but got the wood cut just the same in 1939.

[@25vrd48]

Love the Screaming Detroit Diesel's . Great Video .

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@thomasbeck9075]

Now that's what tough guys look like. I want a mill like this, I'm just wondering if I could make money with it

[@Twobrothersoutdoors]

Love the old circle mills, thanks for sharing!

[@garywilliams8711]

I can imagine buddy was cutting to what on the market is or the I like costum made .grampa knows what he's going.

[@kingoghearts1]

Love those old round saw headrigs, mine was powered by a blue flame six cylinder Chevrolet engine , a little gutless , but ran forever . You really have your carriage drive set up nice , no creeping . Well done sir .

[@ronmatthews853]

I pulled slabs when I was a teenager atHill sawmill in Autauga county Alabama.

[@carlgomm9699]

Such a nice show,hard to believe all the negative comments on here, I spent a lot of time on a Lane #1 mill just before I got married,I miss the sound and smell of the mill, especially when the planer was running,new subscription here, please keep up the good work !!

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Awesome. Thanks!

[@johnclarke6647]

A Frick sawmill? My grandmother was a Tomlinson and the Fricks were collateral with the Tomlinson family of Homerville, Ga. the Tomlinson’s were big into lumber and naval stores. My grandfather started out in a sawmill when he was seven. He was a Robinson out of Charlton County, Ga. so, all of this ties together.

[@wyattoneable]

Very interesting. As a guy who is always interested in maintenance, can you still get parts or do you have to fabricate your own. Thanks.

[@Chris-Fennimore]

We have a local machinist who helps out alot. :-)

[@dandeforest9439]

check with Wess at Montgomeryequipment.com for parts.he has lots of frick parts and very reasonable.1-888-806-8805

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Thanks for the tip Dan. I'll make sure the owner gets this.

[@m8s4lif]

Would like to see some safety measures to prevent anyone from slipping and falling into the blade or wheels, shafts and belts. I'm not talking about OSHA nonsense, just using the mill workers good judgement on procedures to prevent nasty accidents. Good to see some adult men working together testing out an old saw. I worked on a circular blade sawmill over 40 years ago. Good memories of some good people. I must admit that I'm more impressed with the newer band saw mills.

[@robertorondan8853]

Unfortunately, very little security to work, hopefully they have never had any kind of accident, that passing over the master axis is deadly, anything that gets stuck there leads to a disaster.

[@carlgomm9699]

Makes me think of a Lane #1 mill that I worked at while in highschool, very nice show and thanks for bringing back some good memories !!

[@Chris-Fennimore]

He has a Lane also. Check out my video on it.

[@christopheleblanc9175]

nice to see old kit , still doing a days work, it may be lower production compared to today's mills , but it also much lower over head to operate, thus,still viable especially for custom cutting , or small run production ,

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Yes, this mill will be for custom sawing.

[@thomasbeck9075]

That's what I was wondering if I could make enough product with this kind of mill to stay in business.

[@kenrolltideAlabama]

Looks to me like he has just got this up and running and has not finished setting up some of the stuff, especially the safety stuff. So hope this was kind of a test run kind of thing. I always stayed on my men about safety stuff cause I knew it would eat me alive if I had to live with myself if someone got hurt badly when I could have prevented it by not letting something go that I knew was dangerous.

[@shaunbrennan5281]

That sawdust drag chain though....! Love it, will keep that one in mind next time I need to move waste

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Right on

[@MrBoo1963]

Some things just don't need replacing.

[@fricknjeep]

hi there nice sawmill john

[@soupertrooper3864]

Why ain't he using the figureboard?

[@williamweirjr9749]

Wow what I could do with that and 40 acres in the Ozarks

[@thecollectoronthecorner7061]

I live in the Ozarks. The problem with the timber in my region is for about the last 200 years. when the timber was harvested only the very best most valuable trees where cut. and about every 20 years that was repeted. Thus the trees from the countinual High Grade harvesting has left cull trees to reseed the woodlands. and there are far too many stems per acre resulting in spindly slow growing trees. Now the trees are infested with wood boer insects and many are dying. I am simply clear cutting my woods and intend to only let good desirable trees grow. When I was a teen I observed our neighbors cut firewood. The picked only the best Red oaks that have very few limbs. Felled it and cut the butt cut and logs into firewood. They cut on each side of a limb and left the top. They only took the part that was easy to split. That was the way their daddy and Grand daddy cut fire wood and no point in fixing sumthin that aint broke!

[@jayalbertz9756]

Wow this is neat to see, I bet that blade is something to sharpen when it gets dull.

[@markheintz1878]

With insert teeth, it goes very fast. You clamp a jig to the blade at each tooth and a drill and stone do it very quickly, usually just a 2 or 3 light passes.

[@barrythompson8656]

At first i could not understand whats going on with the tape measuring, then when the camera switched to the back side i saw there is no bunk scale on that mill, ours has one, have to put on a new yardstick occasionally, so you know what distance the bunk is from the blade, add a 1/4 inch for each pass and slide the logs through, plus ive never see a log flipped so many times to make two beams in my life

[@chadshardwood247]

reminds me of being a kid in southern missouri looks alot like my cousins mill down home

[@williamcooper6958]

A lot of time wasting, very slow cutting, wouldn't want to be trying to make a living

[@davenelson9253]

You all mus be nuts, I would not get within a 100 yrd. of that thing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Kmecha84]

There's always the people needed to do office jobs and home Depot

[@sheepdog271]

@@Kmecha84 or clean up the latrines

[@lawrenceeichenlaub9880]

Or run for congress.

[@raypitts4880]

when a job wants doing use people who can work together and keep it safe im 75 and still here

[@dougsmith9099]

My uncle had a frock like this in the 60s and 70s. He had screen tacked to exes in front of the Sawyer to keep from getting sawdust thrown on him

[@ericduck8273]

You appear to need a little more help. Too much time to move a people around. My dad was a sawer in our mill. I never saw him have to measure the lumber. Maybe because we had a man setting the blocks on the carriage that was reading the setting. You appear to not either have a setting indicator or you can't see it. I was young when we ran the mill. I only road the carriage and dogged the logs and set the taper on the tail end of the carriage.

[@40yeartrucker25]

How much HP ? Will my MF 30 ,60 HP be enough power to run my brother-in-laws mill. ? Last time we used it we cut 2"×10"×16' burr oak for a trailer dack. Had a 100 hp tractor on it then .

[@rammy630]

You need to figure out how to use the set works so you don`t have to use the tape measure , you should be able to cut any dimension buy using the set wheel if it is set in the proper notch when you start. Just trying to be helpful .I sawed many many BF on old Lane hand set mill. Got set by the set wheel.

[@beccabeth2]

You are exactly right I never needed a tape measure unless something was off and when sawing the cant saw about 1/3 way through then turn flat side to head block and cut the rest of the cant

[@carmineredd1198]

he was trying to cut out the pith to get more wood

[@kenrolltideAlabama]

I would think you could put a laser marker up very cheep that would show all the way down the log where the saw teeth will cut. Place it up in the rafters for less than 30 dollars for a good one.

[@soupertrooper3864]

@@carmineredd1198 That's got nothing to do with him using a tape measure and sighting the line instead of using the figureboard

[@adamdanner2702]

Nice to the see the old mills run. It looks like the feed rate is to slow. Making saw dust instead of saw chips. Look to me that your saw blade is a power hog with so many teeth. I had the same issue when I bought a good used 48'' 42 tooth insert blade awhile back with no history of blade's hammered RPM or an idea of the power needed. After a ton of searching I found that each tooth needs to take a 0.050 bite to make chips. Take the number of teeth in the saw and multiply times the 0.050 bite load and this will give you the distance per one complete revaluation of the blade that the saw carriage should have traveled. Each tooth requires 4-5 HP. Now that I knew the details of what my blade required, it was clear to see that I was underpowering the blade. I didn't want to buy another blade and adding more power was out of the question as well. After more study I found some discussions where some guys were knocking back every other tooth on the blade to take that tooth out of the cut. My saw teeth inserts needed replacing already so I just replace every other tooth with a new tooth. My 42 tooth blade effectively became a 21 tooth blade needing only half the HP. The results are dramatic. I could feed the carriage at the proper speed to the saw effortlessly.

[@giorgiobassi9078]

😁troppo. Complicanze.....🥺🇮🇹

[@deanconner2475]

Sawed some 2-6-24 feet long once then his carpenter cut then in half now that was real smart.

[@froggleggers1805]

Damn, I am one year older than this Frick, just call me Frack!

[@blah646]

I wonder if any of the days with the old saw caused some headaches and grief, then name changed o frick, instead of frick o...?

[@nickzimmerman1447]

You really should have a guard were you keep stepping over that drive shaft. I personally saw a guy on a farm near us get caught in a PTO shaft 30 years ago. He kept his legs,but he got lucky his jeans wrapped that tight before they shredded that his skin looked like a rung out dish rag.

[@beccabeth2]

Definitely I know a old timer and he told me his cousin got killed in the mandrel

[@gerry343]

An easy job to box in that shaft and put some rails around the saw blade.

[@ronnietucker4943]

That is a good outfit. It is way ahead of a band mill on production of real timber. Every thing is as i am used to . I miss ours. It was a double 0.

[@raymondquave1237]

That pine will rot unless used under cover for something there's no heart to it

[@jamesrobinson1022]

I've seen this on another old saw mill where they hung a couple of steel rods from the ceiling than had a board attached to it directly above the saw as a top guard to deflect flying debris.

[@kenrolltideAlabama]

that and putting some 3/8 or 1/2 inch plexiglass between him and the blade on the left side would help too

[@raypitts4880]

yes then have bits of flexi glass flying like helmet that wont stop a blade coming out or a big belt coming off often peoples neck get hurt more with the weight of those silly bloody hats

[@alvarsdzenis4739]

what a beautiful machine. a true piece of artistry.

[@rogeriohirtrecalde3172]

Quantas polegadas é esta serra?

[@SmittySmithsonite]

Blows my mind how someone could have engineered this thing! Pretty amazing. What an operation! Thanks for sharing, Chris! 👍👍

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Thanks Smitty. The owner is still fine-tuning alignment and such, but it looks like it'll be a keeper.

[@wilmamcdermott3065]

Same mill my dad had

[@kirkury]

The "archaic" way is very interesting to watch. It really puts in to perspective, the amount of energy efficiency a band saw brings to the game. So much goes into building our world that most don't even consider.

[@m16ty]

Band saws require just as much, if not more, manual labor than one of these circle mills.

[@hillbillyfranks]

Just subscribe to your channel Enjoy the video I like your mill Looks like it does a real good job So stay safe and I'll be watching the next one have a good day

[@BakoelGendoel]

dangerous..be careful

[@jamesdyck9872]

Guards on saw blades are dangerous. ;)

[@raypitts4880]

yes they often get in the way

[@michaelclinesr.436]

Nice mill

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Thanks 👍

[@ИгорьБагров-ф7э]

Слабо считает, проходов лишних несколько. Да и помощник вялый.

[@giorgiobassi9078]

🤗👍🇮🇹👍✋tutto. Calcolato👀

[@donfowler3200]

Need better camera angle.

[@melvis2017]

Thanks for the great job application and I suggest the camera angles to show how hard to work in such environment Thanks once again for all the beautiful work 🇩🇰👌👍🙏

[@Jacelyn5440]

I do not know what to make of this. I watched it because it said it was from the 1960's. Is it supposed to be a very small operation? I am in no way being critical here. Please don't take it that way. My dad was in the sawmill business all my life and all his adult life. But, his sawmills would cut ties and lumber much faster. There was a man on the carriage who readied the wood for cutting and it went really smooth and much faster. He had more men working for him there, until they decided they didn't like to go to work. He then began to build the automatic parts for the mill. He had a welder friend who did the welding, but he would just go to a place that had the new things, such as automatic carriages and such, and would come back and build it. I was very proud of my Dad, as I am sure you can tell. That is truly a gift to be able to do that. Now back to this video. I do know other folks even in the time he had his mills, also did a much smaller scale operation. That was back in the 1960's and 1970's. Wow. How things have changed. I appreciate any feed back you can give me. This is so very interesting to me.

[@tennesseesawmillguy1590]

The year model of the mill is 1964, not the video. And yes. There’s numerous different mills with various production rates. Many of these videos aren’t really to show the maximum production of the mill but to show lil tidbits of history.

[@dougsmith9099]

This gentleman is taking his time to get the best possible sides from a not so straight log for a beam. U can see he knows what he's doing by the way he adjusted each headblock til he got it squared up. Great job bud

[@raypitts4880]

one man band for fun or like hell for money go away

[@thomasryan3358]

Where are you located

[@rudycarlson8245]

What kind of engine is that? Cat?

[@electricitysucks5]

Looks to be a 471 Detroit, maybe a 453 but doubtful, no other engine sounds quite like the 2 stroke Detroits.

[@soupertrooper3864]

@@electricitysucks5 It's a 71

[@rudycarlson8245]

471 Detroit?

[@susanvaughn741]

Where do you buy flat belts like that? I thought of using 4inch cargo straps, but I think it would stretch.

[@barrythompson8656]

also the blade has a bit of a speed wobble, maybe thats where the run out is coming from, seems like the blade could use a hammering and or guide replacement and set up

[@ApinexCom]

Great video. Have you ever used a green line laser module as an alignment tool ?

[@jimamccracken5783]

Awesome my favorite mill FRICK 0😊

[@fricknjeep]

hi there what a nice mill , good sawing john

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Thanks 👍

[@MoeWhiskey]

That would be a whole lot easier if it's square of those knees up

[@lloydholt324]

Worked at a cedar mill in clarksville ark just like it yates sawmill

[@raypitts4880]

he has a feeling for the job evan waiting for the saw dust to clear

[@juliotorres3159]

Me encantó tu video quisiera saber hasta qué medidas fabrican gracias por todo lo que estoy viendo

[@kenzodrow9604]

these fellers are having a lotta fun

[@wilmamcdermott3065]

My mill is just a band mill i would rather a head saw mill

[@scottstuart9158]

Thank you for posting this!

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@allanvarner8137]

I have always wanted a Frick sawmill there are lots of them here in Pa. but I never had the money even a Bell Saw mill would be nice.

[@thecollectoronthecorner7061]

I bought a Bell mill for $75 and another for $50. I have a lot of red heart cedar. I keep thinking a Bellsaw mill would be better for the smaller logs. I would like to fix a mill to saw extra long logs. I think if you could saw long timbers from oak or any durable timber and made mats like the guys who work excavators in mud use. You could sell them and the producer will get to determine the selling price. The trouble with farming -Sawmilling and lots of things. Is you produce a product then when its market time someone else gets to determine the price you recieve.

[@billkea7224]

What the devil can you do with sweetgum?

[@edvin61]

Good to see old equipment in use again. I guess you guys got the logs very cheap, becauce Wood is a fresch material needed to be cut before the blue fungus get into the log. These materials will have reduced lifetime for outdoor use. Your ears will also be affected very fast without ear protection. What did you say? Why was you careless when you had a sawmill, my son replied. Greate job, take care guys.

[@gersonpsw7664]

imagine um velho desse , tropesar e dar de beiço na serra😂

[@leegibbs5387]

Quit yammering about safety devices, these old boys know what they’re doing. It’s their life and limb, they’re risk. Looks like they’ve lived this long without loosing anything. Lee Gibbs, old sawyer

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Thanks Lee, you are correct.

[@wilmamcdermott3065]

Too man nancy type men now days.

[@jimmywalker5232]

I will always remember when I was offbearing, with my dad sawying he would at times barely skim a hickory log with the saw blade.Felt like a bunch of beebee's hitting you in the face.lol.Sure miss those days.

[@jimmywalker5232]

My uncle Peewee Walker had a finger reattached after an accident at a cross tie mill.Years after that accident he became one of Ray Prices fiddlers.

[@raymondquave2843]

That pine looks is almost to old an rotten it's not heart pine been laying around for a while an weathered but I guess can be used

[@billkea7224]

I'm guessing it's bark beetle killed trees.

[@garydungelman6530]

Ancient technology

[@Kmecha84]

But it still cuts good, this old stuff was built to last

[@HayWoodsandWetlands]

That's bloody Awesome! What a cool old mill setup. thanks for sharing. Love this mechanical ingenuity. Thumbs up

[@jagdishprasadkhaitan4815]

Lovely Nice sawing

[@nicktozie6685]

Holy shit this is beautiful

[@joeclark9042]

do u cut wood for just any one where u located at

[@ИгорьБагров-ф7э]

Но интересно посмотреть и сравнить. После 70 пойти можно на такую работу.

[@giorgiobassi9078]

Si ✋👍✋👍solo. Dopo i. 70 annj...😁🤗🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@francessmith286]

Só tem Véio no vídeo o mais novo ai é o cachorrinho

[@jpop2499]

Awesome!

[@solstar4778]

I bet he sharpens his own blades and mends his own belts!by the way what do you use sweet gum wood for ?

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Yes he does both. I believe that sweet gum became a beam for someone.

[@sheepdog271]

@@Chris-Fennimore my Grandpa had a Frick mill for 50 years, and did all of his own work on the mill. He mostly sawed ties for the railroad.

[@jagdishprasadkhaitan4815]

Lovely awesome sawing

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Thanks 👍

[@владимирселюков-ь1б]

мне б такой в моем селе апарат супер