Cedar Log Being Milled on a Foley-Belsaw A-14 Circular Sawmill

[@21mph12]

Tractorman44 has an overview of this mill over on his channel. Go have a look at it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4rPfZ97aNmNacU

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

Good day Sir, I'm revisiting all you videos !!! I just love this old machine !!! Cheers !!!👍👍👍

[@21mph12]

Thank you! Tractorman and I had a lot of fun with it. We need to play with it again, but we've been working on other projects lately.

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

@@21mph12 You are a busy man Right !!! Cheers and keep up the good works !!!

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

WOAW !!! I really wish i had that saw mill at home !!! Very good video Sir !!! Cheers !!!

[@21mph12]

Thanks so much! Glad you stopped by, and yes, it's WAY more fun in real life.

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

@@21mph12 Your welcome ! Cheers !

[@stevelindsay3643]

My Belsaw is almost Identical, my carriage is 14 feet, three headblocks, 54 inch inserted tooth blade. I have four blades the smallest 44 inch, the largest 54 inch, and two 48 inch, I have set it up for one man 5000 bf per 8 hour run time, Configured with belt conveyors for lumber and slabwood extraction, log turner, stationary diesel, under the mill sawdust conveyor 50 feet long on an incline. etc. The mill is 45 feet long

[@21mph12]

It sounds like you have a really sweet setup. Maybe we'll add some of those things when we decide to stop messing around. Thanks for watching!

[@stevelindsay3643]

Two things that quadrupled my output was the board conveyors and the Log Turner. The log Turner is 4 5 inch casters, that hinge up in front of the saw carriage. One guy with a cant-hook can turn just about any diameter log,. The log turns from the saw face rolling on the caster to ready the next side to saw.

[@storminnormanz]

5000 ft is ridiculous for a mill like this, I’d be lucky to get 1500 a day with 2 people

[@sociallyunaceptable981]

Used to have a Bellsaw. Took a mobile home axle, 50’ of square tube trailer and had a machine that could 24’ logs. Worked great

[@OutothehousewithPaul]

Great to see the mill powered by an Oliver!

[@21mph12]

You betcha. It definitely has the right amount of power.

[@summerlakephotog8239]

I love this set up. I prefer it to the bandsaw mills and the swing blade mills. PTO powered .

[@21mph12]

Can't say I have much time on a band mill, so I don't know how they feel, but I do know that this one is a lot of fun to run.

[@sektakval]

How I love watching this! (Y) Great job!

[@ВасяИгнатов-ж3к]

Cool job guys!

[@MrSunrise-gm5ne]

Dude, gloves and filter mask - been there, done that, cedar sucks. Thanks for the cool video!

[@hidingfromyou4455]

Walk around the front of that rear tractor tire to shut it down. Your pant legs are exposed to open turning PTO shaft. That will grab quicker than chit and you'll be mince meat wrapped around that shaft. Saw my brother get his jeans ripped off at the knee before you could blink an eye. We looked at each other and never said a word. He was white as a sheet and shaking like a leaf. Dropped everything and went to the house and changed clothes and was done for the day. The old saying is true. A couple extra steps ain't gonna kill ya.

[@21mph12]

That Oliver 88 has a very wide stance, and I was much farther away from the shaft than it may appear. Look again and you'll see that I was behind the lifting arms, which themselves splay out and away from the power take off shaft. Safety is a personal choice, and personally, I choose to stay away from the shaft.

[@MrOlgrumpy]

I can almost smell that Cedar

[@liamflannery1953]

Nice simple Saw setup but please cover that shaft

[@daftnord4957]

dont worry about the 50 inch saw blade though lol

[@jeremiah4248]

Anything you can't reach while the machine is running does not need a guard

[@adjustablehammer3749]

I would say don't bother but the way he stands right next to it when it's running makes me nervous

[@21mph12]

The video is a little deceiving since I was never near the shaft at any point. When I disengage the PTO, I always stay outside the lifting arms which splay out and away from the shaft. What's safe for one person may not be safe for another. It nearly always boils down to knowing your equipment, being aware of the environment, and having an accurate estimation of your abilities.

[@helicab]

i just bought a homemade sawmill, and was wondering about the log kickbacks, due to a boxy log causing the log to pinch,the saw blade,since mine does not have any hold down dogs, but i see that you have a knife blade behind the saw blade to prevent the swaddled from being pinched, great idea!

[@jeremiah4248]

You definitely want to have that knife blade or fin behind the saw. My grandpa told me a board, catching on the saw near the end of the cut, flew back towards him and almost killed him. Ever since that he built in as big a fin as possible and close to the saw as possible and he never had that problem again

[@tomtd]

Called a riving knife or blade

[@MrBoiler09]

OSHA would love it!!!!!

[@cmoon682]

Jeez,what's the retail?10$ a foot?great vid,cedar is beautiful stuff

[@gahillbilly6566]

Love watching you'll run this mill... how much does a mill like this one cost? If you dont mind sharin

[@21mph12]

This one was $500, but it was not in great condition. It was pretty much sitting in the dirt with the blade buried about 7" into the ground. This is a different blade, the carriage has been reworked, and other things had to be given some TLC before it could be ran.

[@wemcal]

Great set up and video... I would love to have one of these or something similar. Is that for the structural behind you?

[@21mph12]

Thanks! No, this lumber wasn't for that building. This was just us taking a day off and having some different fun.

[@davidnull5590]

Might someone know what kind of logs were being sawed? Some type of cedar?

[@21mph12]

The log is just a regular red cedar. Thanks for watching!

[@davidnull5590]

Thanks for the reply. I like your videos. That mill looks like it can be scary, myself I'd have a hard time breaking myself of my habit of reaching for things. I've never seen red cedar in a tree or log, only in a piece of finished furniture. I must be living a sheltered life ;) Keep up the good work.

[@slavkopezer6387]

nijecemu

[@spree910]

what type of wood is that

[@sanityfade]

world boss eastern red cedar. Also called aromatic cedar some places.

[@efrainestaba4337]

Excellent video buddy is a real engineering I am building a sawmill like this in my ranch but I do not know how to make the reversible system for the logs car , could you help me with some plane or scheme? Thank you so much!!!

[@21mph12]

I don't think I can help you with the plans though. You can try searching "Foley-Belsaw A14" or "Foley-Belsaw M14" and you might be able to find a closeup of the reversing system. Sorry that I can't do more for you, but good luck with your mill.

[@21mph12]

Tractorman44 just did an overview of this mill here if you're still interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4rPfZ97aNmNacU

[@muratkaratekeli1171]

whats Name ist this Wood

[@jasonwilson8517]

I'd love to have your job

[@markthompsoncpa]

What is the brown stain from? Can it be milled out?

[@21mph12]

The brown stain was some rot in the middle of the log that wasn't apparent when we started. At 3:03 you can see me stick my finger in the hole when I notice it. The next board was pretty trashed, so that's why I rotated the log at 3:45. To me, narrower boards with bad edges were better than wide boards with rot in the middle. The lumber was still really nice even with the bad spot. Thanks for watching!

[@avproavi]

What tractor for power?

[@21mph12]

The tractor is an early 50's Oliver 88. Thanks for watching!

[@kieronbower8549]

Shame about the rot.

[@guerreiroverde1674]

trabalha muito proximo da serra!!! um perigo de acidente fatal!!!

[@budnotu]

Where are your safety glasses?