From Logs to Lumber

Milling 6 Southern Yellow Pine logs on a small Wood Mizer sawmill.
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[@jamessmaby8758]

I love the work ethic and the fact that Two Americans are just working Together as it should be , I miss the mill !

[@GEOPUZZLE]

I've done lots of woodworking/building. I have no experience processing logs with a sawmill. After watching hundreds of this type video on YT, I find it somehow mesmerizing and enjoyable to watch these logs being transformed into lumber. Thanks for posting.

[@DarrelCarson]

I'm looking at those wide planks and thinking "FLOORING!!!" Fantastic job on the video too.

[@smasica]

Thought exactly the same thing. S. Yellow Pine makes excellent flooring; hard, long-wearing, and beautiful.

[@johnressman2205]

@@smasica better make sure those wide boards are super dry before using as they WIILL shrink a lot

[@IansWork]

This was great to watch. Thanks for posting.

[@alejandrocantu4652]

Nice haul of logs. Good to see you had a helper to speed up the milling.

[@mrMacGoover]

I like your choice of milling music... and it's good to see you have a milling buddy as company and a extra set of hands!

[@DcaCo123]

Thanks for sharing. I can see you put a lot of thinking into your mill set up. A lot of time laying awake at night, just thinking how you can make it easier and simpler. Great Job Young Man. Greetings from an old Man in Northern Michigan. I really enjoyed this video.

[@williamjacobs236]

Looks like the platform & log deck are working out for you ! NICE looking boards your cutting there !

[@4115t41r]

Great video especially with the music. Thanks.

[@beboboymann3823]

Love the camera mounted to the waste slab as you carried it away. This great stuff.

[@norm770]

Sure is nice to have a helper. Nice lumber.

[@GreatPlainsCraftsman]

Pretty SY pine Wes. I like that stuff. Sawmill looks to be working just as you intended. Nice.

[@falllineridge]

Great Plains Craftsman SYP is my favorite. The mill works great. Huge improvement. Appreciate you stopping by!

[@bigrebone]

That is some pretty pine wood. Nice job.

[@christianb9472]

What I like a lot about your videos is how you change views from many angles to make it more interesting. I usually watch whole way thru each one. Much more engaging and not boring! Your upgrade continues to be very productive and much safer than tractor. God bless you and family.

[@falllineridge]

Christian B Thank you!

[@Zerostar369]

SYP is one of my favorite woods. Can never have enough!

[@marionrobertson3895]

Full Line Ridge I really enjoyed the video logs to lumber beautiful grain boards and you had help thats great he might have been the same one that was cutting the grass.Thanks all be blessed.

[@jerrylittle8922]

Excellent video footage. Turned out some nice lumber. 👍

[@thelogfather5002]

It feels good to get things dialed in to the way it works best for you, well done!

[@falllineridge]

Jeff Hogue Thank you!

[@barneslifegeorgiaedition9857]

Looks like your log ramp is working like a charm, I’m thinking about doing one for my mill once I get it set up. Great video!

[@515bucko01]

Thanks for all the "up close" shots, now I have a better idea what all the hand motions do before cutting. That's a lot of wood to cut in a day.

[@falllineridge]

Lee Peterson Two separate days for this, but I’m confident it could have been done in a day with time to spare.

[@practicallyIndependent]

That's a good haul of lumber. Must be handy having someone helping you out. And that log ramp is Fantastic. Great videos as always!

[@falllineridge]

Dillons Woodworks Thanks, Mike! Having help is amazing.

[@thomastieffenbacherdocsava1549]

Nice progress! The winch appears to be doing the job! Looks like a big lawnmower too? LOL! Great to have help. Makes it go much faster!

[@russellclement2058]

Sweet logs ,, makes them so easy to mill nice and straight

[@jamesmccleland4898]

Good job. I like it !

[@staudtj1]

Looks like a win win win situation! Sweet looking boards, good cutting techniques and great video production. ....Good job dude!

[@Bass2010]

Injoyed the longer video and injoyed watching the new set up working so good and I’ll bet your back in a lot better Shape because of it😎👍👍👍👍

[@falllineridge]

Bass 167 It’s way better!

[@tiffanyrobinson802]

Awesome set up

[@danriley9155]

Those are some nice yellow pine boards!!

[@rossinnz]

Hope you enjoyed making it as much as I did watching it.

[@stevesowders1844]

Nice setup!

[@BusHuxley]

I recognize this process! Nice editing man! Isn't it wonderful to have an extra set of skilled hands around when milling? You do all these little things that and make all these extra movements that can suddenly be eliminated with help. I swear I walk three miles around that mill when I am going through a bunch of logs like this. Good work here.

[@falllineridge]

Bus Huxley It’s wonderful! He helps me out one day a week here and it’s a great help. Appreciate the compliment! I’m not ashamed to say that I’ve learned some of my editing tricks from your videos and shamelessly stolen the ideas.

[@BusHuxley]

As I have done from the countless videos before mine! All art is derivative from what came before it. To take something someone has done and tweak it, twist it, shape it to make it their own is the process of creation of art. There is no shame whatever in that. I really appreciate the comment though. I am looking forward to warmer weather so i can start playing around a bit more with trickery. My batteries don't last very long in the cold and I have been in lumber production mode of late. @@falllineridge

[@falllineridge]

Bus Huxley Good point!

[@kennethhudson8013]

Son! Thems some big ass trees u r sawing my Southern brother!

[@glg3945]

Cool camera angles and awesome wood. Nice video, great handyman. Peace and Good Fortune to you both and your families.

[@falllineridge]

G LG Thank you! Appreciate you watching.

[@puncherdavis9727]

Great video and nice haul of lumber. Always nice to have a friend help. Many hands makes light work. Tell the little troublemaker he needs to help more. Bet he was slacking in the dog house chasing rabbits in his dreams:)

[@zates2272]

Glad you got a good friend to help!

[@SDB777]

Nicely edited....made a long video seem 'worth it'. Thumbs up on the choice of mill also....it was my first mill(have since moved onto the LT28

[@w96725]

You do such a great job. I really enjoy your channel.

[@popahh615]

What beautiful wood. Your sawmill is a lot easier to use now. I'd love to be there to see this in person.

[@bobmorris9687]

I've made several winch booms and installed at these little Mills they really take alot of work out of it. All it takes is like a six inch piece of pipe, a front spindle off an old two ton truck welded on top and a four inch tubing welded out from it with a small electric (3500lb four-wheeler winch) with half of a logging tong on the cable, takes all care of all your turning and positioning needs....

[@terryclouse6390]

I never seen you have help before good video good to see you have help good job men

[@David-fv7zg]

Love this setup. How did I ever miss this one?

[@TheMaclays]

Great setup, I hope to get a mill one day. Thanks for the great ideas. Love watching your videos. Take care.

[@falllineridge]

Area 58 Thank you!

[@pup734]

A lot more energy to saw logs without having to wrestle them logs onto mill Log deck and raising the mill off the ground sure does make life easier. nice job and nice lumber

[@falllineridge]

Larry Downes Thanks, Larry.

[@lakebum6211]

Wow, nice load of lumber. I really need to get a sawmill.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

You'll never have another free moment ;-)

[@ernestdelong7301]

hello fall line ridge my name is Ernest Ray DeLong,you were talking about that book the flag was still standing ,well I orderd the book and I got it today and I started to read it .

[@paulk8716]

This was very satisfying for me to watch, I’m not sure why I like logs getting turned into wood planks. Thanks!

[@TripleTRanchAndSawmill]

The old timers around my house will not build with white pine. They prefer yellow pine for strength in the bones of the structure. Looks like a nice day's work. :)

[@falllineridge]

Triple T Ranch & Sawmill It’s good stuff!

[@dennishayes65]

Good lumber cutting ! Nice to have help, goes much faster !

[@rkeround2itindustries892]

Have you thought about making removable extensions for your ramp to load directly from the trailer? This would save wear and tear on the winch. Plus you could roll the logs straight from the trailer.

[@falllineridge]

RKE Round2iT Industries I think that’s a really good idea. Thank you!

[@practicallyIndependent]

Very good idea!

[@marionrobertson3895]

RKE that would be neat I would love to see that great idea.

[@rogerdickinson920]

Good idea....Look up Smart Car Ramps. Mine are 12' long, 12" wide and fold in half. 58 lb per ramp. Capacity over a ton for the pair. I offload my Smart car from the deck of the Volvo 730 rv hauler. These would definitely work for you.

[@yueanwareeyan6516]

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[@franklinbrooks9506]

I like your log deck. 👍🏼

[@09rja]

Nice job. I've thought that if I milled my own wood, I'd have a similar set up......but to get the logs to the level of the mill, I'd have a welded frame that I could slip a floor jack under and get them up that way. But the mill would have to be lower to the ground as most floor jacks won't raise more than 17".

[@captgringo]

Really nice lumber !

[@jimwilloughby]

It's been a while since I've seen any of your videos. I see you've made some changes. Getting the mill up off the ground and building a ramp, with a winch look really good. Sweet.

[@galanjones8123]

Nice lumber if you have a small mill looks good .

[@TheRinkboss]

Nice load of planks there , looks great ..Awesome video , the quality improves with each one . Keep up the good work bud

[@joankamp4513]

Looks like your setup is working well.

[@falllineridge]

Joan Kamp Yes it is!

[@NorthwestSawyer]

You have staff now!?! At first i was getting tired just thinking about all the camera angle setups. Good for you! nice video and even nicer lumber!

[@falllineridge]

Northwest Sawyer Thanks, Jason! He helps me out once a week. He’s a huge help to me. All those angles are for your viewing pleasure!

[@freightdawg6762]

Excellent!!

[@meandale]

New subscriber here. It is kinda mesmerizing and relaxing to watch y'all work. Thanks for posting!

[@pboulware1737]

Nice Job!

[@Logjam5]

Nice to have some help with the work!

[@rickharper1497]

I agree, good help!!

[@ashrafazer4027]

Logjam5 love what u do man

[@floydblack3038]

Looking at ur mill gets me to thinking that the exhaust shoot could be longer. Here's an idea for that. Get a piece of PVC 4" pipe about 18" long. Cut one end about 4-6" in from the end. U could use a t pattern. Once cut then carefully heat the end of ur cut from one to another them fold back once the PCC has softened some. Thus will make flanges to attach the pipe to the mill. This will help so u font walk in sawdust while ur milling. Also u could try to use a winch to load onto the mill if u could get it to in the other direction. Good luck. Reminds me of when I worked with some Amish friends in their mill.

[@kennethhudson8013]

Awesome grain.

[@robertind3374]

You have a good sidekick there, I noticed many commentators have also noticed.

[@mannypickard479]

might i make a suggestion when you pull up with the trailer right next to the ramp use some 4 inch angle iron from the platform to the trailer and just roll the timber over into position save using the winch ,

[@RXRSawdustStation]

That's a "heap of lumber"! Well done! Good work! #KeepTheChipFlying!

[@bfd1565]

Nice work bro...

[@denisricher1349]

Great Job.... Looks like you could use a solar panel for keeping the battery charged...

[@paulstanding7267]

Hello thank you for your reply to my question at least you have offered good luck on your timber manufacturing nice timber or as you say lumber 😀

[@edhorsegolfer4784]

I really like the winch/ramp set up you have built. I have a smaller hobby mill and I have been thinking of upgrading because of size limitations. Looks like you are having a good time with yours.

[@erniemays41]

Any possibility in making a metal funnel for the cut sawdust coming out that is further away from your cutter and lower sow you won’t be walking in it and it blowing all over you? Keep up the good work.

[@jeremy2033]

I wanted to say get you a ATV winch and run it to a car battery. Makes it easier on your back! Great videos.

[@bryansaunter9632]

I am curious why you didn’t use the height of trailer to load onto your ramps, just need couple of 4 x4. Think it would save you some time an lots of work. I do have a sawmill on trailer. I use hand boat winch an have electric winch with remote. To load turn an position logs. Back savers are a good thing.

[@1armedguy4]

Some people don't have a clue on milling logs , my friend your one of them or is it just for the camera ! Hope the logs aren't costing you anything but a thank you !

[@MisterTee2010]

I don't know what kind of lawn mower that guy was using in the background. But I want one of those. Man that thing moves LOL

[@SilentDeath002]

here is a idea for something that will lift and move the logs from platform to the track.. ever see those bottle jacks from harbor freight that run on air. make two beams hooked to cross members that will raise those beams at a pivot point to lift and roll the logs onto the track. a cheap compressor to run it.

[@bwillan]

That new log deck and loading ramp with winch sure did make things go faster. How much time do you figure it saves in log loading and handling vs doing it the old way with the tractor and on the ground?

[@falllineridge]

bwillan Not sure but being able to stage them really helps out. It’s a vast improvement.

[@oldgrumpyhd]

Much respect to you. That's a LOT OF WORK. I would rather build engines. I'm lazy that way. Lol😁

[@AlexRodriguez-yl8uu]

Looks great. what would happen if you extended the cable over the track? If you put a hook on the end couldn't you rotate the log instead of doing it by hand?

[@falllineridge]

Alex Rodriguez I thought about doing that, but the cable just won’t extend that way in its current setup.

[@AlexRodriguez-yl8uu]

@@falllineridge I see that you push the saw on the left side but if you extend the handle you can build a small platform and mount it there. Just a thought.

[@oldschoolmachinist1938]

Another great video, and I like the longer version. Do you do a lot of slab cutting versus quarter-sawn and which do you prefer doing? Are you going to do anymore videos of your solar kiln? Looking forward to more videos, thank you.

[@falllineridge]

OLD SCHOOL MACHINIST I mostly just plain saw. This mill is too small to do any decent width quarter sawing. I slab oak sometimes but I usually just make boards out of pine.

[@thomasc.pellicer1879]

Question since you have been milling your own wood and use to sharpen your blades. What is your opinion on cutting logs with the bark on VS . Per Removal of bark ? I have never seen you cut a log without having bark on it seems work out just fine for you.

[@falllineridge]

Bark is really only an issue if there's dirt or rocks in it from dragging the log or another reason. Sure, there's probably some dust in a standing tree, but not really enough to justify the effort of removing the bark. I don't sharpen my own blades anymore.

[@thomasc.pellicer1879]

@@falllineridge Thank you sir . My thoughts Exactly if a log has to much dirt on it wash it off before cutting. Yes I remember you saying you sold your sharpen tools and got so many new blades on hand.

[@gymbuilt10]

I notice you're using the LT10 manual...Have you tried the LT15 with the hand crank and would that be easier than just the push model. I'm asking because I'm considering purchasing the LT15 and actually like the idea of pushing it manually. All that cranking would seem to cause an issue with CTS. Thanks for the great videos!

[@sailme2day]

might be good to add some truss plates and screws on the loading ramp joints? No need for a health club membership . your country workout would leave a city person tired by breakfast break. Ha ha :) Nice team work on those last logs :) Enjoyed learning and watching the milling process. What are your plans for all the lumber ? thank you for your efforts , great video work.

[@billdunn5164]

Your next project is that you should either buy or make a leveling platform to raise you top end of your log for the first two cuts.

[@billdunn5164]

that is what I meant to say is Toe-boards

[@southernsawyers6543]

great videos bud,have you ever had a blade get stuck while trying to mill,i had just changed the blade started cutting but I t felt like it was bumping in the wood then it got hung up,tried to back up and it come off the the drive wheels,got it unhung relined up tried again and hung up again,so I just changed to another new blade and it worked fine..where do you purchase your blades from ?

[@falllineridge]

Never had that problem. I wonder if it was a defective blade? I have thrown the blade before, it's kind of a shock. I get mine from Wood Mizer.

[@donaldmoore5785]

Really been enjoying your work. Thanks for posting it. In looking at other sawmill operations, there is no real effort made at dust collection which seems to me like it would be valuable. How do deal with the sawdust?

[@falllineridge]

I don't have any use for it...I just scoop it up and throw it away. I do use my planer shavings sometimes for animal bedding.

[@DavesSawmillService-ym3yl]

How wide is your log deck? Enjoyed watching when you built it.

[@DavesSawmillService-ym3yl]

Had the same question.

[@antpilig6256]

Good job....

[@malber1964]

Nice!

[@ПетрМихайловичАвдонин]

Браво!

[@beboboymann3823]

How often do you need to change out the blade? Do you do your own sharpening?

[@falllineridge]

beboboy mann I just change it when it gets too dull to cut easily. I send my blades to Wood Mizer for sharpening.

[@treydavis1699]

Is there any reason you have to roll it to make it square? Could you in theory just cut it straight one way and go down the whole thing then cut the rest with a circular saw?

[@pneumatic00]

Some really nice sawing shots you took. Did you get all that on only one blade?

[@falllineridge]

pneumatic00 I had to change it once.

[@joshb8302]

Great video! Any idea what that much lumber would cost?

[@falllineridge]

Josh B Not sure, in my head it’s probably worth more than it really is though.

[@idadho]

You could cut some timbers to make a bridge from your trailer right onto the log deck. Park the trailer the right distance from the deck with the tires at the end of the ramp and roll the logs right across. I'd love to see how you would chain saw engineer such a bridge.

[@falllineridge]

Mark G Great idea, thanks!

[@patricksmith9299]

Just an idea. What if you cut inserts into,your log ramp at various locations for (idk the terminology) but like little safety sticks to keep your logs from rolling backwards off the ramp. Hope this makes sense.

[@falllineridge]

Patrick Smith That makes sense. That thought crossed my mind. But I think I’ll just steer clear of the back of it so if it fails it won’t roll me over.

[@glenngoodale1709]

The ramp is sweet ... Hey, where is the job site boss ? I always give that Lil'guy a "Like", what do I do now ?

[@falllineridge]

glenn goodale Just give me one instead, I’ll let her know it’s for her.

[@glenngoodale1709]

@@falllineridge ok

[@kenjett2434]

Sorry I'm la week late posting been busy with volunteer work for the cub Scouts. But looks like the new skids and ramps are working good. Looks like about time to put that roof over head next to dry it in.

[@captncully5217]

May I say " nice production increase due to the platform"? A couple of extra hands doesn't hurt either! Now you need to make a toeboard from a scissor jack and get it mounted. Also, I wish my mower would move that fast! Lol!

[@tommysoloski6157]

Hello. I noticed that on some woods you cut some wide planks with a good amount of bark left on the edges instead of doing standard 2" x 4" (or whatever). Are they allowed to dry further and does it shrink to lesser size or do you allow for shrinkage? How long does "green wood" need to dry before used in construction? And what are other standard sizes that are most valuable?

[@falllineridge]

Tommy Soloski I’ll let these dry. Air drying takes about a year per inch, the solar kiln dries in 30 days. I built my kiln with green lumber and it worked fine...but you’ll always get shrinkage and maybe some warping.