Homemade Lumber! Sawing Our Own Logs Into Boards With Our 2520 TimberKing Sawmill!

Today we are sawing logs on the farm into lumber. It has been a great day of sawing. Let us know what you think of the set up. Thank you all for watching!
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[@KeithFinkFamilyFarm]

Very much enjoyed this, thank you. Our farm has about 50 acres of heavily-wooded land so we make use of a sawmill as well. For me, the decision to buy one came from a subscriber to our yootoob channel a number of years ago. He actually gave me the first $1000 towards the purchase. He became a highly-valued friend and mentor. Sadly, he passed away before I ever had the chance to meet him in person (he was in VA and I live in WI). I miss him dearly. Anyway, he told me that sawing cherry and walnut would make me cry, in that I would be seeing this beautiful wood come off the mill, but it would twist and warp badly in the drying process - even when stacked and stickered properly. He was right! LOL And yes, sawing hickory can increase one's use of four-letter words if you're not careful. Extremely hard wood and hard on blades. Keep up the good work!

[@donnahummel5765]

Thanks 😊 really Cool to watch. Thank You 😊 and God Bless.

[@johnhenderson299]

Looks like quite the sawmill

[@marvinrathke3640]

I don't know anything about sawing lumber other than what I've seen you and your Dad do and Jim Gordon. Jim Gordon and his wife have a youtube channel called Working Horses with Jim. He has a Wood Mizer and has been sawing lumber for many years. He may be able to answer some of your questions. I enjoy your videos and watch each one. Thanks for makin em.

[@Daveco82]

very nice!

[@JimDavidson-tb7qv]

I’ve been enjoying your channel for about 9 months. It’s great to see how resourceful you guys are. I’ve spent many hours sawing lumber on a 25 year old Wood Mizer LT30 so I can easily relate to how you saw lumber out of even the most crooked trees. I hope your Diesel engine last many hours. The Kohler Command on the LT 30 was replaced 3 times in the first 100hours. The 4th motor now has well in excess of 1000 hours with no issues.

[@randycharest4507]

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO AARON 😊

[@suecrothers9041]

Enjoy your videos! Lots of hard work but produce beautiful lumber!

[@nathanalmond8280]

Y'all are sawing some nice lumber with the mill. I enjoy watching your videos. Yes I would say hickory is a tough wood on the blades it's hard on a saw chain for sure. Cherry is definitely easier on the blades. Y'all are doing a lot of learning and sharing what you have learned. Very nice sawmill. Handy when you need some lumber for projects around the farm.

[@nicklambing9268]

I have been operating sawmills for many years and without the benefit of learning from an experiened sawyer, most knowledge will be learned over time. You will learn to read the logs better, determine proper milling of log curvitures, where to buck logs to reduce waste, know species and so on. You will look back at your early days of milling and recognize you are presently producing a tremendous amount of waste. Most of the work is in the offbearing process. Handling technique and distance are everything in reducing material handling labor. Carrying lumber distances is not a good thing. Distance of moves converts directly into time and extra distance is lost time. Handling materials with the least effort over the least distance in the name of the game. You should quickly get the idea. Best of luck in your lumber milling ventures! Nick, North West Farmer (Oregon)

[@harveypenner2386]

Great video!!

[@Rockinglfarm]

Yes the bark is tough. But if your logs have been sitting for a long while they are twice as hard to saw. Believe me I know from experience. Especially Hickory!! It will bow and flex and twist. It’s a bear. Best to saw it green. Much easier my friend. Shannon

[@br927]

Dad's go a new toy!! That's how we use to edge lumber with the old circular, stack them up, and run them thru! Can you slow down the forward motion on the saw? I suspect hickory is the toughest! Maybe if you're sawing hickory going slower it wouldn't be wavy! I'm a meat cutter, and when I saw just plain bones, it takes the sharp out of the blade!

[@user-os7ld4wq8n]

Always entertaining. Thanks guys!

[@CarnivoreCurin]

This is John, Ruth is my wife. I didn't recognize that species of tree. I would like to see some sawmilling.

[@pirate4ever562]

Fabulous machine!

[@paulreis1648]

Nice boards guys they should plane up great

[@michaelsreviews]

Nice video guys. I subscribed to help you guys grow your channel because I am a nice person. 👍🙂👍

[@charlietanner6211]

good looking lumber better than letting it rot my dad had a mill on those crooked ones he just sawed them in shorter pieces somebody alwayswants some short pieces

[@mikeburgan7675]

Wow

[@dawn20]

You should watch the girls on lumber capital log yard they do a real good job

[@clinthochrein888]

Wow! That is a cool saw, I was mesmerized.

[@Rockinglfarm]

Sorry to be a pain but you hydraulic pump belt needs tightened a bit. Heard it dragging a bit. You have a great Mill by all means!!

[@bodiehot]

the sawdust makes great bedding

[@gregfuller4318]

Those little cut off make a good filler in the wood burner or cut up an sell for camp fire wood

[@gmusic1303]

Wow just wow I mean that production was amazing to see how fast you guys set the log and had what two by six’s?. And I really like how that frame has for legs like that stability is awesome

[@veetwin75]

I would think a company that produces veneer would run the wood through a planner before hand in making the veneer

[@stanhensley3082]

What does the hour meter on the sawmill read? Mill should be broke in by now?? What a great day to work outside!! Thanks 😊.

[@ghilreese3413]

That shag bark will take the set out of your saw. I would think that is where the debarker would be nice. I don't think the hickory wood shortens your blade life. It is the bark.

[@t-rex558]

You could use the scrap as smoking wood. You would have to separate the species.

[@MrTonyharrell]

Save the hickory for the bbq smokers!👍

[@bradjenkins932]

Not

[@Asshole7165]

Good morning hey I'm replying to the episode where you're trying to figure out what to do with a water in the barn in the tie barn my suggestion will be that you guys switch the pex go with 1-in feeds 3/4-in drops and run it in the ceiling where the heat is and drops to each individual waterer You guys will soon realize the affordability and the flexibility of packs and the durability is amazing I started putting this stuff in 15 years ago when it first came out and have had very little troubles if any other than someone catching it with a screw or someone destroying it You can also do steel drops with PEX overhead because they make an accommodation for that where you can shark bite into the pecs in and out and do a steel drop or a copper drop your choice Hope this helps in some way Peace and love and be blessed

[@AndrewGarkey87]

People pay bug $ for the live edge wood.

[@ardenholley7228]

we have found elm is really hard to cut and the saw cuts funny pretty easily

[@randyvilleneuve4907]

Never really looked into a saw mill. I just checked the price of your model. Wow, 93,000? That a big investment. Hope it works out for you.

[@miwilia]

I see the sawn boards remained stacked on each other as you cut down through the log. Do they ever shift? Am I missing how they are secured?😊

[@gregfuller4318]

Red elm

[@markpigman209]

By leaving boards on while cutting , does that put alot more stress on blade, and wear out drive wheels faster

[@centraztx1]

Don't know if I missed this somewhere else, how much of your land is in timber?

[@davidlauman760]

Is the engine diesel

[@russjordan3996]

I am no sawer but have worked with a few and it seems to me you would want that good looking grain to be more on the flat side of the board but then I am not seeing flat side so I could be all wrong here

[@CarnivoreCurin]

My guess on the species is hickory.

[@gunnarbeck225]

Locus is. The hardest elm is. Another one.

[@greghamann2099]

Hit any nails? I hope not. It will be interesting to see how it grades out.

[@anthonyhengst2908]

Do you have a purpose for the sawdust?? Bedding?? Or do you just spread it around. I know the Amish sawyer we use doesn't care for sawing hickory either or elm. Definitely anything that has metal in it of course.... Nasty surprises that would make anyone curse.

[@johnsheeran1908]

Can you resharpen the saw blade , or is it cheaper to just replace with new?

[@normangarrand1106]

It works good now but you'll see in time it's only a pile of junk . Mine lasted 6 months!

[@daspicsman]

I was told that hickory picks up silica from the ground while growing. As such it dulls blades quite quickly. It’s a real bear to work with.