Sawmill Without Arguing - Husband and Wife - Can You Do It? Professional Sawmill Techniques-HHA

[@willcoe8419]

Your wife is a very hard worker. If she ever leaves you , you should probably go with her 👍

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

She laughed when I read her that! Good one! Thanks for watching!

[@TedAlexander24]

You’re lucky that Martha is a great worker. A really good team. Hope you guys talk when not sawing. Lol

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, yes we talk, mostly about what we are going to saw up tomorrow! Thanks for watching!

[@thekiltedsawyer]

Awesome team work 🧡👍 Out west it's the (heart)!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thank you!

[@jonfloate3891]

Ya'll have great communication. A sign of a good team!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, we couldn't do it without each other. Thanks for watching!

[@TheOldJarhead]

Good video YH -- and Amen on the help! I love it when the help comes together and keeps the mill making sawdust!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, and thanks. It's the little things that keep salut coming out of the chute and someone who knows the process sure makes life easier. Thanks for watching!

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

Good video! 😁 I don't know about the no arguing part, Martha was rolling her eyes at you a few times...just kidding 😁

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Oh, you noticed? I cut a scene where I was about to make a bad cut and she gave me some "husband and wife hand signals" to let me know I almost screwed up. Thanks for watching!

[@Kyndalmccaleb7635]

I know from experience working with Martha at NASA that she’s a great worker. As you know we were inspired by NASA to be “Safety First”. Great video!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

She walks harder than I do, and safety is very important. We can't work if we can't walk!

[@KPVFarmer]

Teamwork makes the dream work! Great content and info. Thank you

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks for commenting!

[@PopPopTerry]

Great video.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@ralphking5428]

I have a LT35G25, no hydraulics, that I use for hobby purposes. You folks have a good system set up, and I sure know that a good helper speeds up things tremendously. Removing the boards, removing the flitches, and getting new logs ready are all good things that keep the sawmill operator cutting.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yep, a sawmill is only making money when sawdust is coming out of the chute. Everything else is just wasted time. Thanks for watching!

[@robintaylor-mockingeemill8223]

Great tips as always . Thanks .

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!

[@matthewhaaland4004]

I’m a sweaty person & I’m still looking for “the shirt”. It’s probably a never ending battle. 🤣

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yep, old school cotton is still the best. Thanks for watching!

[@gaylonreedy8915]

Martha is awesome! I was wondering what the paulownia lumber is used for?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

We sell almost all of it to custom surfboard makers on the Gulf Coast. Or to duck decoy and other carvers. It looks like oak without the weight, and is very rot resistant. Thanks for watching!

[@steveholbrook4729]

smart sawing

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thank you and thanks for watching!

[@johnwoody4905]

nice job and video. you both make a great team. take care, be safe and well.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, you too!

[@alexeaton9108]

Robert, thx so much for the video. I love these videos that show the detail about how you work with your machines. What's the name of the episode about the drag-back shelf you mentioned in the video? Or, what's the link?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Here is the link to the drag back episode I think you are mentioning. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYutlaF_pNmiesk

[@fricknjeep]

hi there nice sawing , never sawed that kind of wood . john

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

It's pretty rare, like a lot of the wood we saw up. Thanks for watching!

[@d6c10k4]

Someone got a new Kubota CTL recently. 🙂 I like those stickers... approximately what do they cost?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yep, love the CTL, and good to hear from you. A couple different places offer the stickers, and I can't make them myself for business use due to the strong patents on the design. They cost a about $1 each, give or take, with shipping. We have many, many thousands of them. They work well. Thanks for watching!

[@rexhavoc2982]

2 questions, your adjustable blade guide is wide open? the de barker starts 1/2 way down the log ? I like the speed of travel, everyone on you tube cuts so slow ti drives me crazy. My lt40 with a 51 HP Cat engine has the torque to cut fast but I have never heard the band sing, .Maybe tomorrow.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yeah, most people saw slow because they don't know the techniques to saw faster, and their mill isn't really dialed in, although they think it is. Nothing wrong, I was the same way. I had an LT40 diesel and when I got it, I couldn't saw much faster than my old LT15, about 3/4" per band p[ass. Then, as I got things going right, learned the techniques and adjustments to fast sawing, I could do 2" or even 3" per band pass with the same mill. With this LT70 I can do way more than that. Faster sawing keeps the band cooler, produces less pitch buildup, clears sawdust almost 100% (how many times did you see us scrape sawdust off the boards? None) and increases production. No, our blade guides go to 34" wide, but there is not need to continually adjust it, I set it to about 2/3rds open and the mill should cut straight no matter the size of the log or cant. I could cut just as fast with the blade guide wide open but too much of the arm hangs out the idle side and it just gets in the way. I only open it up for very wide logs. Most people play or fiddle with their guide arm way too much, if the mill is dialed in, with the right blade, it should not matter. The mill should cut straight, full speed with any guide opening, unless in really tough wood like hickory or pecan. The debarker only starts halfway down the log because I'm halfway through the log before I get to setting it in. It's much worse to pull in the debarker too early and crash it, and have to stop and readjust it, or slow the sawing speed down to get it in at the beginning of the log. For some logs, it's not something I worry too much about. The faster I saw, and using diesel for lube, the longer the bands will stay sharp. It's better to get the mill up to optimum speed, get everything happening, and then worry about the debarker last. It's counter intuitive to what most manufacturers say, but in reality, sawing for production, unless the logs are dirty, then the last thing I will adjust in is the debarker, and if the mill is cutting fast, it may not make it in until 1/3rd or halfway down the log. I'm not really worried about blade life, I'm sawing to get production up and bands cost $35 and each or these boards is worth twice that, and I had a whack of logs to do that day. Thanks for watching and the good questions.

[@olddodger7178]

When I center the pith, I make good use of the Auto Up function on the Accuset. You seem to be able to do it by sight. I have an LT40 Wide. Thanks for another great video!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

The AutoUp is a great way to do it, you are correct. Also you are correct, in that I can generally eyeball the first face, especially on 8/4 wood, to put the pith in the center of the board. Most times I can anyway.....but I do miss occasionally. Thanks for watching!

[@DANG--]

Nice video, nice team work, great job explaining what you are both doing. I understand it would be nice to have help on every log, but i also understand you could have done it alone. Why did you need help ? Did i miss that part? Was it a rush order or why did you need it done in a hurry?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

You are correct, I was getting backed up on some other species and wasn't expecting to get this load of logs when I did. So I had to call in some help to get it done faster. It was wkly 53 logs or so, and we knocked them out pretty fast so I didn't mess up my cutting schedule too much. Thanks for watching!

[@macheightfivemark8275]

Do you mind sharing blade details for blades you are running? Martha cant-hooked the heck out of that log, right onto those loading arms. Impressive!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I use WoodMizer Silvertips, 7/39 Turbos, 0.055 thick x 1.5" wide made by an independent blade guy who properly grinds the welds. Unlike many people, I do not like the WM Doublehards, they are too brittle and break too often when I push them hard. Silvertips are a resaw blade, so I can enter the log faster and saw faster.

[@macheightfivemark8275]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama Thanks for the info!

[@erickdanielsson6710]

Thanks Great video. See you Friday. I would like to see what can be made using this lightweight wood,

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

You bet!

[@drycreek3204]

65° is the top temp I'd be happy with. Humidity stinks!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

You must be up near the border! We get 100F and 100 humidity here, I do everything I can to stay cool, and a shirt that makes me sweat is a non starter. Thanks for watching!

[@robertfloyd1053]

Looks like he needs to hire someone to do all that extra hard work so you can keep up with the hard work you do inside the shop lol good job Martha

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

She is both the brains and brawn of the operation! Thanks for watching!

[@paulnovak833]

I have an idea for an invention to help sticker /stack large slabs/wood. When i round out the details im gonna run it by yellowhammer

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Sure, sounds good.

[@georgeposey4822]

What do you do with boards that have the pith?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Burn them or if they are wide enough, use the edger to strip the good "sided wood" off the pith.

[@robertpowell2735]

I’ve been wondering why you don’t have an electric Motor on on the mill considering the price of diesel?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

The LT Super 70 uses a hydraulic engine driven pump and at the time I bought this one, it wasn't offered in an electric version. The engine driven pumps are advertised as being 6 times faster than conventional pumps on other WM mills.

[@robertpowell2735]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama wow I wasn’t expecting to get a reply, thanks. I really enjoy your posts, I have learned a lot about the milling process, I’m retired and am interested in it as a hobby. I currently have a TK 1220 ordered that won’t be delivered until next October, HA. I’m looking at auctions, Facebook, Craigslist, whatever trying to find a TK2000 that I can afford and isn’t used down to scrap metal. Ya I know good luck lol. Keep the videos coming 😎