Pro Secret - Best Upgrade for Your Sawmill!

[@edwardkimbril1019]

Not blowing smoke but keep making videos. Best show each week.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, that means a lot. I will keep on keeping on.

[@JohnWinsemius]

Robert..... Another excellent,quality video. Your knowledge and helpful suggestions are second to none. Keep them coming. look forward to each weekly show. Thanks

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks, will do!

[@jcamo356]

I have a WM 126 manual mill but I still enjoy all your videos. 👍

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad you like them!

[@TheMakersMarkTSF]

Even on a topic that I know I will not be using, I still love hearing you teach it! My personal projects. manual mill will never see that amount of technology, but you still make me better at getting the most out of my logs. Thank you.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I appreciate that!

[@ajkolodziejski118]

I have a manual mill but can appreciate the engineering you took to get to this level of efficiency.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@b.ellison396]

You got me Robert! I'm looking through the shop tomorrow for material to make some....Baby needs a new pair of shoes!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yep, easy to do and works incredible. Remember to use the "double bump" technique.

[@Sawbucs]

A video worth watching over and over. Excellent information.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SeansWoodBarn]

"Take steps to save steps?" Good reason they refer to you as Professor Milton? I can't believe that Woodmizer or others have not picked up on those shoes? If there is an opportunity to patent that, you should jump on it? Regardless, it speaks volumes, once again, that you are so willing to share tips and tricks like this with the rest of us! Yer the best Robert, thank you!! Is there any chance you will be attending Paul Bunyan this year? I just reserved my Airbnb and got my weekend pass..... I'm looking forward to it!!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

WM knows about them, they are undeniably efficient, and I think WM is worried they will have to pay royalties to me. Who know? I won't be at the PB show, but I'm sure you will have lots of fun.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I get most of my parts from WM, but I still have to build some of the parts, myself.

[@johnaddis1022]

Great video, jam pack with info, I have manual mill, You can bet your bottom dollar that when I get a hydraulic mil I will make the shoes in my machine shop. That was Skippy!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks 👍

[@kencross25]

Thank you, Robert, for another hugely educational and informative sawyer video. I thought all pull- backs had shoes already attached to them. I know now that distinct pullbacks are for specific jobs. You have shown by using shoed-pullbacks to strategically place cut boards on the out-feed table will increase your productivity and decrease your manpower and sawing time. My favorite SEAL saying is, "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast." Hello from Ken in Mobile. 💯👍👍

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Good to hear from you!

[@throngcleaver]

Great info, Robert! 😁

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad it was helpful!

[@randyschrock4738]

Very good information

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks

[@Kyndalmccaleb7635]

Another Great video. Say hi to Martha!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I will

[@samtip442]

Great video. I have been watch how you use what I call the fingers. Shoes works too. Nice to know you added them. First thing I plan two add on my soon to get hydraulic mill. Tired of manual milling.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Hydraulics are great!

[@MrEdunkerley]

I always wondered what those guide fingers were for! I never saw them as doing anything useful. Now I understand and that’s satisfying. Thank you for pulling the curtain back!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

The guide finger are stupid looking contraption, but they do serve a purpose. They get a lot of stress when they do their job, that's why you'll see some of mine are bent sideways.

[@matthewhaaland4004]

Good stuff Mr. Hobby Hardwoods. 😊. I always appreciate your videos. How are you liking the new concrete floor in your sawmill area?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I really like it, the mill does slide occasionally, but not enough for me to go to the trouble to anchor it down. I'm glad I did it.

[@rexhavoc2982]

Take a look at :51 and see the dip. Is the roller bunk on the near side factory?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, it is hydraulically raised and lowered, and is in a fully retracted position since I didn't need it for these logs and is actually a mechanism to raise tapered logs. The sawmill head has enough power to not need rollers, so most times it is simply extra acted and not used..

[@rexhavoc2982]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama So your mill has 3 roller toe boards? My 40 came with the Drag Back but not the jingle Bells. I have made a tool that tilts a cant for lap siding using the toe boards, works verry well.

[@jlooseround]

I loved the content as always. But I have an lt15wide, so no drag back for me......drag off maybe

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I understand, I had an LT as well. It's an excellent mill, and I added full hydraulics to it, log tuner and log clamp. I may do a video on how to do the upgrades, they are very inexpensive and pretty easy to fabricate.

[@SmokyMountainOutpost]

Enjoy each video and opportunity to learn more about milling. Still giving shout out to steer more your way on our Outpost Review channel because we think they will enjoy. Thanks

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks! Let me know when you do, I would appreciate it.

[@OutpostReview]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabamatomorrow!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thank you a lot for that!

[@KarlBunker]

I've been admiring the cleverness of those shoes since I figured out what they do a few videos ago. Are they your invention?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, I came up with the idea many years ago and have used them on multiple mills of mine.

[@KarlBunker]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama Cool! I'm surprised sawmill manufacturers haven't "borrowed" the idea for their hydraulic mills.

[@20sawlog10]

Robert, I copied the shoe you had on the 40 and use it on my TK-2000. I can drop waste slabs right where I want them but have trouble dropping boards exactly in the right spot. Are the shoes on your 70 a big improvement over what you had on the 40? If so I need to do some fabrication! Thanks for sharing. Larry

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

What is happening? Please describe it more. Are yo able to trap and carry the boards? Are they dropping prematurely? Are they not dropping when you put it in froward? As a rule, yes the 70 shoes do better than the LT40 shoes because the LT40 shoe is fairly narrow, maybe 6 inches wide, and doesn't grab the board across its entire edge. The LT70 shoes, due to the nature of the multiple fingers, allow the entire edge of the board to be captured so is more stable. Also, of the ends of the logs are not very straight, the narrow LT40 style shoe allows it to be grabbed off balance and the board will have a tendency to twist and fall.

[@20sawlog10]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama I'm able to trap and carry the boards just fine. They never drop prematurely. They do not drop sometimes when I go forward. A light just came on, my table is a roller table and I'm not getting enough resistance or hold back on the board when I go forward to drop it.

[@carterruff3657]

Am I the only one to hear Little Feat in my head from the title of this one? You've got to put on your dragback shoes...

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

That's funny. I wish I had thought of it or I would have put a pair of baby shoes on the mill for fun!

[@bradyjames2786]

Random question. If I am wanting to sell wood that I am milling, what would be the most desired sizes people would buy, lengths and widths?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

A good start is what sizes are sold in stores, just beat their price and quality and you will sell if just fine.

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

The Professor details how efficiency is achieved. Details matter. Just sayin'.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

They make a huge difference.

[@deniscarter6613]

It save time and hardship

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes!