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[@donaldhofman5257]

I've got many hours of chainsawing oversized logs! We were even able to resaw the slabs to get more lumber out of them!

[@davidhicks7364]

An idea...leave the backhoe high above the lumber deck with ropes and tackle attached. By wrapping the rope around the log you could lift and spin the log.

[@OurNewLand]

Great job moving those monster logs!! The boards look incredible! Well done, team!

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thank you!

[@philsparks4125]

Not only is she beautiful but she is very cute. You both work well with each other. I enjoyed the video today. Hard workers.

[@billyhaddock5540]

Hey, just a thought. mount a 5 gallon bucket to catch the saw dust! use around the garden.

[@johnwillis4706]

I bought a harbor freight mill at an auction 12 years ago for $250. It had a blown engine on it so I bought a 16 HP engine from H-F and it has been cutting great since. It has enough bed to cut 24 foot logs. For a basic saw mill they can't be beat.

[@jamesronning7040]

You are a very lucky couple. Not only is she beautiful, she shares the dream of living off the grid. I love the way you live and wish I could have done it when I was younger. take care keep up the good work and keep sending videos.

[@timothyguilford6897]

Love it all! Nothing better than trying new things and fighting your way through it! You keep it coming and I’ll keep watching!

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thank you!

[@smithfamilyhomestead1515]

Big happy dogs!! Cheers from the great state of Arkansas!!

[@ewidmer1]

Congratulations on the 50k! Been here since the beginning

[@dieselram05]

Keep the milling videos coming! I have a brand new woodland mills in the crate and am hoping to have it set up on a slab like yours very soon

[@leslietarboxjr4287]

Liz and Mike, you have been adapting and overcoming all obstacles throughout your build and that is the most important trait to live a successful life. I do love watching milling work and you two are becoming masters at that as well. It is a joy to watch how you two work so well together to accomplish the end goal. Free shiplap, it doesn't get any better than that. Great job guys.

[@markholmes1346]

Pretty impressive how big of a log that will fit on the harbor freight mill, great job on the freehand cuts. Good video guys, thanks for sharing! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼

[@rickmervine9952]

Congratulations on reaching 50K subscribers! A very good milestone. Keep up with your content. It's a lot of work but I hope you can see it's starting to pay off.

[@christinawarbrooke213]

Those are beautiful boards, going to look awesome in your home. I enjoy the milling and seeing the grain under the bark you never know what you will find.

[@CreeksideMaplesHomestead]

Great looking lumber guys. We are doing the same. Milling all our lumber for our new homestead house. So much work. But milling is always fun. Have a great day.

[@timothytate3968]

Good job Mailing out y'all's ship lap. I love watching y'all running y 'all harbor freight sawmill.

[@timothytate3968]

Mike and liz the other day I got a reply comment saying that I was a winner and to telegram to claim my prize. So I turned it into KZbin as being a scam. And now I see that the reply comment is removed. So just to let you know a scammer is using your logo and trying to get your viewers to believe that they want a prize and to telegram this scammer.

[@johnkirby6547]

That was a big one, glad you were able to make it work. In a couple of weeks you'll have quite a stack of lumber.

[@robertmccormick8989]

Hello Mike and Liz, been watching for a while, finally hit the subscribe button! You are enjoyable to watch, love your hard work and great attitudes and attention to each other! Watching from Michigan.

[@Susan.I]

The lumber looks great!

[@1MartinWaite]

Congratulations on attaining your 50k subscribers, hopefully you’ll get your next 50k subscribers quicker if every subscriber gets 1or 2 subscribers then you’ll have done it. You have a good variety of items to keep everyone happy and I can’t wait to see Mike making a pair of curtains on a sewing machine lol. You most certainly put the sawmill through it’s paces in todays video but it managed to cope even though you had to rescue it with the chainsaw. Keep up the good work.

[@rodewerk5034]

Your videos are fun to watch, your successes and failures, and your perseverance. Finding someone to sharpen blades is easy or impossible depending on where you live. If there is a large milling industry in your area and they use band saws it should be accessible. It isn't rocket science so it might be feasible and cheaper to learn how to do it yourself. Lubricating the blade seems to be something a lot of young millers struggle against. It really increases the life span of the blade, and increases the efficiency of the mill. Most people use diesel for pine but there are other formulas. Thank you for the video.

[@robbo4393]

love the videos and the way you present and get stuff done

[@billsandrelli957]

Nice looking lumber, great job on the mill.

[@dennisoverholts8396]

Sawing With Sandy is a great KZbinr who goes over how to sharpen saw blades.

[@genedegiorgio1617]

No mistakes just learning opportunities😱. Thanks for sharing and yes I am waiting for the milling videos.

[@HomeBitsandPieces]

Beautiful!

[@PawPawMountain]

Everything is looks Great! Keep up the good work!!

[@teresaatwater672]

Super job! Please be careful!

[@robbieautrey3158]

Beautiful wood guys, way to work things out for yourselves. How is the garden doing these days with the Hot summer days?

[@BUD100ify]

Nice looking pieces, well done

[@MountainManFred]

Great vid on cutting big lumber! as a side note...thanks for wearing the eye and ear protection.. a lot of people watch.. Again, Great vid! Fred - Atlanta

[@Frankreddy62]

Great job guys. I'm impressed. 2 Suggestions i want to make. Keep your logs clean and free of as much dirt and pebbles as possible. Dirt will dull those blades faster than you think. Use a stiff brush to clean the bark or even use an axe to remove the bark where possible. 2nd. Use some soapy water to cool the blade as you cut. The blade gets very hot and will stretch over time. When you finish cutting for the day, loosen the blade tension to prevent stretching over time. Keep up the great work. Stay safe.

[@randiegadberry5448]

I take a thinner first cut when I’m milling a large log.

[@stephenoshaughnessy2279]

The wood is clear and beautiful. When you look at the essentials of a milling machine, it might be possible to design a larger one.

[@dantco]

From a 5+ year HF saw mill owner, yes extend the mill ASAP! So many 10'/12' logs missed. I weighed the difference between buying another 6' extension from HF and just purchasing the steel rails and scrap I-beam for the bunks. I made the WRONG decision by buying an extension. Why? You have a 12' bed already, but you can't cut 10' boards...without some fancy footwork. Same is true at the next level with stock bed extensions--with 18' of stock bed you cannot cut 16' lumber. And YES, you will want to. I welded an 18" fabbed extension onto the extension I bought. It would have been less expensive to just fab a 7'6" extension, with no wait. I found scrap I-beams that could have been used for bunk. Split 1 20' stick of angle and you have both rails plus some--careful, the stock rails are 5/16" thick angle...a weird, not usually stocked thickness. Y'all appear to be doing great!!! On those 24" logs it takes some extra work, but one thing you can do to give you a FULL cut is to remove the handlebar. I temporarily remove the handle bar for larger logs and just tiewrap it to the upright. Those large logs tend to make good lumber. The gap between the closest points of the throat are 20", but I can saw 24" logs by making two extra turns of the log. Really nice to see y'all working as a team.

[@shelly103b]

Another great team effort. I’m not sure if y’all have done a video on just all the controls of the mill but I for one would be interested

[@stevenjordan6389]

Hook tongs on sideways lift and rotate log above mill.

[@richardsummers9009]

Enjoyed your video , like watching milling logs and And Thank Y'all Sharing This 🎼🎶😊😊💖

[@fiendeng]

Best video yet !! 😁👍

[@RVRoddy]

Congrats on 50k Subs! 👍

[@sunline24]

New to your channel and enjoying it very much. Binge watched most of your older videos. Best of luck to the two of you.

[@LaidBackLiving]

Welcome to the channel and thank you!

[@RG-ih1yk]

Are you guys planning to make benches or chairs from those big chunks you had today? That's what I was visualizing when you were cutting that one up!🌲😊

[@troytucker8073]

always start with the fat end first, and elevate the other end so the center of the log is the same height on both ends

[@gregmackie6161]

You's two are cool as and look forward to seeing you guys and your progress, from little old New Zealand

[@rebeccamunoz4596]

Looks like it was a good day milling nice wood!!!😊❤🤗👍

[@grazynazambeanie5963]

Yep. They say maximum 20inch, hey what do they know , let's cut this 22inch .lol , a learning curve . Woodmiser makes a excellent two saw edger . I know because out of the blue one showed up at my work site . Built a sawdust box to put under it and before the day was done flitches were passing through it . Loved the little thing, bang on sizes . doubled production. And like I said . Spot on sizes . Worth it if you have some coin kicking around . No idea what the cost was , maybe others make cheaper ones, all I know is I loved the edger , worth every dime

[@earlyriser8998]

i do like the milling videos...especially the problem ones like this good job

[@davidkeys1879]

I do enjoy watching milling and all of the rest of y’all’s videos. Please consider finding an unusual looking log to mill for the decorative grain. Love seeing that type of wood and it could make for some unique and cool walls, shelve, etc. for y’all’s house.

[@ringerson4x4]

That’s why I always start with the big end of the log toward the blade instead of the small end. I know, every video on KZbin says to do it the way you did it in this video. But this is a real pain dealing with the saw head 2/3rds of the way through a cut and now your stuck. I would rather not be able to start a cut than get stuck like that. I have been stuck similar to what happened here, but not from size diameter but length. I wasn’t paying attention and placed a16’ log to far away from my blade and ran out of track about 6 inches from the end of my log. My fix was the same as yours, mostly. I wedged the slab up so I could back up my blade enough to cut the slab off with a saw like you did but didn’t knock my blade off. Slid my log back, then finished the cut. The other reason I cut the big end first is smaller slabs, I don’t want to deal with 300 pound slabs alone, I want to be able to just toss them aside easily by hand. I don’t need to make a cant in just 4 cuts, so small thin slabs are my go to. Plus I seem to always need a short narrow board for some project I’m doing and removing the live edge off one of the 1” thick slab ends saves me from cutting up nice long boards for just a couple short pieces.

[@dalejohnson5148]

I really enjoy watching your videos and you both are very hard worker's and your place is looking very good .

[@drjcwardjr]

Nice boards!😎👍

[@wolfdaddy5630]

Hi guys, great vlog. Also my wife custom dyes my shorts with bleach too. I have designer shirts by mishaps too.

[@estellaknox9285]

Hi, Mike & Liz, i can say that's some pretty boards and yes i 'am interested in milling you guys never boring enjoying watching have a great weekend GOD BLESS.

[@genewileyopa]

Made some nice boards for ya. Monster log.

[@markallisonmc]

Hi Mike and Liz 😊🎈🌻👏

[@donaldhofman5257]

That's some beautiful lumber!!

[@wendygrant2735]

I like the sawmilling.

[@basilpunton5702]

Top demo on how NOT to start a chain-saw. Put it on the ground, hold it down with one hand, start it with the other hand. Safety matters.

[@edwardweeden8837]

Great demo of the Harbor Freight mill! So, under regular, normal usage, how often do you change the mill blade? For example on a U.S. carrier, the wires that catch landing aircraft are changed after every 10O catches. Do you change blades after every 30, 40, 50 trees?

[@MelissaMalzahn]

Nice log looks like some good shiplap.

[@happyinfidel1]

Or Michygoss on utube.. she bought a sharpener for her mill and did a vid on it.. shes a semi rookie too.. Just across the border from you actually, off Arrow Lake I believe.

[@hfhjoat8232]

sugeston : start on the big end so you know the max limit when you start

[@jwhit3849]

I would be blind in one eye if it weren’t for my safety glasses. Looks like a good hard day’s work, enjoy!

[@donaldshields2483]

Good job you guys still good you work good together I like watching you so keep up all the good work and I will keep watching god bless

[@bobjoncas2814]

....lookin' good. nice work, keep safe...

[@davidphillips2259]

Looks like a great life

[@russellwatters5891]

Ya'll could sit around twiddling your thumbs and we'd watch...lol Love the logging and milling though, it is a touch more exciting, or just about anything else you throw my way. Love ya'll ❤️

[@terryatpi]

Nice boards right there

[@BuildALotAcres]

Some good looking lumber

[@winmagmoon7776]

Love the milling video's

[@leol1682]

Enjoy the video , grate job you done guy's .

[@elizabethjanik510]

You guys might want to talk with Nathan @Out of the Woods and see if you can get the info for his guy in Georgia who does all Blade work and supplies his Blades.

[@ronallen6578]

Looks like I should have watched a little further. You changed to boots. Thank you😊😊

[@mitchellcurtis7419]

Great work, should put a tarp down to catch the sawdust.

[@johnbutler4505]

Did you find anyone that sharpens bandsaw blades in the area? I have about 10 that need some sharpening.

[@SAtoUSAgirl]

I just received a comment that I won something from your channel with watching this episode - I know it is a scam, but you may want to remind people on your next episode. Great content as usual!

[@gayle4804]

The 2 of you are doing an awesome job your you're learning as you go and that is the best part and enjoy watching your videos and watching your channel

[@Pileits]

Love those dogs

[@Rm6.23]

You guys are truly livin’ the dream up there! Have you ever stopped to think about what happens after? Are you going to heaven? Most people would say that they’ve been good enough to get into heaven. Would you pass the test? Let’s take a quick look! 1. How many lies have you told in your whole life? 2. Have you ever stolen anything no matter how little the value? 3. Ever had lust for someone who wasn’t your spouse or sex outside of marriage? 4. Ever used the Lords name in vain (like OMG)? These are just a few of the 10 Commandments and if you answered yes to these questions that would make YOU like the rest of US. And being judged by God’s standards, would you be innocent or guilty? Heaven or hell? The 10 Commandments are God’s moral law and we’ve all broken them. The Bible says the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23) which means we have all EARNED death (hell). But the free gift of God is eternal life. Because of God’s love for you, he has provided a way to heaven (1 Timothy 2:4). He sent his son Jesus Christ to pay our penalty. Jesus lived a sinless life, died on the cross for our sins (1 John 2:2) and rose bodily from the grave three days later defeating death, giving us life. Jesus took the punishment we deserve on the cross (1 Peter 2:24). If we believe and put our trust in Him we too can have eternal life in heaven (Acts 16:31). Repent (which means turn from your sins and not live the life of a hypocrite) and TRUST Jesus today!

[@williamweirjr9749]

What is the shortest length log you can cut with the HF MILL ?

[@robertwalker1485]

Everything looks great that you guys do when are you going to the wall out back of the house

[@LaidBackLiving]

Thank you- it’s in the works!

[@naturallyblonderockingred]

Only part way through the video when i make this comment so forgive me, and you probably already know, but i think you can buy hydraulic conversion kits for the thumb, to make it a hydraulic operated thumb instead. Probably a bit pricey, but theres lots of sites out there that do 2nd hand parts and after market stuff too, that you could probably get a cheaper one than brand new from the dealer. Sounds like it would make your life a lit easier having a movable thumb for sure. :) love your videos though, you and liz are such hard workers. X

[@ronallen6578]

No worries, just one of those days when things turn to crap. Keep going

[@jeffery19677]

How long did it take you to do that log? I know it took some extra time because of the glitch.. Have you considered using the chainsaw to rip an oversized log in half or even quarters to be able to get it on your mill? It looks good on paper, but I don't know if it would actually work in practice..

[@anthonykevinkerr3594]

Interesting projects and techniques, but please invest in work gloves when handling blades and splinters.

[@lindasmith5633]

Its kind of like when u chock your car tire when u r changing a flat so the car dont roll back.

[@dwd3416]

I would have made a smaller cut for the first cut to keep from needing to use a chain saw to rescue the band saw, and in so doing, less waste, you threw away a lot of wood that you could have cut for other projects, 2x4, 1x4, 2x2 etc.

[@dwd3416]

There is another YT channel that said that their comment section got hacked with a message like the one above. Nuf said.

[@2020Tundra]

Have never seen anyone operating their sawmill in flip-flops before now… 😮

[@rogerweaver7686]

why not just start with a shallower cut, get it to a workable size before you start on dimensional lumber?

[@lindasmith5633]

I DONT KNOW IF U READ YOUR COMMENTS BUT I WANTED TO LET U KNOW I WATCHED OTHER MILLERS USE A WEDGE UP AGAINST THE LOG SO IT WOULDNT ROLL BACK ON THEM WHEN THEY USE THE TOO U USE TO ROLL THE LOG OVER. HOPE THAT HELPS.

[@northidahodreaming5657]

...wonder what the retail value of the lumber cut from that one tree....hundreds of dollars I imagine

[@garyblevins3532]

I'm pretty sure that y'all have already figured this out but try not to take off such thick slabs on the bigger logs. It's better for y'all as well as the saw blade and guide

[@ronallen6578]

Mike? Flip flops running a sawmill and heavy equipment?? Come on buddy, let's be a little safer. Hate to see you or Liz get hurt for the name of comfort! Take care, Love your guys videos. Say hello to Liz from Ohio, Ron

[@gregm8941]

Curious, how much fuel ⛽ dose your excavator burn per hour.? Thanks.

[@LastChanceTinyHouse]

That was a nice tree Mike, you lost a few boards by cutting too deep the first shot and that's why you hit trouble. Liz, I love the bicycle shots, "wink." Milling isn't brain surgery but there is a learning curve. Did you know there's a gal that is all about milling on her you tube channel, you might want to watch a few of her vids and maybe you'll learn a few hacks cheats or tips. She mills for a living. All in all, a good video.

[@carolscott3868]

I think your cat was in the tracks of the excavator when you started it......

[@stevenjordan6389]

Do you split wood with the excavator teeth?

[@bobdole2465]

Liz you are amazing girl...

[@ronallen6578]

Guys, I don't want to tell you how to do what you've been doing, but I've been wondering why you feel the need to cut so much wood away on your 1st pass. I've been around sawmills, lumber, logs and I've never seen such heavy 1st cuts. Just seems like you could utilize this wood in some manner. Just wondering, that's all. Stay safe and keep going. I really like you guys. Great work ethic. Ron

[@ronallen6578]

Just got a reply from "you guys" that I won a prize and that I was to reply to telegram?? I reported it to the site and they were to check it out. Since your video stating scammers had gotten into your site I was at least aware. Thanks guys. It's so damn sad that people like that exist. Maybe we could run a few thru your bandsaw😂😂😂. Keep up the good work. Love your videos and the both of you as well. Ron