Sawmill Not Cutting STRAIGHT? Quit BLAMING Yourself - It's Not YOUR FAULT - Check THIS!

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

Every viewing of your videos yield invaluable tips. When the video begins the Professor is in.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks! I try to make it interesting!

[@richardgarrett4647]

Robert, I cannot express in words how much you have taught me about sawing logs and also the small and big things you have taught me about adjusting the my LT 35. I am sure lots of people feel the same way. I am grateful. Thank you.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Wow, I really appreciate the comment!

[@mikewilcox8866]

Thanks to you and Nathan, I get all my blades from Joe. No problems yet.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Joe is good people.

[@christopherwik1092]

I would like to see a demo on dimensional lumber. Fact is I need to build stuff with my new mill to make better hardwood. I would like guidance on all of the tips I don't even know to ask for. I appreciate your wisdom and sense of humor!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Great suggestion!

[@thebradleysoncatbirdhill6849]

I purchase my bands from Joe Main. He is the real deal and a wonderful person to work with.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, he is. Good people.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

good stuff from the Big guy

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@melebmotors]

ive had blades making that noise , never thought about the weld. also had blades straight out of the box that were only set on one side , that threw me for a loop

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I hope this helps!

[@austinrehl8545]

Thanks for the tip! I’ll call Joe next time I need blades.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Tell him I sent you.

[@austinrehl8545]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama I sure will. Btw, how do you recognize rainbow poplars when they are in log form? That’s beautiful wood.

[@jeffrose1196]

My next order will be going to Joe. Thanks for the great tip!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Sure tell him I sent you.

[@b.ellison396]

Any Sawyer that whips out a dial indicator to check anything on a sawmill is okay in my book. Great topic Robert! We're cut from the same aerospace cloth. I like the indicator jig by the way.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks! Better to actually know what I'm sawing with than just guessing.

[@olddodger7178]

About 1.5 years ago, I was having issues milling spruce and white oak with 7 degree turbos. I switched toe 4 degree and no problems. Sometime later I was speaking to a Resharp tech who said they had some issues with blades being set improperly. My next trip there I brought the suspect blades to be checked and sure enough, the set was different from one side to the other. They reset all of them. I never considered the set gauge but just ordered one. Thanks Robert for another informative video.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Sure glad to help. It is not unusual to have brand new bands show up with an incorrect set, considering how they are made. A good gauge answers a lot of questions, and also a lot of self doubt. It aint your fault when the band is crap.

[@mikepruitt5997]

Thank you for the response

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Sure, you are welcome.

[@JohnWinsemius]

Another excellent informative and technical video showing expertise in operating a band mill, not just making sawdust like a few other video producers show. Another great video Professor

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks! You nailed it.

[@KPVFarmer]

That is gorgeous!!! Thank you!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@UEF-Sawmill]

Love the videos we run a mill in the UK 🇬🇧 and your videos are very knowledgeable, would love to see more milling videos of different timbers like sycamore and elm etc.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks for watching! I kind of make the videos based on the technical difficulty of the species being sawn, so I will be doing more sawing videos as the logs come in. Sycamore and Elm rank up pretty high on the degree of difficulty.

[@UEF-Sawmill]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama ideal, had lots of cherry in a while back and used your techniques for sawing that and it massively improves the value and quality of the timber. Look forward to it 👍

[@alembicrush5556]

Going to be honest mine is not perfec! That's because I don't have one YET. love your vids and always see such a big difference with your milling, compared to all the others.😊 It makes it hard to watch any others.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

I like that! Thanks!

[@jlooseround]

Ad always, good stuff. I may be there in a few yrs, but right now I'm building barns. Keep up the good work

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thank you!

[@ajkolodziejski118]

Good morning, another great video. I have begun to keep a notebook of your “master class” so I have a quick reference at my mill. At the moment all my logs are frozen solid, so waiting for warmer weather. There will be some new parts going on as well. So far with the sawing I’ve done about 2,000’ i have not been able to find the right combination of blade speed to feed rate to minimize accumulation of sawdust. Some of the issue is the mill is essentially home built at this point. (Not by me). No tension gauge, no scale board, poor blade guide adjusting arm. Blade roller location varies more than 1/8” up or down. And May be under powered. Other than that it’s fine haha. All of witch I will be bringing up to your specs now I know what I’m looking for. Lots of room in my note book,looking forward to the next class.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Sounds like you have quite an adventure ahead of you. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@thekiltedsawyer]

Great video sir, I get all my bands from Joe at ICT, have been very happy with him. Thanks for your knowledge and experience at the mill. Have you run or had a reason to run the bi metal? Thanks again sir!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, I've run bi metal and they do pretty well, but what I have learned is that it's hard to beat a good resaw band that's less expensive, lasts longer, and most imortantly, manufactured correctly.

[@thekiltedsawyer]

Yes sir, Woodmizer sent me the attachment ( re saw ) looking forward to seeing it in action. I used them for a project for a customer that wanted a bunch (40 ) treads for a stair case out of glue lamb beams, the glue that they use has clay in it, cut like butter

[@thekiltedsawyer]

Good morning sir, these babd videos you have done are a must watch, do you use the Woodmizer stress guage also? I've found it to be very helpful in running my bands correctly and for the right amount of time to not fatigue it first run. I've been trying to get Joe to get us connected, he's my band guy as well, will you still be using him when he goes to Woodmizer? PM me, would love to talk!🤞🧡🧡

[@Tommy-h4b]

Thank you very much for the video sir

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Most welcome

[@dubya2514]

That's some beautiful wood, I've had a few new blades break right on the weld, seems like it was the the cheaper ones, I've had great luck with the double hards, only complaint is the tooth spacing isn't always perfect at the weld when I sharpen them.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

That is a manufacturing defect, it shouldn't happen.

[@jollywingo4271]

Great videos, Keep’ em coming!You got any experience on a Cookes Sawmill out of Dothan Alabama?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, I've had some Cooks equipment. It's decent, it works, it's OK. I've sold all mine for better.

[@SawdustandSweatNC]

Good stuff Bud!

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@paisaconstructiondavid1964]

I must tell you that I am grateful for the information I am learning. My wallet on the other hand is complaining like a sailor. 😂 I suppose that I will just need to eat rice and beans a little longer until I can afford to buy rib eye 😂😂😂

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Tell me about it! Ain't nothing inexpensive these days!

[@lornesteed2417]

Hello Robert. Thank you for your videos. I am a total amateur sawyer and they have been a valuable source of information to me. Would you please give a link as to where you purchased the saw set gauge you used in this video. Again, thank you for the info.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks! Just call up Woodmizer and ask for one, I don't know if they are available online.

[@easttnscott7629]

How do you keep sawdust buildup if you run lubricant? I know you don’t run much pine so maybe that is the difference.

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Not sure what your question is, but diesel is used by the professional pine band mills I know, one saw 2.5 million bdft per year, and only uses diesel as lube, nothing else. No sawdust is the goal no matter what band lube you use, it means you are cutting fast, clean and straight.

[@robintaylor-mockingeemill8223]

I have had a new box of out of set blades . They waved like a flag in the wind . I had not thought about the welds before but do remember having that vibration . I will know what to check when it happens again . Thanks

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yep, my pleasure.

[@Peter-od7op]

Love these vdo ty

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Glad you like them!

[@timodell9994]

Great content professor. Do you bother to set and sharpen a blade which has very small stress cracks in the gullet, or do you throw them in the trash?

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

If I can see the cracks, then the band is DOA. Scrap steel is selling for 8.5 cents per pound, I just throw them in the pile with all the other scrap.

[@mikepruitt5997]

Would like to come see your sawmill....what day do you saw ...Monday is the only time I can get away from here ......or you may not want visitors....

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Unfortunately. we are a full time sawmill, and don't really have time to do tours and host guests. That's why I do these videos, these are real, and I'm showing techniques I use everyday.

[@deniscarter6613]

Thank you Robert or should i call you professor not too many people check there blades just blame everyone else if something goes wrong

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Exactly. You have to narrow down the variables and try to figure it out.

[@risby2]

That's what she said

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

All the time!

[@barnyardbrio7597]

👍

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@Peter-od7op]

If high can you blend it out yourself

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yes, that is correct, but any company who sends bands with incorrectly ground welds is showing that if they can't do the obvious stuff, then what are they missing with the more hidden or difficult items on a band?

[@Peter-od7op]

@@HobbyHardwoodAlabama very true. Ty for reply

[@GibClark]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Thanks!

[@customsawyer2526]

Ole Joe is going to have to get a secretary to answer his calls. LOL

[@HobbyHardwoodAlabama]

Yep