Sawmill Shed Build (Ep. 18) How To Set The Rafters

[@billyhaddock5540]

Sandy, the shed is coming along great. I want to see u put-on the metal covers.

[@exotictones1054]

You sure do alot of good work for mostly a one man show.very hard working man.

[@mikewatson4644]

Glad to see the progress. Hope you get more done before the white stuff makes an appearance. I bought a cordless framing nailer. On the plus side, it's really nice not to have the air hose dragging behind and always pulling, especially when up high. On the bad side, it's heavier than the air nailer. I just got done building a shed in a spot where we had electicity but it was quite a long distance away. The cordless was really nice for there. Battery life was never a problem, but we weren't shooting nails all day long Thanks for bringing us along

[@sawingwithsandy]

Hey Mike! Thanks for the first-hand account of the battery nailers. Friend of mine is a contractor and I was talking to him about it and he had mentioned much of the same things you did

[@jmar5787]

Sawmill shed is coming along. Got alot done, hopefully you'll have some more good days for mlling and getting those rafters done!!

[@sawingwithsandy]

Thanks jmar! I'm sure I"m due for some pay back with this prolonged fall weather

[@Woodburner100]

I built a shed similar to yours this fall and I beat the snow by about 2 minutes. Actually it beat me by a day or two but I managed to get the roof on anyway. My rafters are 19 foot long green 2X8s and the front of the building is just over 12 feet high so it was a lot of heavy lifting by myself. I nailed everything by hand because I don’t have an air nailer and my 65 year old wrists are still feeling the effects after a month of rest. But it turned out good and I’m happy. My mill is still outside but I have a place to keep things under cover anyway. Mine is 16 X 32.

[@josephgrant9137]

Nice work my friend. I would think about filling those ruts before the BIG FREEZE. Thanks Der Guy.

[@sawingwithsandy]

Absolutely!

[@clausbuhlsrensen602]

Your sawmill shed are becoming a cathedral. Have a good winter and a merry Christmas.

[@JeffYantha]

We’ve certainly been incredibly lucky with the weather this year, hopefully you can get the roof on before it hits

[@TechOne7671]

Superb Sandy. It’s some structure, I am well jealous😂.

[@earlzathome]

Looking great! Glad you've been able to get that much done before the snow flies!

[@sawingwithsandy]

Thanks Earl! I was real lucky for sure

[@richragan4810]

You're amazing Sandy! Thank you for sharing and Merry Christmas. God bless you!

[@sawingwithsandy]

Thank you Rich! Merry Christmas!

[@DavidRobinson-mx6cl]

Awesome progress my friend , especially by yourself ! Be safe and thanks for sharing !!!!! 🙏👍😊❤️

[@sawingwithsandy]

Thanks David! Coming right along

[@paulcarlson-es1gw]

LOOKING GOOD ,ITS COMING ALONG WELL !

[@Growing-Our-Retirement]

You accomplish a lot for one guy! Coming along really nicely!

[@sawingwithsandy]

Thank you!

[@TheBeardedCarpenter]

Howdy Sandy- glad see the rafters going up. Hopefully, the snow will have mercy on you and you can get the roof on before the bad stuff shows up. Take care and be safe. God bless

[@sawingwithsandy]

Thank you!

[@wallacefrey6247]

If it wasn't such a long drive from here in the Houston area, I would love to come give you a hand getting the rest of the rafters up.

[@sawingwithsandy]

That would be awesome! I sure would be appreciative for the help My legs are sure done after a day of up and down the ladders

[@perrybroughton4728]

It’s coming along Sandy , keep up the good work.

[@sawingwithsandy]

Thanks for that Perry!

[@deprived56501]

Lots of up and down on that ladder, oh my , sympathetically aching knees. As for the battery nailers, better the devil you know. Good vid. Thanks.

[@sawingwithsandy]

I'm a big fan of the air nailers for sure

[@brianwestveer9532]

You probably have gotten some snow since you did this,SO we're sending some more your way. The good thing is that all that up an down is good exercise, have a good one Sandy

[@sawingwithsandy]

Sure helps me sleep good at night

[@mapleridgeacres6345]

I gotta say lol I think all of us diy sawyers and builders have the same methods of building our own structures lol we know the lumber is rough sawn rough dimension so the building is gonna be roughly square/true lol 😂 this video literally reminds me of building my first mill shed for my first woodland mills sawmill. I bought an hm122 in 2017 lol and that mill got a workout over the years and then I sold it during Covid pricing for more than what I paid for it when I bought it in 2017 lol can’t complain there. Then like every other sawyer….i wanted a “bigger” mill cause I acquired bigger logs lol so I bought the biggest and best mill woodland mills had to offer which was the hm130max woodlander. Once again I milled all my own lumber to cover the new mill for the snow we get in central Ontario (northern Kawartha lakes) and I made my old mill shed into a firewood shelter lol . I call it a success it has been erected for 5 years now with no issues lol if anyone is wondering to pull the trigger on a woodland mills sawmill…. All I gotta say is you will not be dissapointed!! The mill is very reliable as long as your preventative maintenance is reliable if you know what I mean. I’ve owned 2 of their mills now and I have had very good luck with them and they have made me probably over 20 grand in lumber over the years I always recommend woodland mills to all my friends and customers!! Keep up all the great videos and great work 👌

[@sawingwithsandy]

Good to see you here on the video and thanks for coming along for the project!

[@austinvoros3438]

If you find a battery nailer on sale, it’s a great investment. Love mine

[@jtbear70]

Awe inspiring, good job Sandy!

[@sawingwithsandy]

Thank you!

[@paulfrizzell31]

👍great video, Sandy 🙂

[@sawingwithsandy]

Hey there Paul!

[@Antoineoutdoors]

Hello my friend, hope you are good with all the snow load that we got last week. Stay safe

[@sawingwithsandy]

Thanks Antoine!

[@petegraham1458]

Good workday! She’d is going to be nice .

[@JosEPh-zy3yr]

Peace been awhile since I commented. Blessings

[@sawingwithsandy]

Great to hear from you Joseph !

[@jodysherrington]

I have both battery and air nailers. The Milwaukee M18 is the way to go in my opinion. Battery lasts forever down side is that it is expensive and heavy.

[@johnyost4235]

FYI, if your shed roof pitch is less than 3/12,you should put sealant tape on the steel roofing , on the high side that doubles on your steel roofing . Otherwise the snow will leak thru the steel, thanks, john yost

[@sawingwithsandy]

Thanks John

[@kensmith4918]

looking good

[@sawingwithsandy]

Hey Ken!

[@PJ-si2po]

The battery fuel cel air nailer is Andy to put bracing inside trusses but it as less power than your RN-88 for sure

[@sawingwithsandy]

That's good to hear as I wasn't quite sure about them since I hadn't tired them yet. I do like the consistency of the air nailer. puts a wallop on the nails for sure

[@robertwazniak9495]

Sandy... are you going to add any sway bracing on the roof sections? Seems like you might have an issue with racking. During construction you could use ratchet straps to square everything up but it might still rack in strong winds. You could do it with X-bracing before the purlins (gapping the purlin for the bracing) or find some smaller cable and a couple of turn-buckles to keep everything true.

[@sawingwithsandy]

Hi Robert, thanks for coming along for the videos. Bracing will be coming up before too long. I wanted to get some of the rafters done in hopes of beating the snow. Right now I"ve got everything plumb and square with the temporary 2x4's from post to post. I"ll eventually take those down once I get the knee braces and diagonal braces on under the rafters.

[@saintaugustine1715]

That was a big step forward getting there i know by now you guys gad snow if not staying still had aome snow fall i don't want to tell hiw to do things but now that you seen the picture of the home made scaffold this today's video would of been really nice to have you could of put all your pieces ready to grab and then go up one time and do all the nailing and walking on a walk way so if you do another building it would be some think about the time you took to built the scaffold this was the perfect example to gain time back and aot less up and down like a yoyo lol but i know the video you show it not not done on the day you upload them can wait to see how the rest will come out . By the way it took alittle longer to set everything scare and plumb but now you are saving time because you down have to fight anything have a great day

[@saintaugustine1715]

Sorry about all the spelling error my phone went nut after I sent my comment

[@sawingwithsandy]

Thanks for coming along for the video. I thought hard about the wooden scaffolding you mentioned but I didn't think I had it in me to take on a scaffold setup with limited lumber milled and the size of the wood scaffold I'd need to build I figured

[@lumberjill6598]

You really are plugging right along! My Sister always tells me: "how do you eat an elephant? One bit at a time." ***DISCLAIMER *** Don't eat elephants. They're beautiful creatures. 😁🐘

[@sawingwithsandy]

Hahah that’s a good way of putting it Jill. Slow and steady. I’ll get it completed one day. At this rate it won’t be this year though (new years is in two weeks haha)

[@m9ovich785]

Thanks Sandy. Not much of a 'HIDE OUT" anymore. We need to come up with a new Name. HAHAHAHA Mike M.

[@sawingwithsandy]

hahah maybe this time around I"ll call it "third times a charm"

[@MrZZeroG]

Hey Sandy, great video as always. My son and I are about to cut the lumber for our sawmill shed (southern yellow pine). Do you cut yours rough 2x6, etc… or do you cut dimensional (1.5”x5.5”)? Do you primarily use the gauge on the mill (we have the 130max as well) and which one? Do you plane after? You have a lot more experience building with green lumber and any insight would help. Thank you!

[@sawingwithsandy]

Thanks for coming along for the videos! I sometimes cut full dimensions 2" x 6" but more recently I've been cutting 1.5" x 6" as the actual dimension to allow for the use of store-bought joist hangers. Just depends on the project mostly. I use the scale on the mill all the time when cutting as I find it's quite consistent. I like the white coloured scale but I think they changed them on the newer sawmills.

[@rodneywroten2994]

Sandy was this always your trade other than sawmill? It has to be pretty hard for this type of mill shed to be done by your self. but looks awesome.

[@sawingwithsandy]

Hi Rodney, I've done all kinds of things for sure in the past. Really enjoy getting out here and swinging the air hammer but the main thing that's challenging here is I'm not getting any younger so my body tells me to slow down more often than it used to haha

[@PJ-si2po]

You are lucky, here the temp went down to -35c here the last week of November The ice is about 2 tick here on the lake

[@sawingwithsandy]

Yikes! Now that will freeze things up in a hurry

[@mikebentley5021]

Sandy, where is the Snow the rest of the province has some?

[@sawingwithsandy]

hey Mike! Stay tuned for a future video as I've got some big news about the snow. Real BIG

[@farmerequipment]

@@sawingwithsandy that should make your project a lot more interesting! 😉

[@sawingwithsandy]

hahah you've got that right Kevin!

[@BGWenterprises]

That a 20' span? Or something close to that? I know most bandmills are generally under 20' until you add extra track. seeing the bark on the corners, really shows the size limits of the trees, in the local climate. . We have been thinking about it for years getting a roof over the hole mill, would require a over 26' clear span.

[@sawingwithsandy]

That's a good size span at 26' for sure. I'd likely go to a LVL or steel beam in that case depending on how much snow you get. Thanks for coming a long for the video!

[@BGWenterprises]

@sawingwithsandy Code is 50lbs white stuff, per square foot.

[@sawingwithsandy]

I've used LVL's on big spans before and they are great to work with. Only thing I don't like about LVL's are the weight and the price haha

[@rogerbelanger295]

That’s an impressive span. (20feet?) Maybe I missed that video but what is the size of the beam for that span.

[@sawingwithsandy]

Hey Roger! Thanks for coming a long for the video. It's a big one for sure!

[@sawingwithsandy]

I'll have to get up there with a tape measure as I've cut a bunch of beams lately off camera and I can't quite remember what this beam ended up being

[@richardlafrance7827]

what no snow in my city snowmobile run

[@sawingwithsandy]

I've got a big surprise in an upcoming video

[@bobstewart4342]

Who do I blame for all my mistakes if I work alone?

[@sawingwithsandy]

I normally just complain to the supervisor but then the supervisor quits talking to me. On the plus side, I don't do as much talking to myself when that happens haha