Woodmizer LX25 - The Biggest Log I’ve Put On The Mill - It Doesn’t End Well

We max out the Woodmizer LX25 sawmill but still come out with some beautiful lumber!

[@irahoward5911]

I just bought 27 acres in Missouri and a home. Full of red oak and hickory. I also just ordered my LX25. Can't wait to get it. Thanks for the video.

[@MyBeautyEvolution]

Ooh la la! Those slabs would make a beautiful table 😍

[@lloydcunningham2291]

Red oke looks good Man 💯👍

[@amerritt261]

I’m looking at saws and you just told me exactly what I needed to know about this saw. This was toward the top of my list now it’s on top. Thank you.

[@gregboshell4532]

I had a Hudson sawmill and the day the guy came to look at it I cut into the dog so it happens to the best of us

[@mountainviewturning5319]

Great looking red oak lumber

[@JkCanvas]

Thanks for the information. Yes that is a beautiful red oak log.

[@spiritof7673]

Thanks for watching. I use to hesitate on big hard woods, but my confidence is growing.

[@nmblevins5904]

Looking at buying lx25, I have some poplar, 40inches diameter, I think I might have to split em,if I get this little mill, thanks for the helpful information that you have on here, your a great help

[@swh797]

You are a young man, so my advice to you is, buy the best dust mask you can find and put it on each time before you crank up the mill. I guarantee you will be thankful you did 15-20 years from now. The boards coming off the mill are beautiful. Paint the ends with a wax impregnated paint to keep checking down. You will save a lot of good wood down the line.

[@spiritof7673]

That is good advice! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@corneliusmcgillicuddy2522]

I paint the ends before milling so my wood is color coded in my drying stacks. I also use a sharpie to date the boards (over the paint after cutting). I only figured this out, of course, after making a stack that I had to sort through and figure out what was what. Never again.

[@kenferguson2341]

Enjoy your videos For someone who doesn’t like to be in front of the camera…you do a great job I’m considering getting the LX25

[@victormcox]

Doing a search for the LX25 and found your channel. My son in law and I have ordered one to be here in September. Thanks for taking the time to make the video. Excited about getting ours. Beautiful oak!! Just a little story about an experience in Lowes hardware. I seen a guy with an 8' clear 1"x10" red oak board and I knew it was going to be expensive!! He got to the register and the lady picked it up and took it around to a measuring pole, came back and rung it up and said that'll be $85.60.......he said that the sign said it was $10 !!! She said "$10.00 per foot!!!🤪😜👍🤟 He put it back!!!

[@aidacapangpangan6054]

$10. Per feet would $66. A 1x10x8feet long is 6.6 feet

[@victormcox]

@@aidacapangpangan6054 Thank you so much for the correction, but the price quoted to the customer was well above $70.00. Forgive me!! Have a blessed day.

[@josebarreto7157]

$10 per linear foot vs $12 per board foot. $80 plus tax sounds right. In fact I was in HD last week and saw $10.per linear foot on the tag.

[@Dsquaredwoodworking]

Great looking red oak

[@lloydpowell9496]

76 I am loving your videos Glad ok am new to your channel. Still trying to get my 10 year old TK set up and sawing some of my LARGE white oak logs into fencing boards. Thanks again love it, love it

[@spiritof7673]

White Oak is NICE stuff! Thanks for tuning in!

[@hardenpt2522]

Dude that is badass! That much freakin redoak, the possibilities are endless. 🤘✌️👍🇺🇸

[@claresegensman3566]

I'm loving your channel! You have really helped us make a very expensive decision. Your filming is perfect. The music, however, is so loud it's hard to hear your voice over. Thank you for making these videos.

[@jerrylittle8922]

Nice Red Oak.

[@treggliebler6237]

Beautiful wood! Just found your channel. You're living my dream! Wish we could have seen the entire log get cut. Wanted to see more of that gorgeous oak! Keep up the work!

[@spiritof7673]

Thank you so much. Sunset and a scorched blade was the end of my day lol. But there will be more to come. Thanks for watching!

[@jerrymurphy2720]

Just picked my LX25 up a few days ago. Going to assemble it when it stops raining and I can get a small slab poured. Ordered it December 2020 and it just came in

[@mnmn926]

Excellent content and thanks for showing us the mistakes us real people make.

[@patrickd2013]

Such gorgeous boards coming off the mill, it's really no surprise you got a little star struck, and forgot to attend to one of the little details. Guess you were kinda the windshield and the bug that day, one then the other. (chuckle)

[@stevewilson8881]

I saw that log stop sitting too high and knew what was gonna happen before it did. I also have a new LX25 and have already done that too. You learn to drop the stops completely once the cant is square enough to nest up against the bed stops

[@spiritof7673]

I agree, happens to everyone, but it still hurts to do it to yourself. Thanks for watching!

[@throngcleaver]

@@spiritof7673 Yep! There are those that have, and those that will. Great video!

[@young11984]

Take that junky sawdust chute off and cut some bigger slots then make a bolt on adjustable deflector plate and you wont have the clogging problems. Thats the first thing woodmizer needs to fix along with a throttle valve for the water valve. Man i really felt that when you hit that log stop lol, i have always said i will be the one who will cut one of those one day

[@ronaldcarroll2947]

That big old log didn't seem to have been harmed much by being on the ground a year. Your sawdust chute was working well at the beginning. Did you remove the internal guard? That might help. I guess that internal guard keeps the ignorant from putting a hand into the blade. Have youi tried waxing or silicone spraying the discharge chute? Cleanup with a leaf blower really looks to be the easiest and most effictive at the end of a milling session. I hope you show us what all you got from that big log. Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@spiritof7673]

I got lucky with this log. I have drilled extra holes in the chute & am running a bit dryer - it’s helping. Thanks for watching!

[@crowdedforrest8248]

great video. I am debating this sawmill or the next one up with the 14hp motor so seeing you cut the red oak with the lx25 has been a big help.

[@spiritof7673]

In my opinion, bigger is better if you can consistently source logs over 16”. I hope to upgrade someday

[@MrEst1953]

A larger saw would be beneficial make life a little easier.

[@Dovetail-Artisan]

Looking at purchasing this exact unit. Thanks very much for your video!! Any chance you can share with me what the background music starting at 1:30 minutes in? Love it and would really like to know. Thanks again my friend!!

[@wilmamcdermott3065]

Got my log stop a couple of times a new blade and back to work. now i automaticly drop them or remove them after i square my cant

[@jasonlazott8337]

Beautiful red oak! Sorry about the blade.

[@MountainManFred]

Kule stuff! Wish you had some eye and hearing protection on... again..kule video!

[@nawatenson5777]

Great job there. I am looking forward to having that machine. where can I find it and at how much?

[@donniecox5442]

20 logs ran finally done it today.....new blade though. #&%€ it

[@spiritof7673]

That’s awesome. I swear sawdust is addictive, lol!

[@benscoles5085]

I see you did not get the sawdust chute to working as of this vid. I hope by now you cut out those bars so it would maybe flow better, that problem alone may stop me from getting this mill, I was until now really leaning to this one, but your and 2 other utubers have the same problem.

[@Lentuttle]

Noooooooooo..... oh, man! Bummer deal.... snot happens man! It's only a $25 blade...

[@lynntyler8682]

I feel your pain

[@aidacapangpangan6054]

No shame in it, i also sawed into solid steel log stop on a timber king sawmill, the saying go there is the oneswho have sawed into log stop and the ones they will.

[@lunarrn]

That's a handy little sawmill. How tall is the carriage?

[@1eingram]

were you in the Washington DC scene on the day of the famous incident?

[@thevermonster7934]

We're just about to pick up our lx25, I'm curious, when you pull the cutter head back for another cut, why do you keep the blade right on the log? I've never ran a mill, or even seen anything besides KZbin vids. I've got a big pine to mill, looks like I'll be able to do it based on this video

[@spiritof7673]

Not saying my way is right but, I do it to knock off extra sawdust and any little splinters so that I can really see the grain of the wood very nontechnical and would be more efficient to cut 2-3 boards in a row, but it’s just my style- how I enjoy to do it.

[@thevermonster7934]

@@spiritof7673 oh right on, it makes sense to me, thanks very much for your reply, like I said I'm days away from getting our machine, I ordered it in February so I'm chomping at the bit!! Really took 2hrs for 7 days to set up? Woodmizer just put out an lx25 set up video, do you think it would have been nice for you if they did that sooner?

[@spiritof7673]

@@thevermonster7934 absolutely easier with a video! I worked by myself, and am not naturally mechanical. So I’d work 2 hours at a time to keep my patience. It was a big investment for me and wanted to take my time and get it right.

[@ricknelson9581]

Been there done that

[@michaelfrench343]

That log rack beside the mill do you just roll a log straight over to the mill

[@spiritof7673]

Yes, I built them level with the mill and use my my log ramps as a staging area. Then I can process 3-4 logs in one session without getting on and off the tractor to many times. Thanks for watching!

[@warrenjacobson8907]

FYI, your music is way too loud. It distracts from hearing the info. Better to have no music. But thanks for the info.

[@gregboshell4532]

How did you get the spirit of 76 that was the year I graduated high school

[@spiritof7673]

America’s declaration 1776. My football number was 76. And one of my favorite authors , Eric Sloane, wrote a book with that title. Thanks for watching

[@Kepharocks]

Why not the LX55? Just curious.

[@monroesweldingservices6234]

So you think this would hold up milling logs for a square log style log home?

[@spiritof7673]

With patience all things are possible, however I might stop at cabin not home for this mill. It’s for hobby work. Not production.

[@monroesweldingservices6234]

@@spiritof7673 I'm thinking of getting a larger version of one since I've had time to research them now

[@billbateman5609]

Which engine did you go with on your mill

[@spiritof7673]

The upgrade 9.5.

[@jameshouchin2500]

Is that with the 9.5 motor?

[@spiritof7673]

Yes

[@TomA-pt7en]

Mind if I ask how you get logs?

[@spiritof7673]

Not at all. 1) my own land 2) dads property 3) buddy with landscape biz 4) town dump - secret gold mine 5) once friends/family/neighbors knew I had a mill they started offering me logs/trees. Logging is tough on man and machine but it’s part of the gig. Thanks for watching!

[@bswebb4]

Loved your video. Beautiful red oak indeed. But just a curious question... why did you cut it as 2" thick stock instead of 3/4" thick stock? What are you using that 2" thick oak for?

[@kenlieberman4215]

Hoboy! Wood only comes 3/4" from a box store. Hardwood is cut on 1/4s, finished size is 3/16ths less. You need a minimum of 1" of thickness for every foot of width to control warping, so 6/4s would be the minimum. Red oak is the hardest wood to dry so going extra heavy makes sense, or he may wish to make 1' boards AFTER drying. Very common.

[@brianwebb9121]

@@kenlieberman4215 Thanks for the explanation about preventing the wood from warping. That is very good info to know. 👍

[@kenlieberman4215]

@@brianwebb9121 You are welcome.

[@clintunruh6418]

Do you get your blades resharpened?

[@patrickd2013]

Subscribed, and tried to turn on notifications, but it said "this feature turned off on content made for kids". What's up with that business?

[@stevejarve2547]

I wanted to enjoy your video but the background music overpowered you voice in too much of your presentation.

[@normandoughty8737]

Turn the music down, or dont talk.