Logosol V Woodland Mills or other?

[Erik]

 Once you learn to get the Lucas dialed in the quality of the lumber is pretty stunning.  Add a slabber attachment and you have a tool thats hard to beat. Have I mentioned that I love the Lucas?

[deezyboy]

Brother in law does a fair bit of milling with his Norwood, in West Devon. Seems to do alright with it. Big firewood supplier but picks the nicer lengths out and keeps them safe ??

[agrimog]

i am in the fortunate position of owning both a logosol M7 and a woodland  mills HM126 on its own trailer, both very portable and both very capable machines, but like all tools they have good points and bad points, the logosol is very portable, breaks down very easily and can be taken into areas you wouldnt believe, but must be setup carefully to extract the best from it, very accurate, consistant dimensional timber, the HM126 is quick to set up on its trailer, is faster than the logosol. but is sore on drive belts and bearings, also the bands need a lot more looking after than a chain, but the speed of production makes up for it. these days the logosol tends to be used for large wide slabs, and breaking down oversized timber to fit the bandsaw, getting the best of both worlds

 

[Woodworks]

8 hours ago, agrimog said:

i am in the fortunate position of owning both a logosol M7 and a woodland  mills HM126 on its own trailer, both very portable and both very capable machines, but like all tools they have good points and bad points, the logosol is very portable, breaks down very easily and can be taken into areas you wouldnt believe, but must be setup carefully to extract the best from it, very accurate, consistant dimensional timber, the HM126 is quick to set up on its trailer, is faster than the logosol. but is sore on drive belts and bearings, also the bands need a lot more looking after than a chain, but the speed of production makes up for it. these days the logosol tends to be used for large wide slabs, and breaking down oversized timber to fit the bandsaw, getting the best of both worlds

 

Thanks agrimog

 

Can I pick up on a few points.

Are the bearings and easy fix using off the shelf parts?

 

"also the bands need a lot more looking after than a chain"  by looking after do you mean sharpening or something else? Using the Alaskan there is more than enough sharpening needed but thought a bandsaw would need less.

 

Surprised you use the Logosol to break down larger pieces to then use the  bandmill. Doesn't the HM126 have a greater cutting capacity?

 

Sorry for all the question but I have a lot to learn.

 

 

 

[agrimog]

all the consumables on the HM 126 are off the shelf parts, thats one of the reasons I went for woodland mills, no pricey modified components, and the bands need sharpening, reseting, and resting, they also need regular checking for cracks in the gullets. and the logosol capacity is only limited by the bar size, when its too big to go on the mill, the mill goes upside down on the log!

[Erik]

22 hours ago, westphalian said:

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my timber looks shite compared to that

I don't believe that for a minute.

[Forest2Furniture]

Had my woodlands HM130 for about 20 months not long now, no major problems with it but as the warranty runs out in 3 months no doubt something will crop up in 4 months time.

 

Can't fault it, better finish then the alaskan, better on my back too.

 

I cut mostly hardwood, blades last about 4 hours and I've yet to break into a second gallon of fuel in a day.

 

 

[westphalian]

I suppose it suits my needs. This is using N Spruce

[Erik]

Sweet shed westphalian!  I spent 7 seasons back in the late 70's-80's logging Sitka Spruce in Southeast Alaska. Most of these forests had never seen an axe or a saw, so we got into some fairly big wood. That Spruce was some of the most beautiful timber I have ever worked with.

Edited July 21, 2018 by Erik