My mill is on the way!

[doobin]

Very quick to setup on site, ten minutes to unload and level trailer. I feel that it needs a sub frame, so I had a dig in the scrap pile. Bit twisted but really doesn’t matter for this application. 
 

I cut up an oak log maybe two feet (probably less) in diameter and eight feet long. Got myself a 7x7, three 5x4s and a couple of decent boards. Changing from the standard blade to the 1.5” Ripper37 was a revelation. 
 

@william127Sorry for the thread hijack, this is all just so you learn from my mistakes 🤣

[william127]

12 minutes ago, doobin said:

Very quick to setup on site, ten minutes to unload and level trailer. I feel that it needs a sub frame, so I had a dig in the scrap pile. Bit twisted but really doesn’t matter for this application. 
 

I cut up an oak log maybe two feet (probably less) in diameter and eight feet long. Got myself a 7x7, three 5x4s and a couple of decent boards. Changing from the standard blade to the 1.5” Ripper37 was a revelation. 
 

@william127Sorry for the thread hijack, this is all just so you learn from my mistakes 🤣

Great job👍👍

Please carry on hijacking,  pictures of my mill under a tarp in the shed are of no interest to anyone 😄😄👍

A date has been booked to put it together though 👍👍

[doobin]

Finished the sub frame off with a couple of fork pockets. Had an ‘oh shit’ moment when I realised that I had possibly welded the forks to the frame too, but a couple of good whacks with a sledge sorted it 🤣

 

Im hoping the C section fork pockets will be sufficient cross-reinforcement. 

[Stihllymok]

On 27/04/2022 at 19:11, AJStrees said:

What contact do you use to get hold of someone for the Frontier Sawmills. I have tried the email on their UK site but it bounces back. Cheers.

Email Andy, he'll sort you out. Top bloke 

[email protected] 

[Stihllymok]

15 hours ago, doobin said:

Finished the sub frame off with a couple of fork pockets. Had an ‘oh shit’ moment when I realised that I had possibly welded the forks to the frame too, but a couple of good whacks with a sledge sorted it 🤣

 

Im hoping the C section fork pockets will be sufficient cross-reinforcement. 

Looking good doob!

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCtsf3kg7DVdCDBheOa5GMzw/videos this bloke might be of interest to woodland fans.

 

 

[AJStrees]

9 hours ago, Stihllymok said:

Email Andy, he'll sort you out. Top bloke 

[email protected] 

Cheers mate. Will do. 

[AJStrees]

9 hours ago, Stihllymok said:

Looking good doob!

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCtsf3kg7DVdCDBheOa5GMzw/videos this bloke might be of interest to woodland fans.

 

 

He's got quite a few vids. Thanks for the tip. 

[william127]

Its on the trailer ready to take to the workshop tomorrow, really looking forward to it👍👍

Went to the Weird and Wonderful World of Wood(really great day out)yesterday,  saw loads of great milled timber and more finished products, now I really can't wait to get stuck in!

[william127]

Getting stuck in,  it's a lot of parts! Clever bit of packaging and as luck would have it I've ended up with 2 manuals so i can look at 2 pages at once, which helps👍

[william127]

Well I'm pretty pleased with that. Blade is on and tensioned, the carrige goes up and down and forwards and backwards, tomorrow  we just need to oil and fuel the engine,  connect the battery and get testing 👍👍

But that would be far too relaxing,  so we're doing that lot, and  I'm heading off to grab a pile of second hand rsjs so we can do a base frame as well😅😅

 

Overall I'm very impressed with the quality of the mill itself and the way it was packaged. 

The instruction manual is pretty good, a few bits where a picture is clearly a slightly different model buy its all understandable.  I ended up with 2 copies which was bloody handy with 2 of us  doing it but would be handy even on your own👍👍