Lucas video

[John Hughes]

I got the Lucas out just before Xmas, first time for months I have had anything to mill.

It's alot easier putting it together with someone to help but it can be done on ones own.

 

 

[arbogrunt]

fantastic bit of kit..always wanted one of these!..

[redmoosefaction]

I got the Lucas out just before Xmas, first time for months I have had anything to mill.

It's alot easier putting it together with someone to help but it can be done on ones own.

 

 

 

Is that a little dig at the camera person:biggrin:

[kimtree]

once youve set it up a few times its easy.a few pointers.put the winches on the same side and make sure the braces are 90 degrees from the rail (when milling).if youre just cutting with the swingmill the centre brace is not required

 

happy milling:thumbup1:

[John Hughes]

 

I milled 5 logs of about 24 inch diameter 7 ft long. They yield about 45 ft3 in total. No metal hit.

 

I weighed one board straight of the mill. It worked out a few grams over one tonne a cubic metre.

[Rob D]

I have a Peterson and both machines are great for dimensional timber.

[John Hughes]

Rob

Does your Peterson swing both ways? We can double cut to get a 16 inch wide board but it is a pain in the butt unless one has a couple of strong guys who can pick up the saw head of the rails and reverse it?

John

[scraggs]

I looked at a lucas or peterson, where they appear to come into thier own is where access is limited and for slabbing lumps bigger than you can fit on a bandsaw mill, but from what I have seen slabbing with the add on attachment is very slow, like everything there are for and against arguements with both.

[delabodge]

Fair point regarding milling inaccessible logs. It just pains me to see lovely big oak logs chopped up into wee little planks.

 

hi Big j,,,,I own a woodmizer and plank most stuff myself, but on ocassions I get a lucas in as the tree is in the back garden and cant get it out,

from past experience the lucas is pretty accurate for say 8x2`s,etc,,and you get some uniformity, which is good for picnic benches/sheds/log stores etc,,but a ball ache on larger stuff,,,in the ideal world i`d have both,,but that would = DIVORCE.....

[agg221]

Beyond access, a related factor is the plant you need to move things. Over and above the issue of the maximum size you can get through the throat of a bandmill, you also don't have to move the butt. If you're having butts delivered, or doing a reasonable amount of forestry, you have kit on hand, but if you don't then moving large logs on and off mills requires additional plant so cost/space/maintenance. We once rolled a 3ft dia x 7ft length oak butt onto the hydraulic forks of a band mill, but that took two of us and I don't want to do it again! I think anything where you have to roll it up ramps would be impossible.

 

Alec