Logosol sawmill

[Ukulian]

if you dont mind me asking what sort of price range was the timbrey M100?

did you get a cost for the M280 (bigger one without trailer?)

how do you find it?

 

Thanks, John

 

£2750 + the dreaded, so £3.3k

Built it onto an existing trailer which cost another £300 in bits, so basically under 4k working.

No, I didn't enquire about the bigger model as more ££ was just not an option.

It had a few quirks and a couple of bits of info missing from the manual that would have made building a bit easier, but overall I'm pleased considering the price.

Woodmizer UK have been great sorting out the little teething problems (mine was from their first batch), so very happy there.

[agrimog]

the spares for the woodland mill come from the european supplier in sweden, not the us, and the run of the mill bits, ie belts and bearings are std parts obtainable from most bearing supply shops, not specialist parts like WM or timbrey

[Ukulian]

the spares for the woodland mill come from the european supplier in sweden, not the us, and the run of the mill bits, ie belts and bearings are std parts obtainable from most bearing supply shops, not specialist parts like WM or timbrey

 

I can get to Woodmizer UK's Kent headquarters in 45 minutes from here. Can't quite do that to Sweden! :thumbup1:

[lamimartin]

I am taking delivery of a Farmers M8 next Tue, while purchasing the 390 saw from my local dealer.(substantially cheaper than Logosols offer price btw)

To get me started, I thought the 25 year anni offer was "not unreasonable".

I was very very tempted to go for the M8 with the 661 Stihl, but felt it was unjustified.

I may even use the Logosol to cut timbers to build a shed to house the Baker bandsaw mill.

I had also been promising myself a 2nd saw this while, and can run the same bar and 325 chain on both the 026 and the 390(when not on the mill)

Welcome to the adventure of Logosol M8 ! I purchased a used one last year. It was barely used, packaged with a refurbished MS660. I must say I'm dealing with pines up to 60cm diameter and 4m long. This is really pushing the Logosol M8 to its designed limits. With such large logs, I don't think I could manage with less power. Fortunately, I've got a farm tractor with a loader and forks I use to carry the clean logs to the Logosol ramp. I carry several chains in my toolbox and I change them whenever the cut slows down. I sharpen chainsaw chains later in batches. Even if I could find an affordable bandsaw, I doubt I could do the sharpening myself. This keeps the cost of operation very low. In my humble opinion when high production volume is not a priority, Logosol M8 is an excellent tool.

 

I'm a little surprised you have chosen a MS390, 64cc saw. Logosol recommends a minimal level of 90cc. I see it can use a bar up to 63cm, but it comes standard with a 50cm bar. I read you are planning to recycle hardwood logs into fine lumber. With a less powerfull saw, it will take even more more time per cut, especially on large diameter logs. It may be OK if you are mainly dealing with smaller logs (30-40 cm). I would advise you consider getting a set of bar compatible with narrow kerf chains which are saving wood and cutting faster than regular ripping chains.It will also leave a smoother finish, by far better than any bandsaw mill. The shorter your bar, the least power you need on the chainsaw. If you have enough of a 50cm bar for your logs, you could typically use Lo profile 1.3mm gauge picco ripping chain. It will really stretch the power of your little saw to the maximum.

 

I personnaly replaced my log original log clamps with stronger ones (M8 LOG HOLDER XL) and I appreciate very much the big claw grip for the log end.

 

I hope you have fun !

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got any videos of it in action?

[Dizzer]

hi there im new to this forum but been reading on here for a while.

i have a woodlands mill and used the logosol chainsaw kit aswell. and since ive got the woodlands mill life had got alot more easier.i was completely new to milling and i bought an alaskan mill to start off with and thought it was awesome then go fed up with sharpen chainsaw blades. then went to a farmer who i knew who had a logosol setup and was shocked by how easy it was to use and then thouht im saving up to get that then once i was using it with him i was reminded how annoying it is to sharpen chainsaw blades. then went to the apf show and seen alll the differnt mills there and i was going to get a woodmizer mill when someone who was in the crowd said about the woodlands mill are alot cheaper. so i ordered a woodlands mill and after setting it up and playing with it for a week or so we got the drop on it they are really easy to use and we got the drop on sorting the tracking adjust the cuts to make them straight and generally maintaining it which coming form me was a shock as im not mechanically minded. i aordered a pack of 10 blades for it which cost me 250 quid including vat from local blade store and he costs 6 quid a sharpen. ive now advertised myself as portable mill and have been getting a few jobs and really enjoying this mill. and i would say its paid its self back in the mnoney i have generated from it.

and now we are saving up to get a lucas mill now

[lamimartin]

hi there im new to this forum but been reading on here for a while.

i have a woodlands mill and used the logosol chainsaw kit aswell. and since ive got the woodlands mill life had got alot more easier.i was completely new to milling and i bought an alaskan mill to start off with and thought it was awesome then go fed up with sharpen chainsaw blades. then went to a farmer who i knew who had a logosol setup and was shocked by how easy it was to use and then thouht im saving up to get that then once i was using it with him i was reminded how annoying it is to sharpen chainsaw blades. then went to the apf show and seen alll the differnt mills there and i was going to get a woodmizer mill when someone who was in the crowd said about the woodlands mill are alot cheaper. so i ordered a woodlands mill and after setting it up and playing with it for a week or so we got the drop on it they are really easy to use and we got the drop on sorting the tracking adjust the cuts to make them straight and generally maintaining it which coming form me was a shock as im not mechanically minded. i aordered a pack of 10 blades for it which cost me 250 quid including vat from local blade store and he costs 6 quid a sharpen. ive now advertised myself as portable mill and have been getting a few jobs and really enjoying this mill. and i would say its paid its self back in the mnoney i have generated from it.

and now we are saving up to get a lucas mill now

You are proving the point that Logosol M8 is NOT suitable for high volume production. There is no question that chainsaw woodmill is slower than a bandsaw. Getting a batch of blades to be sharpened at an affordable cost is certainly the way to go in both cases. High volume and chainsaw milling is not going in the same direction. I use my Logosol M8 to recycle the logs that I have fallen on my property and that I cut for special sizes and applications in small volume. I would never be able to match the production volume I get from a local woodmill that offers me standard size lumber to build my garage for instance. I would not have enough pines for such volume anyway.

[Dave_Biggs@Wood-Mizer]

hi there im new to this forum but been reading on here for a while.

i have a woodlands mill and used the logosol chainsaw kit aswell. and since ive got the woodlands mill life had got alot more easier.i was completely new to milling and i bought an alaskan mill to start off with and thought it was awesome then go fed up with sharpen chainsaw blades. then went to a farmer who i knew who had a logosol setup and was shocked by how easy it was to use and then thouht im saving up to get that then once i was using it with him i was reminded how annoying it is to sharpen chainsaw blades. then went to the apf show and seen alll the differnt mills there and i was going to get a woodmizer mill when someone who was in the crowd said about the woodlands mill are alot cheaper. so i ordered a woodlands mill and after setting it up and playing with it for a week or so we got the drop on it they are really easy to use and we got the drop on sorting the tracking adjust the cuts to make them straight and generally maintaining it which coming form me was a shock as im not mechanically minded. i aordered a pack of 10 blades for it which cost me 250 quid including vat from local blade store and he costs 6 quid a sharpen. ive now advertised myself as portable mill and have been getting a few jobs and really enjoying this mill. and i would say its paid its self back in the mnoney i have generated from it.

and now we are saving up to get a lucas mill now

What length are the blades ? £250 seems quite high. Timbery blades are £95 +vat from us, maybe we could get blades for your mill cheaper.

[Dizzer]

144" x 1.25" x 0.042" x 7/8 thats the spec from woodlands mill that i gave the company

please contact me if you can get blades cheaper and do you do sharpens aswell

[teed]

I use Logosol farmers with electric saw and automatic feeding. And compare it with inexpensive band sawmill, it's probably the same cutting speed. If you go up the big band sawmill so it is of course faster. Since it is not the actual sawing that takes time, it takes 20 seconds or 35 seconds to saw a board does not matter, but how long will it take to add boards for drying, put the log in the sawmill, etc. think that's where you can save time.

 

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