Forest2Furniture
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I upgraded from the Woodlands HM130 to the Logosol B1001 earlier in the year and to be honest I wish I'd done it sooner. The Woodlands is fine but (and this will upset some) I see it as an entry level machine, something to get you into milling. The B1001 has a bigger box section rail system than the B751 (bigger price tag too) the 23HP engine makes a lot of difference especially when milling sappy softwoods.
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Another day, another Walnut. 1.25" - 3" boards neatly stacked in the wood barn for drying. This will be the third one this year. Although to be fair I didn't get one of them, owner had the "it's a valuable black walnut" syndrome!
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There's a special place reserved in Hell for people who put metal in Walnut trees! This lot is nails and 10mm diameter pig irons
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My reply was based on the board being thin as per your original post, in the world of furniture making 72mm isn't a thin board, I wrongly assumed you were referring to a thin board of 25mm. Cutting a 72mm board in half shouldn't throw up to many problems, depending how far from the tree center it's been milled.
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Witch one mini digger, small tractor or forklift
Forest2Furniture replied to Guy 11's topic in Milling Forum
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Splitting an already thin board into two thinner boards may not be a good idea as the boards are likely to move a lot. When you machine a thin board thinner it's normally done on a thickness planer and equal amounts are taken of each side of the board to reduce movement, by cutting the board in half you're releasing tension/compression on one side only which will lead to greater movement.
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I have the same problem, that or they un-stack a nice neat stack just to get to the bottom boards and then leave me to re-stack!?
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I think those stickers could do with being a bit longer mate!
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It wouldn't be DHL by any chance would it? When they do the whole delivery themselves it will take forever and they'll go to a t least one wrong location before geting to you. If they use local companies the delivery arrives on time in the correct lorry with no problems. Woodlands use DHL all the way Logosol use DHL to the UK then local firms with local knowledge.
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I found it depended what blades I was using, when I changed from the lenox ones supplied by woodlands to ripper37 it took me the best part of an hour to do the tracking, I was on site at the time. Once the tracking was set never had a problem until the change of belts.
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Hi, If it's throwing blades it'll be down to two things tracking is the most common problem. Have you correctly tracked both wheels, do the drive wheel first and get that aligned and then the follow wheel, this will be the one that will need constant tweaking depending on which blades you use. The second but less common thing that could be causing the problem is engine alignment, is the engine and therefore drive pulley square on and inline with the drive wheel, friends of mine had a constant problem with this. Unless the band is badly bent there shouldn't be any reason not to use it again. As for squaring up the machine I think the easiest way to do that is slacken off the bolts and square the unit that way. No doubt as is the way of this forum someone else will be along shortly and give you their opinion. Good luck.
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At last it's all becoming clear, there are so many potential promlems you need to overcome. There is a lot of help to be gained from this forum the key is to how you word your request. I wish you luck with this and apologies for my outburst last night.
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Fair point, my bad for having a go. If op had started off with it's for a charity then he would have got a better response from all I'm sure. Rough Hewn is a good knowledgeable guy he'll see you right when you're ready to mill
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That's the one I was on about but apparently I was being unhelpful. I remember downloading it a few yrs ago but not on this computer and although I transferred it to a flash-stick they don't last forever.
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This will probably make me unpopular but hey ho. I think it's a little unfair to come to a forum like this and ask for advice for free from guys who's lively hood depends on their knowledge and skill in the craft of milling. I've spent my whole working life (40+ yrs) working with wood and do not take kindly when people expect help for free. My advice to you is this, forget the internet for information on how to mill or a quick route to identifying trees and start searching for books on the subject. Do a search for alaskan milling/chainsaw milling and you'll find there's a very good booklet available on pdf that you can download for free written for farmers in Africa, it explains the basics and beyond, then find as many books as you can on trees, identifying them and the uses of their timber. Books are the way to go, something you can keep dipping into for reference.
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As always Saul, it was good to see you
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Bought this little stick of Sycamore on Friday and milled it yesterday. Some nice colour to the boards.
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Now you've finally moved, I might have to call in for a coffee!
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When I bought my woodlands it took 3 weeks to arrive because DHL hadn't read the whole address only the postcode, the address was one of those that is in one county but with a postcode for the next county. The pallet arrived at east midlands airport, then went to birmingham, then rugby, then derby, then wakefield, back to derby before arriving at the correct address!
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probably not the best forum to post your request in, try the business threads I get all my insurance through the NFU have done for the past 10yrs
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I saw him a couple of weeks ago, like me he's moving yards so a bit busy at mo
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We always used a wheelbarrow for shifting planks, takes a bit of practice but balance the planks across the top and you'll be able to move them over almost any terrain.
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WOODLANDER LOG LOADING RAMP & WINCH KIT
Forest2Furniture replied to Tippin Alaybye's topic in Milling Forum
I hope for the sake of your marriage that it's not being delivered by DHL, they took 3 weeks to deliver my mill -
WOODLANDER LOG LOADING RAMP & WINCH KIT
Forest2Furniture replied to Tippin Alaybye's topic in Milling Forum
Yeah, but the difference between the logosol winch and the woodlands winch is enormous. The logosol winch/crane is welded 50mm x 75mm x 6mm thick tube and three times as long as the woodlands which is 45mm square x 3mm thick bent tube with a winch mounted on the top, its not like for like -
I sold mine for just under £3k last month with a trailer and 40+ spare blades to a local tree surgeon. Had an idea the guy wanted it in the first place but could have sold it five times over if he'd backed out of the deal.
