william127

Sun came out this afternoon and the sawdust started👍 Just some random lumps of hawthorn and sycamore (yes, I know it needs stickering not just stacking on the pallet😅), seems to have come out well, clean cut, smooth and straight. Seems like quite a nice machine to operate 👍👍

Looks like it was made to measure👌👌 Work on the trailer next...

I use one on my little hyundai, and doing it little and often has really made stump grinding easier/less stressful 👍

😅😅😅 They were near the trailer when I put the crated up mill on the trailer and I need some oak posts for under a deck next week👍👍

Unfortunately I had to go out and buy them this morning 😅 still, at least I've got plenty of them in stock now I saw your bolt method 45 minutes too late... It's all together and made its first cuts👌👌 Just resawing a couple of oak sleepers, but so far so good. I do have a feeling that the winch, ramps and extension piece won't see much use but I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it..

Frame in nearly done, after lunch we'll be cutting the firk pockets and mounting the mill👌👌

The trailer part of the mill will be waiting a while but that's OK if we get the frame done. The main reason it'll have to wait is the trailer is currently full of racking I got given, what a result! I'm going to set some up along the edge of my log yard, ready to fork milled timber straight on👌👌 Just need to get a skip in and spend a couple of hours forking stuff around, then set a few concrete pads to build it on

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👍👍

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👍

Little hondas engines are so good 👍 Almost all of my grinding is done with a brushless, cordless makita these days, I couldn't be without it👍👍 large amounts of sanding is pretty much the only time I'd chose corded

I'm a massive fan of cordless tools, especially Angle grinders, but for lots of sanding- I'd guess the main use of the grinder for a carver- I'd definitely go for corded. The cost of a brushless grinder and a couple of batteries would definitely get a good used honda engined genny like mine👍

Honda suitcase inverter would be ideal and great quality, but they are pretty costly. The Clarke(machine mart) versions may be worth a look, depending on the warranty. I've got a normal, open framed Pramac 3000watt honda gx engine, they're only a couple of hundred quid used and very reliable. I wouldn't want to carry it into a wood but its fine to move in a barrow or lift in and out of a van. It's got decent A/V feet so I'm quite happy running it in the back of a pick up/van.

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!

Not found anything like that so far, mine is the g660 pro, supplied completely assembled. I wouldn't buy it as my primary saw, I've got a Spud Ported 461 for that👌 I just wanted something that could do a few more inches for not much money, without chancing an overpriced, nicked or knackered used saw. There are plenty of people with far more experience using these saws than me who's opinions on the quality/lifespan are more valuable than mine! But in answer to the original question, I bought it from the ebay store, shipped from china and can't fault that part👍👍

I bought one from their ebay shop, great communication, speedy delivery, well packaged. Just remember the import tax/vat bill from FedEx a couple of days later. Worked straight out the box after I put the handle on, no issues yet🤞👍. Remember to budget for a bar and chain, they are not cheap at all any more. To be honest I dropped the ball there as I had it in my mind that a 30inch b and c would be about 70 quid 😯🤦😅 . They're not! With that in mind I think I might have been more inclined to spend another couple of hundred quid and got a genuine used 660 with a couple of bars and Chains.... But I didn't and I'm still happy with what I got for the money👍

D2s been in the shed a few weeks with no air in the suspension, meaning I've been back to using my ranger for everything🥴😕 Had a few minutes this morning, turns out it was just a blown compressor, completely full of mud! Stuck a spare on, seems to be OK 12 hours later🤞🤞

It's not a multione/avant but my bw08 (china's finest😅🤦) is so useful around the yard. It's 2.7 ton and lifts 1 ton so doesn't compare well to the multis etc but it was half the price. I've also not had a single job where I would have been able to use a narrower loader but not this one, although I've never actively looked for site work for it. So apart from a couple of little lifting jobs at the houses up and down my lane It's only been used in the yard/fields. But it's just so useful! Even though it's only done 80 hours in 3 years!!!! It's not the hours on the machine, it's the hours saved that count, and it's meant I can do things differently- like having my own stocks of sand/cement/postfix, delivered in larger quantities so I don't have to go to the suppliers at 7am with everyone else! I've only got a bucket, forks and an old beet bucket that I cut up with a grinder to male a brilliant brash/bonfire bucket. I really need to add some kind of grab though.8

I sell by the bulk bag, a couple of years ago I made a wooden box sized to fit round a new bulk bag. When I fill my bags now put them in the box, the box is the measure, the bag is just for transport. So stretched or different sized bags don't mean I'm giving away logs👌👌 Its saved me a surprising amount !

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 👍👍

I'd definitely put one in a 750kg trailer, especially as it could be a handy site barrow pulled by the sherpa, but that one in the picture does look a bit 'hammered together kitkat wrapper'😅😅 But if it works, it works👍

Good plan, I think I'll build the mill, no extension, no base frame, saw some timber and decide from there😅 Might still order the rsjs now though, price of them will only go one way😱😱😅😕

It's because you've got the sherpa, it's saved you so much time you're now weeks ahead 😅😅👍 Top job though, looks great👍👍 Have you got an extension on yours? I've got one but I'm debating putting it on as I think it'll mainly be logs like your yew for boards and fence Posts /sleepers I'll be doing 🤔🤔 obviously it can be bolted on and off, but if I build an rsj frame for it I don't want to bolt that on and off as an extension. 🤔👍

Nice one, I was going to look for something like that, thanks for the suggestion👍

That'll burn lovely 👍👍👍 Picked up a couple of trailer loads of hawthorn and sycamore, ringed up and into the drying trailer for summer. I diverted a few bits onto a pallet for milling. Might not be worth it but good for practice logs👍👍

Bit of a tense one yesterday morning! The ifor ramps really weren't long enough but it made it👍 I went and got the ramps I should have had in the first place to get down, then tracked 10 ton of ballast in and up with no trouble. And no, there's no decent reason at all why the arm is up high, bloody silly😱😅😅