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They work together? ?‍♂️ I notice it never bothered you when he was calling another members wife fat? Selective disgust maybe?

There’s something seriously wrong with you Less. A Logosol B1001 would suit a Farmer down to the ground if he wanted a new Mill. They are a well built Mill. The OP asked me my experiences with mine B751 and I was happy to answer his questions. Now you may well say Woodmizers are the best, but what Mills have you personally owned yourself? As far as I’m aware you’ve just had Woodland Mills, nothing wrong with that but don’t give it the Billy Big Balls because you’re in chicken shit territory pretending you’re the big man. Do you even own a Mill anymore? Or are you just scooting around in your knackered old digger licking windows with your son? You’ve actually added nothing to this conversation other than making snide potshots and have nothing to back your point of view up than your experience of someone stupid enough to let you have a go on their Woodmizer and now you think your an expert in all things Woodmizer. So how about you STFU and maybe post the pictures of that staircase you’ve been promising to for months but are to scared to.

For sure! A log deck is simply the best solution. Gently roll the log on by hand. No shocks or judders to the Mill and checking alignment again. (Portable) But out in the field I do like the Avant. It’s very manoeuvrable. The log grab allows me to position the log any which way I like and can be eased onto the bed. Does not always work out that way of course. ? I also have the Winch and ramps. Also works great.

Yeh, bought my Mill through them. I stopped calling them after the first few weeks as it was pointless, ended up just dealing with Per direct. Davies must just drop them an email and forget all about it.

Davies per chance? Do you deal with Per, the UK rep? He's always been really good with me.

Up where I live we've had lock-down from 16:00 to 23:00 because of the miggies for years now.

Following on in that vein I wonder if there is enough trunk there to be milled into slabs? Make a nice chunky Park Bench and maybe even a Side Table?

I think they are Bacho? Could be worth looking on their site as Logosol will most likely stock Logosol Sizes? Thinking about hard dry wood I’m planning on re-sawing dry Ash Slabs. [emoji33] Guess I need to look into Carbide blades or some frozen timber ones.

Osmo is what I coated my kitchen worktop I installed in my house in Norway, very popular for that and you can get a more harder wearing version for floors I believe? It lasts quite a while but dont do what the folk renting the house off of me did and that was use it as a chopping board. They cut right through to the wood and water etc got in. Its an easy fix though, sand back and recoat. As a coffee table the Osmo Hardwax would be perfect, it can take some abuse. Still, my go-to is still Danish Oil. (I should get shares in that stuff. )

Cant beat a good bit of hand splitting to vent some frustration. Do you use a tyre to hold the rounds in? Was gonna do that but got the Splitter instead as its splits in the horizontal and vertical. So great for the big rounds. What it does not split it just smooshes apart, knotty bits and unions etc.

Farmers eh? [emoji3] I built my Log Deck out of treated 8” beams. On a very slight slope and dug in at the rear so it’s only 12” off the deck at the back.

Keeps you fit if nothing else. [emoji3] Im filling a 1.25m3 bag an hour with my wee petrol Splitter. Thats including clogging up with the Chainsaw and driving the logs over to the bag with the lawn tractor and bogie. A 4 way splitting head, a set of tongs to pick the logs up and im hardly breaking a sweat. Saves my back as im not bending over at all.

Whilst the Fiskars are good its not as good as they hype makes out. I have the X27 and think its good, but not great. The head starts quite narrow to get good penetration then splays right out to split the log. But if you're not making much head-way with the the Maul you have I think you're gonna see a slight improvement with the Fiskars but not enough to make you think it was a good buy. How much logs do you have to get through and is it a constant supply? If your shoulders are not great then maybe its time to consider either a Petrol or as Eggs mentioned an Electric splitter.

Avants with a Log Grab are brilliant bits of kit. The 750 can lift 1.5t quite easily and is a dream to load onto the bed. I get a buddies in for £100 from Friday to Monday morning, delivered inc fuel. But for me the easiest solution is the Log Deck I built. Once they are loaded on I have over 10t of Logs that just need rolled over onto the Mill when its in position. Thats either loading up the deck with the Avant or when I get logs delivered they get loaded right onto the deck and behind it.

I tried that log bomb in some beech rounds that I had sitting for about a year. Was rock solid and the Bomb just bounced out time and time again. Id be looking at getting a Splitting Maul over a set up like this. Fiskars X series, ie X25 or if you're tall the X27. Really can cleave its way through most rounds. If you have a constant supply of logs needing done then maybe consider a Petrol Log Splitter?

On a warm day.

Sometimes that extra 0.4mm makes all the difference.

I don’t accept PayPal anymore unless it’s sent as friends and family and always try to pay via PayPal. Been burned far to many times. One guy shafted me on a GX 390 as he said I missold him it due to being advertised as a 1” shaft and he measured it and it was 25mm ?‍♂️

I don’t accept PayPal anymore unless it’s sent as friends and family and always try to pay via PayPal. Been burned far to many times. One guy shafted me on a GX 390 as he said I missold him it due to being advertised as a 1” shaft and he measured it and it was 25mm ?‍♂️

Sounds like its gonna cost you a small fortune for this favour. The link below is worth a look. Ripper Blades are 10 degree, a good all rounder. Can the profile of the blade be easily changed? Ie if there blades are on their last or second to last sharpen I wonder if its posible to change them from between 4-7 degrees and hold them back for such jobs as this? Stephen Cull would be the man to ask. How To Choose a Sawmill Blade Profile | Wood-Mizer USA WOODMIZER.COM

I wonder how much work is involved in modifying a system from a competitor? Can see this being the only real-life solution we're ever gonna see as any generic system would still need adapting anyway.

I always assumed it was available from the get-go? Not of interest to me so not really looked into it. Could it be the new version of the Smart-Set is due out in April? I seem to remember you saying one of your buddies has a B1001 and he's not set up the smart-set yet, but has it ready?

I have the older, but still available version of the B751, there is also a Pro version that has the same bad as the B1001. Logosol said they would make a trailer package for the B751 but in the end outsourced it to Knott in Germany, they seem to be quite a respected Trailer Manufacturer. They where tasked with building a Trailer that the whole B751 Mill would slot into and still be under the 750kg limit. As regards flex there is some if you jack one leg up but there is zero flex when level and set up for use. I can take 1/8" veneer cuts the full length of the log. No torque or twist in the chassis when pulling behind the car. Sorry but I cant comment on the B1001 or the B751 Pro but they went away from the original B751 for rigidity reasons and also the Pro bed being the same as the B1001 will take the same additions, ie Set works, Ramps, winch, toe boards etc etc. If the budget is a concern and its for farm use and at home I really dont see the need for the Trac-met to be honest? If you've got £15,000 (aprox) Id be looking at the B1001 if you wanted new or seeing what that could buy you on the second hand market, ie a Woodmizer. Woodmizers website lists used Mills, might be worth a look?

I see you edited you comment to add that little dig (toy) What a plank.

Yeh, looking on the website there does not seem to be any hydraulic options? Im sure there was before so thats a bit odd. Unless they have removed them for the new setworks Rough mentioned? I was under the impression the setworks is for adjusting the saw head height and feeding it through the log, but it seems like more options are coming at a later date. Will this work off of the petrol model thats used in remote locations? No idea? But I do have the winch on my 751 and its very good. Makes very light work of loading and turning big logs.