Posted 5/4/2021 19:30 (#8987551) Subject: Anyone have a Woodmizer Sawmill?
Starbuck Manitoba Canada
I am looking seriously at the LT35 Hydraulic. Considered the LT40, Adds $10,000. can. to the price though but has a few more features. Not sure if it worth the extra money.
Thanks in advance.
Posted 5/4/2021 20:22 (#8987669 - in reply to #8987551) Subject: RE: Anyone have a Woodmizer Sawmill?
West Chazy, New York
I run an LT40HD and like it. Woodmizer stands behind its products with very good parts availability and service. I deal with Woodmizer Maine, which is owned by a couple who also operate a mill, so I can talk to someone who knows the machine. I have never wished I had a smaller mill.
Posted 5/5/2021 03:52 (#8988063 - in reply to #8987820) Subject: RE: Anyone have a Woodmizer Sawmill?
West Chazy, New York
Hemlock that I bought from a few miles away. Mostly good, but all hemlock around here is prone to shake. I found a few with it, but at 325 per thousand it's worth dealing with. Our lumber prices are very high right now.
Posted 5/4/2021 21:41 (#8987861 - in reply to #8987669) Subject: RE: Anyone have a Woodmizer Sawmill?
Iowa
What do you do to dry the lumber? I dream of having one of those but I'm not sure exactly how to dry it or how to avoid it becoming twisted up garbage.
Posted 5/5/2021 03:55 (#8988065 - in reply to #8987861) Subject: RE: Anyone have a Woodmizer Sawmill?
West Chazy, New York
Just stickers and air dry for now. Someday I would like to build a kiln, but other projects have priority. Hemlock is pretty stable and usually shrinks about 4 percent, so not real hard to deal with.
Posted 5/4/2021 22:16 (#8987929 - in reply to #8987669) Subject: RE: Anyone have a Woodmizer Sawmill?
Starbuck Manitoba Canada
Thanks Haleiwa. I am dealing with a group in Thunder Bay Ontario Canada. Same situation as they have been in the business for 22 years and also mill wood on a daily basis. They know the product.
Posted 5/5/2021 10:21 (#8988536 - in reply to #8988080) Subject: RE: Anyone have a Woodmizer Sawmill?
Starbuck Manitoba Canada
My 35 HD mill comes with a 25HP Koehler gas. October delivery.
Only one Woodmizer mill left it is a 40HD with a 38HP gas left for delivery in Canada for this year, the rest are sold out until next year.
Posted 5/5/2021 12:07 (#8988642 - in reply to #8988536) Subject: RE: Anyone have a Woodmizer Sawmill?
Center Valley Wisconsin
The expensive part of the sawmill will be the blades,,buying them and paying someone else to sharpen. If you sharpen your self,,it takes time. I'm sharpening today but I run three sharpeners and 2 setters. Only way to use time wisely is to run multiple sharpeners and setters.
Posted 5/5/2021 18:13 (#8989023 - in reply to #8988815) Subject: RE: Anyone have a Woodmizer Sawmill?
Center Valley Wisconsin
Board feet depends on what you are sawing,,dry hardwood versus softwood,, I'd say anywhere from 300-1000 bd ft,,,Then resharpen. Might get 4-8 sharpenings from one blade. When 1 1/4" blades are sharpened down below 1 3/16" they really don't cut as well. definitely throw blades in the scrap bin at 1 1/8"
Your results may very but probably not by much.
Posted 5/5/2021 18:57 (#8989083 - in reply to #8989023) Subject: RE: Anyone have a Woodmizer Sawmill?
West Chazy, New York
With logs that have a fair amount of dirt or sand in the bark, 300 would be optimistic if you don't have a debarker. The worst experience is when you strike metal the first cut with a new blade.
Posted 5/5/2021 19:13 (#8989113 - in reply to #8989083) Subject: RE: Anyone have a Woodmizer Sawmill?
Center Valley Wisconsin
Haleiwa---you hit the nail on the head,,sometimes you might get 0-100 bd ft. I sharpen blades for a guy that saws alot of reclaimed timbers,,,, usually old barn wood,,,many times he makes 1-3 cuts and the blade is dull or sometimes destroyed. 1000 feet doesn't happen often but is possible. Knots, dirt, and iron definitely take life out of the blades.
Posted 5/6/2021 11:50 (#8990458 - in reply to #8989113) Subject: RE: Anyone have a Woodmizer Sawmill?
scott312 - 5/4/2021 19:41
What do you do to dry the lumber? I dream of having one of those but I'm not sure exactly how to dry it or how to avoid it becoming twisted up garbage.
What I do is paint the ends of the boards with any leftover paint to limit end checking, then I sticker them up in a connex with a household dehumidifier and big fan. I use Frigidaire dehumidifiers from Lowes or Amazon $250, big round fans from Harbor Freight, around $100.
I like to drill a hole in the floor of the connex and run the drain for the dehumidifier outside so I'm not emptying the water all the time.
Dehumidifier works much better in warmer weather, not much at all when it's cold.
Works great! I'm using Douglas Fir 1" thick for interior trim on my house and it doesn't shrink more once it is installed.
Also if sap stain is an issue spray the lumber before drying with Boracare, or much cheaper is the agricultural borate. It's just a mineral salt and stops most of the mold and also kills any beetle larvae in the wood if the logs have been down a while.
Anyone have a Woodmizer Sawmill?
