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Offline Dan_Shade

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Re: I bought a 7800 dollar ball cap...
« Reply #40 on: January 26, 2008, 03:21:40 pm »
nice, Zopi!

Shinnlinger,  there are several posts around the forum, and a few articles in the knowledge base on area setups to maximize production.  check this out from the knowledge base
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Re: I bought a 7800 dollar ball cap...
« Reply #41 on: January 26, 2008, 03:23:59 pm »
Gotta love that Knowledge Base, it's over there under the Forum Extras beacon. ;)
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Re: I bought a 7800 dollar ball cap...
« Reply #42 on: January 26, 2008, 04:10:18 pm »
I just cleaned out the back of the garden shed a little...give me enough room to sticker lumber back there..gonna go get to work cutting some bunks and stickers out..wife and kids are gone to grrrrrl scouts...me and log dog are in heaven.

'cept the hyd pump on the tractor just blew...meh...one thing it's another.
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Re: I bought a 7800 dollar ball cap...
« Reply #43 on: January 26, 2008, 04:12:36 pm »
Congrats on the mill, Zopi. Reminded me of the day I got mine. I too realized that the head is impossible to man handle. I couldn't even get it off the pallet the way it was packed. Durn thing weighs about 900 lbs with the 15, even more with the 25 horse. I was lucky enough to have access to a tractor with a boom pole.

I now have a tractor with a FEL and that saved the day the last time I set it up on the 12 X 12 blocks that it now sets on. Makes picking up boards easier on the back as well as cleaning up under it. It does get messy.

Sawmill and Woodlot magazine published a very informative article on the LT15. I have it and it covers how a man adapted his water line to the operators side. Send me a PM with your address and I will send you a copy of the article.

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Re: I bought a 7800 dollar ball cap...
« Reply #44 on: January 26, 2008, 06:32:43 pm »
Pm sent!

I may elevate it eventually...it's not gonna stay where it is..I have a nice flat place out back for a sawshed, as soon as I get a little more confident with it and get it aligned, i'll get busy sawing the posts for the shed...gonna roof off of the leaner barn in the pics above and recycle it for a sawshed...I'll floor in the roof partly to store lumber..'cause it looks like i will have a bit soon...

which means i can't get away with building the workshop first...the shed would never get done then... :D
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Re: I bought a 7800 dollar ball cap...
« Reply #45 on: January 28, 2008, 11:52:10 am »
Zopi,
Thanks for the pics.  I feel better now  :D
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Re: I bought a 7800 dollar ball cap...
« Reply #46 on: January 28, 2008, 09:00:57 pm »
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Things you learn....don't wear short shoes...doesn't apply to those with seats or remote stations... ::)

the mill head won't roll right because the ways are icy....it CAN'T be that cold..i'm having too much fun.

get a drywall knife for scraping thick sawdust off of boards..the brush you use for cleaning the mill won't do it...

short logs suck. (but that is some pretty pecan..)

the bloody dust chute needs to be longer..or..why am I getting taller?

stickers are fun to cut...

milled off four logs tonight, and if the short one had been a foot longer it would have taken half the time.. ::)

someone said i would be buried in lumber...true statement...and slabs. (bonfire fuel)

I need a saw shed..it's supposed to rain tomorrow..oh well, I guess you have to sort and sticker sometime..

and a kiln.

seven year old girls are slow offbearers...but they are fun.

OHHHHh...THAT'S what the marks on the setworks are for...now I can ignore the scale more. easy.



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Re: I bought a 7800 dollar ball cap...
« Reply #47 on: January 28, 2008, 09:20:00 pm »
Can ya cut stickers from that slab pile?  :D :D :D


Your daughter didn't know what she was getting into.  Go easy for a couple days. Another slave driving dad, eh? ;)  :D :D
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Re: I bought a 7800 dollar ball cap...
« Reply #48 on: January 28, 2008, 09:28:05 pm »
Quote from: SwampDonkey on January 28, 2008, 09:20:00 pm
Can ya cut stickers from that slab pile?  :D :D :D

oh heck no...I'm stingy with wood...if it goes on the slab pile you could peel the bark and floss with it... :D
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Your daughter didn't know what she was getting into.  Go easy for a couple days. Another slave driving dad, eh? ;)  :D :D

She asked if she could help...she likes to pull the slabs she can lift and pull the mill head back...my teenager won't get
near the mill...but then she has been broken on carrying and stacking firewood... :)
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Re: I bought a 7800 dollar ball cap...
« Reply #49 on: January 29, 2008, 09:02:42 pm »
some pecan from last night...


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