Sawmill videos

[Bibbyman]

I've added another video to our YouTube chanel.

This one is a "walkthrough" that explains our workflow and gives some details of our equipment.  This one is a little less than 10 minutes long so you may want to get your coffee before you fire it up.

If you've got sawmill videos (or see neat ones),  it's be nice to link them here so we start a collection.

Jeff has recently added a place on our profile to insert the link to a YouTube channel.  You may notice I have a YouTube icon under my avatar.  If you have a YouTube channel,  you can edit your profile to add this link.

[GAmillworker]

Thanks for sharing the video.

Have injoyed reading alot of your posts.

What did the baker infeed set you back if you dont mind letting me know.

Not sure if that is somthing I want to try and build or just buy.

Thanks,

Daniel

[inspectorwoody]

Nice video Bib. 

Nice setup too.

[Bibbyman]

Thanks for sharing the video.

Have injoyed reading alot of your posts.

What did the baker infeed set you back if you dont mind letting me know.

Not sure if that is somthing I want to try and build or just buy.

Thanks,

Daniel

We got ours 5-6 years go.  I don't know what the price would be now.  Best to  talk with them.  There are probably a lot of used decks out there now.

[Jemclimber]

Thanks for taking the time to post. Really enjoy seeing your videos and learning from your posts.

[wesdor]

Great videos with lots of information

When I go to YouTube and search for Bibbyoldman it doesn't give me any results.  Also when I search for sawmill June it comes up empty

Can you help me understand what I'm doing wrong?

Once again, thanks for taking the time to create the videos and sharing them

[GAmillworker]

Wesdor

Just click on the you tube link under Bibbyman's picture in his post.

[Bibbyman]

Yea,  I just wanted to be "Bibbyman" but I guess someone done took it. 

[beenthere]

......
When I go to YouTube and search for Bibbyoldman it doesn't give me any results.  Also when I search for sawmill June it comes up empty
...............

That search in YouTube works for me. Are you logged in when searching?

The icon works here as well.

[fishpharmer]

Thanks for the video, Bibbyman.

Thanks for the youtube button, Jeff.

[Bibbyman]

I really like this one.  Should I say two for one?   

[WDH]

Two with one blow  .

[Mooseherder]

Yea,  I just wanted to be "Bibbyman" but I guess someone done took it.  

I wanted to have the matching handle of Mooseherder on YouTube but someone already had it wrapped up.

Dirtbags.

[carykong]

Bibbyman,

Enjoyed the tour of your operation.  Do you hire extra help for the big production jobs?

[Bibbyman]

Bibbyman,

Enjoyed the tour of your operation.  Do you hire extra help for the big production jobs?

No...   Most everything we do is our size and speed or we don't do it.

[Mooney]

Here's a few tips on making good videos from a former video business owner ;-) Bibbyman asked me to chime in, since there's about as much to know about making good videos as there is to sawing good lumber!

Here's some tips/ideas for beginners:
   -Use a tripod if you can. Steady video is good video!
   -Zoom and pan (move) slower than you think you should. Your audience will thank you ;-)
   -If you do do handheld video, hold the camera steady, relax your body, and only slowly move the camera. Edit out shaky/jerky stuff with your editing software. Bibbyman does a good job of keeping handheld watchable!
   -Upload your video at the highest quality your camera/computer/internet connection can manage. A high quality video is much more enjoyable to watch than a fuzzy one.
   -You can insert photos, narration, music with most free video editors (movie maker, imovie, etc).
   -Go easy on the fancy transitions ;-) A simple cut from shot to shot is the best way to go. A crossfade can be a nice touch. Page turn transitions are sooo '90s... ;-)
   -There are tools that you can turn down the volume of a video, and use music or narration as the principle sound you hear. If your video calls for it, do it! If you use copyprotected music, YouTube can disable the music altogether, or remove your video, so watch out for that.
   -When uploading your video to YouTube, give it a descriptive name, a full description, and put in as many tags as you can think of (tags are words associated with your video, that help people find it when they're searching). Here's some sample tags to help people find your video: custom sawyer sawing logs lumber Warden sawmill Wood-Mizer LT40 Sacramento Amador county, etc (Yes, I just made up a bunch...;-).

There's a few things important to remember when just starting out. If you have any questions, technical or basic, send me a message! I enjoy adding many of your videos to our Sawyer playlist section on our YouTube channel, and good quality videos are always good to add!
   
Here are a couple online resources for learning more about making good videos. VideoMaker is a tremendous resource, and if you have any interest in doing a little video as a fun hobby, subscribe to their magazine!

Great video on how to film good videos. Take some stuff with a grain of salt ;-)

http://gogirlguides.com/03/featured/travel-videos-tips-for-the-beginning-videographer/ - a girly blog, but great basic information on making a good, entertaining video.

http://www.videomaker.com - the ultimate place to learn everything you need for making good videos. Great community forum, and a very inexpensive monthly magazine that I just devour everytime it hits the mailbox!

http://www.drostdesigns.com/how-to-make-a-simple-video/ - Another walkthrough of how to shoot and market a video.

[Bibbyman]

Lots of good info!  Thanks for bringing it to us.

I do take major issue with one main point made by the guy in the video.  That is that scenes should be broken up in short segments of a few seconds like in the commercials.   I HATE THAT!  It annoys me to no end and I get to feeling like I’m watching a strobe light show.   I probably need to insert some still photos of some detail items but I don’t want to cut, cut, cut from scene to scene. 

He asserted that you need to buy the highest price equipment you can afford, including a lot of support equipment.   Well,  I’ve got a Sony HandyCam – one of the high-end models with a lot of fixed internal memory and sans-disk card slot.  That’s more than I could afford.  I think quite useful videos can be made with far less expensive equipment than he showed – at least for most of our forestry videos.

Tripod.  Good idea.  One problem I have with the HandyCam is that it’s so small and light I have a hard time holding it in my big, clumsy paw.   I was thinking more of mounting it on a brick or something just to give it a heavy base.  But then I figured I’d drop it and it’d land camera side down. 

Last spring we attended our oldest granddaughter’s 8’th grade graduation.  Everyone had a camera of some sorts.  Some were just using cell phones.  We were a good bit back so I could see what they were recording and most looked to be acceptable video under the circumstances – gymnasium and poor light.   I did note one person had their camera mounted on what looked to be a walking stick.   I guess it was a mono-pod or something.  Seems like that would be ideal for shooting video at an event like a forestry show.  I guess it would telescope to be used standing or seated.

I’ll have to figure out a way to narrate over the video I shot.  I’m not real worried about adding music.   I have figured out how to insert pictures but most all my pictures are on another PC from where I’m editing my videos.  My HandyCam does take still photos too so maybe I can plan to take still pictures when I shoot the raw video.

[sdunston]

Here's a few tips on making good videos from a former video business owner ;-) Bibbyman asked me to chime in, since there's about as much to know about making good videos as there is to sawing good lumber!

Here's some tips/ideas for beginners:
   -Use a tripod if you can. Steady video is good video!
   -Zoom and pan (move) slower than you think you should. Your audience will thank you ;-)
   -If you do do handheld video, hold the camera steady, relax your body, and only slowly move the camera. Edit out shaky/jerky stuff with your editing software. Bibbyman does a good job of keeping handheld watchable!
   -Upload your video at the highest quality your camera/computer/internet connection can manage. A high quality video is much more enjoyable to watch than a fuzzy one.
   -You can insert photos, narration, music with most free video editors (movie maker, imovie, etc).
   -Go easy on the fancy transitions ;-) A simple cut from shot to shot is the best way to go. A crossfade can be a nice touch. Page turn transitions are sooo '90s... ;-)
   -There are tools that you can turn down the volume of a video, and use music or narration as the principle sound you hear. If your video calls for it, do it! If you use copyprotected music, YouTube can disable the music altogether, or remove your video, so watch out for that.
   -When uploading your video to YouTube, give it a descriptive name, a full description, and put in as many tags as you can think of (tags are words associated with your video, that help people find it when they're searching). Here's some sample tags to help people find your video: custom sawyer sawing logs lumber Warden sawmill Wood-Mizer LT40 Sacramento Amador county, etc (Yes, I just made up a bunch...;-).

There's a few things important to remember when just starting out. If you have any questions, technical or basic, send me a message! I enjoy adding many of your videos to our Sawyer playlist section on our YouTube channel, and good quality videos are always good to add!
   
Here are a couple online resources for learning more about making good videos. VideoMaker is a tremendous resource, and if you have any interest in doing a little video as a fun hobby, subscribe to their magazine!

What WM blade would one use to cut a videocamera into 5/4 stock.........Now there would be a great youtube post

thanx   Sam

[Mooney]

We've had a few discussions about what it would be fun to cut up around here ;-) But that information is classified 

@Bibbyman: Yeah, that guy was speaking more to a audience getting into video to make money, that's for sure.  He gave a pretty good overview of what goes into the videomaking process, but not all of it will apply to the videos we post for eachother on here.

[AvT]

Awsome videos.  I wish I would have been able to find videos like that when I was researching sawmills.  All i could find in my searches was the manufacturers promo videos.  Probably because of the tags they were using.  Here is an example of the tags woodmizer would use for their LT 40 video:

 portable sawmills lumbermill woodmizer wood-mizer blades bandsaw lt40 Superhydraulic timberking baker hudson super logs timber sawing

Notice them using the competitors names in there.  If you wanted to get more hits and people researching bandmills i think a long written description and tags like the ones above would help.  I even saw a video showing some kind of industrial equipment with a tag " Britney Spears"  I think the video had a lot of views but I think that is going a bit far.

If you go viral you could get a google adsense account and make some money with it.   I have a relative that made many many millions with adsense.  It wasn't with videos though.  But the adsense thing is so easy to set up he thought he would try and he suddenly started to get checks in the mail.

Anyway, just a thought as I like to research everything on youtube and am usually frustrated because some of the best stuff is not all that searchable

[Mooney]

@AvT: I think you're on to us 

Excellent comments! Using good tags and descriptions is something often overlooked. I've been adding videos to our 'Owner Videos' Playlist on our YouTube channel for a while, and I'm always finding more videos that I've never seen just because there isn't much of a description or tags. We're putting this playlist together so that hopefully people will be able to find them easier.

[Bibbyman]

@AvT: I think you're on to us 

Excellent comments! Using good tags and descriptions is something often overlooked. I've been adding videos to our 'Owner Videos' Playlist on our YouTube channel for a while, and I'm always finding more videos that I've never seen just because there isn't much of a description or tags. We're putting this playlist together so that hopefully people will be able to find them easier.

I probably need to go back and review the tags and comments issue. 

[Magicman]

We are already reviewing them.   

[Larry]

Always contrary should have been my screen name instead of Larry.

Adding a bunch of keywords and descriptors to a video means you’re a performer or wanting to sell something.  Neither are bad but do cast a bit of suspicion on why the video was made.  This coming from a person who loves to hide keywords in picture html and other places to peddle his eBay junk.

The video I posted here a few days ago is unlisted...the only way it can be found is from my post on the FF (I think).  It doesn’t even show up on my channel page.  I would like to see Jeff make a repository for all video’s with no other posts allowed. Come to the Forestry Forum to see sawmill video’s.  Might help support the forum.  This thread is a great idea to post video’s but in 6 months there will be 10 video’s and 89 posts about food.  Again not that bad of idea but I like to eat and watch video’s....just not at the same time.

I really like the video’s Bibbyman has recently posted.  I’ve watched all of em and a couple three times.  I sure would like to see more...yea I know I need to do my part also.

[AvT]

I think I have do disagree with you Larry.  When I was looking around in youtube at all the different bandmills and features i'm sure I even searched for videos on the TK2000 setworks.  Had i come across videos like yours or Bibbys, I woulda said to myself " how cool is this, these tech savy pioneers makin videos for us dummys benifit for no reason other than they get some kind of pleasure out of it"  and if you made $0.10 or $0.15 of of me watching your video i don't think I would have held it against you.

My hats off to mooney as well.  His contribution is phenominal here.  I can now take his knowledge he shared with me here about making videos and promoting them and go make a top notch Timberking video and I don't think he would hold that against me.  he might not post it to his facebook though,,, haha.  Thanks mooney for participating in this forum.  We can tell you stand behind your product because you truely believe in it.

[robnrob2]

How do ya link or embed the video here on forestry forum ?
I've got several videos on youtube, but cant figure out how to link them here

[Slingshot]

  robnrob2,
                  Play the video and while playing right click on the url and copy'
             then go to your open post, right click and paste.

     That is how I do it.



   Charles__________________________
 

[Bibbyman]

I just uploaded another sawmill video.  This one was shot yesterday morning early:30.  I'm sawing 8' red oak logs into flooring lumber and 8x8 beams.

[beenthere]

Another good and interesting video. Thanks.

[Mooseherder]

Awesome video Bibbyman.  Thanks for posting.

[AvT]

They are the best sawmill videos I have seen

[Bibbyman]

Thanks. 

What did you think of the length?  I shot about 50 minutes from four different angles and then edited it down to about 12 minutes.  The editing part is most time consuming.

I've been enjoying watching y-all's other videos too.  I like that people are adding the link to their YouTube accounts.

[Ianab]

Those videos are actually a good length if you want to actually see how a mill operates. Sure you can watch a 30sec clip of a board being cut and dragged back. But that's only a snippet of the actual operation. With a decent length video like that we can see the whole operation, from the log deck, slabs go over there, boards go this way, cants go over there.

The dog and sunrise shots just make it more interesting   

Must get some video of my little mill in action, but my team photographer is allergic to the Port Orford Cedar that we a cutting right now, and would have to bail with a headache before we got much footage. Will see what I can do though.

Ian

[Bibbyman]

Part of my video production problem is that my main helper in all aspects of life is totally reluctant to the point of refusing to get involved in video shooting.  This leave me to either walk around and point and talk or set the camera up and let it run.  Only having one camera is a drawback too.  If I had a couple of cameras,  I could shoot from multiple angles and mix to get the best views of each operation.

The first log is pretty much “real time”.  I cut out a few seconds in a couple of places where things were repetitive and inserted a scene from another shot to better show what I was doing – that was moving the log forward on the mill using the roller toe boards.

For sure,  I need a better ending other than just running to the end.  Maybe a Porky Pig thing,  “Bedua, bedua, bedua, That’s all folks!” 

[Magicman]

Thanks Bibby.  It's relaxing to be able to watch someone else saw for a change.   

[Larry]

Great video.  I gotta watch it again a bit closer to catch that trick of moving the log..."Don't try this at home".

[Mooney]

Nice video! Adding it to our video list... 

[paul case]

i enjoyed your videos bibbyman.
for me i cant stand to watch a video that is more than about 10 minutes. i guess i have a sitcom attention span or something. so your length and editing looked great to me.
what does a guy have to do to get into that 8x8 blocking market? i cant seem to locate any of it close to me. i can sell ties but i get some that they would reject that would make fine blocking but no buyer. the outfit i sell pallet material to buys it but arent interested in any new suppliers of it.
those black ants sure mess a lot of good wood up. i have learned to look for that hole before i cut a tree down and leave it for the firewood cutters. i still get a few sometimes from other folks. i keep an old hollowed out cant laying outside just to show them what the inside of that log may look like. pc

[robnrob2]

Hope it's o.k to follow-up on this thread,,

[Coon]

Thanks for the videos guys.     Y'all are getting this redneck excited to get makin' sawdust.    The only problem is that I haven't got the mill home yet.     That should change this weekend.  Hopefully will have it home by tomorrow night.    You just never know I may turn into a high tech redneck and shoot some video as well. 

[beenthere]

Another good video. Lot's of clever mods.

[beenthere]

paul

those black ants sure mess a lot of good wood up

The ants are just using the rot/decay to make their home. They don't create it, just live there and can be a good indicator of internal decay (as well goes with a house/building where one sees the black carpenter ants moving about. They are an indicator that there is a water problem and decayed wood.

[paul case]

how do you figure that?
on those logs that  have ''ant damage'' will have bored holes through the good wood, hence the hole through the bark. seems to me that they ruin a lot of good wood. pc

[Magicman]

Robert,  I really enjoyed the overview of your sawmill and all of the ingenious mods.   

[beenthere]

paul
Ants only "bore" into rotted wood, not into good wood. Borers may bore through good wood, but not ants.

The rot may start in a dead limb hole, starting the rot and followed by the ants.

[AvT]

robnrob2

Good show, thanks,  I went to your channel and watched your on board RC plane cams shows too, very entertaining.  Sorry I laughed a bit when it crashed in the first video, sorry I couldnt help it

[Mooney]

Just found these today. Lengthy, but enjoyable. From fine furnituremaker Andy Pitts in Virginia. He takes the time to demonstrate his operation, how he brings in logs, sets up his LT15 sawmill, and goes about sawing.  If this is elementary to some of you, check out his website at www.AndrewPittsFurnitureMaker.com and check out his product galleries and magazine mentions...WOW!  His YouTube channel has a bunch of fine woodworking videos.





If somehow you're still not impressed with this guy, watch THIS video!

[barbender]

Thanks, Bibby! I really enjoyed that last video. I'd like to see one of the mill really pumping out the wood with your wife sawing and you pulling slabs

[Bibbyman]

Thanks, Bibby! I really enjoyed that last video. I'd like to see one of the mill really pumping out the wood with your wife sawing and you pulling slabs

Not going to happen.  I've wanted a camcorder for years.  Mary would not hear of it.  I got one a couple of months ago with stern warning that she would not be in any videos.

Maybe I need to hire a Vanny White?
 

[Tom the Sawyer]

Bibby,

Great video, perhaps your best one yet and it looks like you figured out the narration function.
Keep 'em coming.

Tom

[Bibbyman]

Mary and I attended a biomass forest harvest demo in our area this morning.  I shot some video and uploaded it to YouTube.

I'll make another post in "Alternative methods and solutions" and tell more about the demo.

[barbender]

[[[/quote]

Not going to happen.  I've wanted a camcorder for years.  Mary would not hear of it.  I got one a couple of months ago with stern warning that she would not be in any videos.

Maybe I need to hire a Vanny White?
 
[/quote]  My wife is cameraphobic, it kind of gets on my nerves.  I suppose if we got models to help with our operations the wives would make a brief on camera appearance to chase the model off and straighten us out, probably with an oak 2x6 or something similar

[Ianab]

Lil did get out to the mill today for a few minutes.

Shot a clip of us getting started on a small Port Orford Cedar log, then ran out of camera battery. Well that might have been the 200 or so still shots that Lara took first.

But you can still see the mill, hear the trusty 090 chainsaw etc. Made an opening cut, decided it wasn't deep enough, went and adjusted the blade height.. and the camera died  



Ian

[Bibbyman]

Great!  Need more of it.  Your camera person did a great job.  Your mill sounds like a WWI bi-plane.

Looks like you have 49 videos out there on your channel.  Would you consider editing your profile to add a link to your YouTube channel?

[Ianab]

Yup, it's a pretty distinctive sound. 135cc Chainsaw, but with the inertia of the big circle blade when you throttle off.. Burble burble burble..

Have put my channel in my profile, not that it would have been hard to find...

But most of it is not sawmill stuff, although there is some trees coming down, some rock concerts, an old tractor etc

I do have one clip that is up to (just checked) 277,000+ views. It's throwing some bacon scraps to a freshwater Eel in the back garden  . Think it went viral on some European fish keeping forums, I guess they don't have 4ft fresh water eels in their back gardens..... 

Ian

[sawwood]

This is the demo I did for our woodworking club back in 2008.

[losttheplot]

My mill does not have as many features as other higher priced models.
It may be a little louder and a little slower.
However, if someone has a passion to make saw dust, its a way to quench the thirst.....
I've cut a lot of wood with that saw over years.
The log being cut was made into a 17ft 8x8. It and 3 others are the tie beams in my shop now.

It does have automatic slab removal  

Filmed with a $100 digital camera in "movie mode". Resting on a log with natural lighting.

I have edited the original clip and added some still shots.

[Mooseherder]

Very nice job LTP.
Looks like a lot of fun.  The chain sure is sharp throwing those chips.

[Ianab]

It may be a little louder and a little slower.

I wouldn't bet on the noisier, Bibbyman mistook mine for a WW1 biplane 

The saw does seem to cutting pretty sweet in the clip, so you must have things set up pretty good.

Ian

[Bibbyman]

Wow!  That’s the best performance by a chainsaw mill I’ve seen.  Your video had drama too.  I thought sure that was the forklift tine that was sticking out and you were going to saw right into it.

Please consider adding a link on your profile to your YouTube channel.

[Magicman]

That is the best video that I have seen showing a CSM in operation.   

[losttheplot]

Please consider adding a link on your profile to your YouTube channel.

I tried to add a link but I could not work out how to do it.

I have edited the original clip  and added some still shots.

I find the results interesting...........However I think most people find Their home movies interesting

I updated the clip, but left it in my original post to this thread, on the previous page. Incase anyone wants to see it

[paul case]

lost,
that truly is a chainsaw movie worth watching! kewl!  thanks.
pc

[Bibbyman]

In case you don’t get down to the bottom of the Forum to check out the Sponsors Section,  Wood-Mizer is asking for customer testimonial videos.  They are going to have a drawing at the end of the month to give away blades.

http://www.forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,52543.0.html

The winners will be selected by random drawing so don’t feel like you have to have a polished and professional video to win.

Here is my effort..   
 

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

Nice videos Bibby esp the last one I hope you win some blades Mate 

Regards Chris

[Chuck White]

That was a very good testimonial there Bibby.

Nice collection of other videos too.

[Bibbyman]

That was a very good testimonial there Bibby.

Nice collection of other videos too.

Did you get a video made?

[Chuck White]

No    I don't have the equipment or know-how to do it!

[Bibbyman]

Most new cell phones can shoot a short video.  Don't know how you'd get it to YouTube.  I think there is a way. 

[Ianab]

No    I don't have the equipment or know-how to do it!

Find a teenager... They will have both (New cell phone and YouTube account) 

[Bibbyman]

Mary and I took a sawmiller's holiday and went to the Ozark Farmfest in Springfield, Mo yesterday.  I shot some video.  Wood-Mizer was there as was EZ-Boardwalk.  Baker was a no-show agian this year.  I guess they sent everyone to Paul Bunyan.

[Bill Gaiche]

Thanks Bibby, bg

[Magicman]

Thanks Bibby, I never get tired of watching sawing.   

[cypresskayaksllc]

Hey Bibbyman, WM should send you free blades for every video you make. very nice.

[Bibbyman]

Thanks!

I shot about 30 minutes of video total of this and that at the Ozark Farmfest.  A lot of panning around the area.  I did this mostly for my folks.  They're pretty much shut-ins and didn't have an idea of what an event like this was like.   Dad can understand things real well but is hard of hearing.  Mom runs everything through a reality filter of her own design and really does not get it.  So by making a video, they can get a lot better idea of what the event was like.

Thanks Bibby, I never get tired of watching sawing.   

I can watch work for hours!   

[Magicman]

I admire the opportunity that you have to share your activities with your folks.  Having the opportunity and then taking advantage of it is where many people miss the mark.  You are doing good.   

[Celeriac]

This is driving me nuts, but maybe I've got it right this time...

<object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M9YqBgdMB8s?version=3">
</object>

[thecfarm]

That is not going to drive you nuts anymore.    I saw one at a show a couple times.

[Steve_M]

Bibby,

What were those logs WM was sawing in Springfield?


Steve

[Bibbyman]

Walnut..

[Steve_M]

Thanks

That was my first thought.  Don't think I have ever been to a show and seen walnut cut.

Steve

[Slingshot]

Been awhile since anyone has posted a video on this thread so I made one to add.
Nice weather this week in Kentucky so pulled the LT40 out and sawed a couple small
walnut logs just to blow a little sawdust;

   



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Charles 

[beenthere]

Enjoyed the time you shared with us. 

[jueston]

its amazing how much time i can spend watching other people use their mills and day dreaming.....

[paul case]

WOW Charles!
You have Polly's mill looking and working(as far as we can tell) in tip top shape. Thanks for the video. I have really enjoyed all your videos and posts on your mills and the mods you made to them.
I am a little jealous of how well the flipper on your clamp works. Did you have to repalce any parts on it? Mine seems to be missing some stuff. PC

[Slingshot]

  Paul;
           I have been well pleased with the mill. The only parts I have replaced are the
  2 bottom rail cam rollers, 1 band wheel belt, and one of the blade guide rollers.
  I did rework the exhaust pipes and still need to do some more to them. The original
  muffler had been replaced with the 2 samller mufflers and I found some original
 exhaust pipes on e-bay that I will replace with. The 24 Onan engine is a later model
 than the original. Idles a little rough but runs fine on fast speed. Probably needs a
 carburetor cleaning. I, too, like the way the flipper clamp works. I didn't replace any
 parts on it.
       Here are some pictures of the flipper arm and spring:
 

 

 

 

 And I also have a small extension to slip on the clamp in down position about 2 inches high:
 

  

  I like using the hudrualics 

_________________
Charles

[Ohio_Bill]

WOW great Video, Thanks for taking the time to make it. Looks like the mill works great. Maybe someday I will get brave and try to make one. I have a bunch of high tech granddaughters  that could help me .

[Magicman]

Thanks for taking the time to share a bit of your time with everyone.   

[Bibbyman]

Watched all your videos, Slingshot.  Good stuff.  Like going to an old car show. 

Did you paint and fix up the mill yourself?  What year is it?  Got to be one of the very earliest HD mills.

[Slingshot]

   The mill is a 1989 model. It has the older controls but the bed is the same as the
early 90's.
    And I did do all the work on it myself. I wire-brushed, sanded and did some scraping to
remove the flaking paint before re-painting. Still a little more to do on it. I mixed the paint using Kubota orange as a base. It seems to have come out near the same color as that new LT-70
that is being talked about on another thread  . I'm with the others, that thing sure looks good.


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[cypresskayaksllc]

looks like a brand new mill.