New member with sawmill question

[4speed]

Thanks for the congrats and the invite, tcsmpsi. I will pm you one of these days and take you up on that offer.

[bandmiller2]

4 Speed,I can't remember hearing anyone complain they had too much horse power.Get hydraulics you won't regret it. Frank C.

[4speed]

Thanks for the advice, Frank. I have watched countless hours of sawmill dvd's and youtube video (my wife thinks I need therapy). I do believe that hydraulics are worth the extra expense. I'm all about working smarter.

[JD350Cmark]

I have watched countless hours of sawmill dvd's and youtube video (my wife thinks I need therapy)

I'd call those videos therapy.

[plowboyswr]

I'm in the same boat you're in!

[paul case]

Video therapy is ok but sawdust therapy is the cure!  PC

[Magicman]

But there is no cure for "Sawdust Therapy"   

[steamsawyer]

Video therapy is ok but sawdust therapy is the cure!  PC

At one time or another I suppose I have watched nearly every sawmill video on Youtube, especially the ones that have "steam" in the title... Most of them numerous times. Since I haven't sawed anything since the first of the month I think I'll ride out to the mill and put some sawdust in my boots, then just walk around for a while... Maybe the rest of the day.

Here's an idea, might bring a bag home....... In case of emergency

Alan

[Magicman]

Just hang it from the ceiling so when you start climbing the walls, you can grab it and apply the antidote.

[mandolin]

I had the same problem for years. Dreaming of owning a mill of my own. But I couldn't afford one on a policemans salary. I retired from the department in 2008 and got my annuity money from the state. I immediately went and bought my Hud-son, mainly because of the price and the fact that there is a Hud-Son dealer about 35 miles away. But, Logmaster is a good mill. I've never run one but just from looking at them if seems be be a real solid mill. I don't think you would go wrong with one.

[Magicman]

there is a Hud-Son dealer about 35 miles away. 

You got my curiosity on that Roger.   

[bandmiller2]

Gets imbarassing you pull a handfull of change out of your pocket and its half sawdust you don't want to dump it on their floor so you put it back in your pocket. Frank C.

[Magicman]

That is why I always wear a welder's waist apron when sawing.  The "no sawdust in the pockets" keeps the wife happy also.   

[steamsawyer]

I always use a leather weldor's apron too. It also keeps the pine sap from soaking through your clothes.

[tcsmpsi]

Thanks for the congrats and the invite, tcsmpsi. I will pm you one of these days and take you up on that offer.

I will likely start milling another couple stacks of logs after the first of the year (usually on Sundays)...depending on what other 'trials' develop.