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General Forestry => Sawmills and Milling => Topic started by: Flyingpig on December 05, 2017, 05:11:16 PM

Title: New to the forum
Post by: Flyingpig on December 05, 2017, 05:11:16 PM
My first post here. A buddy and I bought a Belsaw M14 with a 2L Datsun on it recently and are in the works of getting going for the first time. I'm sure I'll have a hundred questions for you guys here as neither of us has any sawmill experience, he is a ticketed millwright and heavy duty and I'm a ticketed heavy duty with ten years equipment operating experience so we have a good background and aren't totally guessing at everything. Ha ha. I think he'll be chiming in shortly as well...

My first question is: does anyone know a saw doc in northern Alberta or BC? We are in Northwestern Alberta. Thanks a ton!

Once I figure out how to post pictures I'll throw some of our iron up.
Title: Re: New to the forum
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on December 05, 2017, 06:00:03 PM
Welcome to the Forestry Forum Flyingpig.
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Post by: tule peak timber on December 05, 2017, 07:25:22 PM
Welcome aboard. This site is a great place for knowledgeable friendly people. Cheers  Rob
Title: Re: New to the forum
Post by: Chuck White on December 05, 2017, 07:36:50 PM
Welcome to the Forestry Forum, Flyingpig!
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Post by: reride82 on December 05, 2017, 07:41:55 PM
Lyle Niemi would be a good resource since I think he's up in your neck of the woods and has fairly extensive knowledge of circle mills. @LyleNiemi

Levi
Title: Re: New to the forum
Post by: wesdor on December 05, 2017, 10:28:15 PM
Welcome Flyingpig.  I think you will find this place to be a wealth of information from a lot of friendly people.  In my opinion, one of the best places on the internet.
Title: Re: New to the forum
Post by: Grizzly on December 05, 2017, 10:43:08 PM
Welcome! How far north and west? Grande Prairie area? Or High Level?
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Post by: lyle niemi on December 05, 2017, 11:18:32 PM
Im in Valleyview if you know where that is
Title: Re: New to the forum
Post by: Flyingpig on December 06, 2017, 07:37:13 AM
Wow, this site is a lot busier than I thought it would be (which is a really good thing!).

Yes I'm west of Grande Prairie, in Beaverlodge.


Lyle, I was just in Valleyview on Monday.

Looking forward to being active here for a long time.
Title: Re: New to the forum
Post by: petefrom bearswamp on December 06, 2017, 08:56:13 AM
Welcome to the forum mr. pig
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Post by: samandothers on December 06, 2017, 09:30:55 AM
Welcome! A lot of knowledgeable folk here.
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Post by: dustyhat on December 06, 2017, 11:17:53 AM
Welcome as well,  you say busy on here , your just here on a slow day, wait to the nuts get on here and give you the yopper treatment. it gets busyer.
Title: Re: New to the forum
Post by: Grizzly on December 06, 2017, 11:06:50 PM
Beaverlodge?? Whose your saw shop man? I logged out of Hythe for a few winters.
Title: Re: New to the forum
Post by: SmartAlec on December 07, 2017, 10:34:16 AM
I'm the other dummy working on this set up.
We used to have a saw shop in Grande Prairie (Prinston Carbide) but they are no longer, so we're looking for a new one. My dad used to take blades in to them for repair.
Seems like a lot of knowledge on here. Thanks
Title: Re: New to the forum
Post by: BigZ La on December 07, 2017, 10:45:46 AM
Welcome to you both. Good knowledge here to learn from.

I missed out on a mill the other day so I'm back to acquiring what I need to build one.
Title: Re: New to the forum
Post by: Flyingpig on December 07, 2017, 11:59:23 AM
BigZ, that's where we started too. Now we've got a pile of garbage AND a complete mill. Ha ha.
Title: Re: New to the forum
Post by: Sixacresand on December 07, 2017, 12:30:36 PM
Welcome to the Forum, FlyingPig.  We look forward to your post and photos.
Title: Re: New to the forum
Post by: Flyingpig on December 07, 2017, 12:43:47 PM
Grizzly, you may have worked with my dad or one of my uncles, or even my wife's dad.
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Post by: Grizzly on December 07, 2017, 02:44:07 PM
I don't think Hermit Hauling exists anymore though. I did most of a year with them hauling from north of Hythe into Weyerhauser and then a winter with Minhas hauling into Weyerhauser, Canfor, and the OSB mill (can't remember name). The next 2 winters were hauling private wood into BC. Those were good times.
Title: Re: New to the forum
Post by: Chuck White on December 07, 2017, 08:36:40 PM
Welcome to the Forestry Forum, SmartAlec!
Title: Re: New to the forum
Post by: Flyingpig on December 14, 2017, 12:54:57 PM
Well, we got the mill up and running on the weekend. Ran out first few sticks through it. It cuts dead straight, it's a little underpowered to give it full feed speed but that's ok.

Now the real work is going to begin. We need to build an infeed, set up a roller system on the green end, set up the coffee shack/storage building and start looking for wood/logging/getting after it. Also need to get our tractor/loader running and bring it home.
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Post by: dustyhat on December 14, 2017, 01:25:45 PM
Most defiantly do the coffee shack first, then fix the tractor and then log :D
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Post by: lyle niemi on December 14, 2017, 09:14:10 PM
Quote from: Flyingpig on December 14, 2017, 12:54:57 PM
Well, we got the mill up and running on the weekend. Ran out first few sticks through it. It cuts dead straight, it's a little underpowered to give it full feed speed but that's ok.

Now the real work is going to begin. We need to build an infeed, set up a roller system on the green end, set up the coffee shack/storage building and start looking for wood/logging/getting after it. Also need to get our tractor/loader running and bring it home.
Im gonna try to come and see your operation one of these days