Show Me Your Sawmill "Sheds"

[pwrwagontom]

Hello Everyone!

I got a brand new Woodmizer LT10 sawmill about two months ago.  Everyone on here predicted that this would happen after enough sawing with my Granberg MKIII.  You were all right! 8)

Anyhow, I've just lost my summer help for the winter, and I'm trying to get plans together to build a new smallish building to house the sawmill next summer.

I am imagining a simple wall-less structure, with just a roof, but as I'm brainstorming ideas, I'd really like to see some pictures of the designs which you guys have come up with!

Thanks!

[Kbeitz]

Hello Everyone!

I got a brand new Woodmizer LT10 sawmill about two months ago.  Everyone on here predicted that this would happen after enough sawing with my Granberg MKIII.  You were all right! 8)

Anyhow, I've just lost my summer help for the winter, and I'm trying to get plans together to build a new smallish building to house the sawmill next summer.

I am imagining a simple wall-less structure, with just a roof, but as I'm brainstorming ideas, I'd really like to see some pictures of the designs which you guys have come up with!

Thanks!

Wall-less... I'm in... Just started it.



 

[kelLOGg]

Here's mine. It is about 32 x 16.



 

[ozarkgem]

Hello Everyone!

I got a brand new Woodmizer LT10 sawmill about two months ago.  Everyone on here predicted that this would happen after enough sawing with my Granberg MKIII.  You were all right! 8)

Anyhow, I've just lost my summer help for the winter, and I'm trying to get plans together to build a new smallish building to house the sawmill next summer.

I am imagining a simple wall-less structure, with just a roof, but as I'm brainstorming ideas, I'd really like to see some pictures of the designs which you guys have come up with!

Thanks!

Wall-less... I'm in... Just started it.



 

Thats one way to use pallet racking.

[Kbeitz]

Hello Everyone!

I got a brand new Woodmizer LT10 sawmill about two months ago.  Everyone on here predicted that this would happen after enough sawing with my Granberg MKIII.  You were all right! 8)

Anyhow, I've just lost my summer help for the winter, and I'm trying to get plans together to build a new smallish building to house the sawmill next summer.

I am imagining a simple wall-less structure, with just a roof, but as I'm brainstorming ideas, I'd really like to see some pictures of the designs which you guys have come up with!

Thanks!

Wall-less... I'm in... Just started it.



 

Thats one way to use pallet racking.

Sure was tough drilling. Had to re sharpen the bits after every hole.

[ncsawyer]

 

  

 

Mine is 20X48.  24 foot opening at mill.  Homemade 20 foot trusses.

[paul case]

My saw shed is a repurposed chicken house. 40'x400'. The drawback is a 11' door. Well it may be alittle wider now?


  

  

 

Lots of room out front to pile logs.
PC

[newoodguy78]

  

 

Mine is 20X48.  24 foot opening at mill.  Homemade 20 foot trusses.

That's a nice looking mill shed you have there. Just curious did you do anything special to beef up that 24' opening? Being from the northeast snow load is an issue, not having to deal with that would be a wonderful thing.

[thecfarm]

Another snow member says,Go With Steel

[scleigh]

16 x 100 with a 20' opening on both sides at the mill.


 

[ncsawyer]

  

 

Mine is 20X48.  24 foot opening at mill.  Homemade 20 foot trusses.

That's a nice looking mill shed you have there. Just curious did you do anything special to beef up that 24' opening? Being from the northeast snow load is an issue, not having to deal with that would be a wonderful thing.

I have a 8x8 inch piece of angle iron that is 1/2 inch thick.

 

[stanwelch]

24 x 32 for my LT15

 

[flyboy16101]

 

  

 

A work in progress 32' x 12' with 9' ceiling. The main opening is 18' x 6' and the end openings are 8' x 8'. Eventually I would like to have it so I can close it all up when I'm not around

[tacks Y]

Flyboy, Are you sawing a lot of ash? I was looking at mine this weekend and thinking of cutting it all to sell. Is it still good where you are? I hear in 5 years it will all gone here. Tom

[coppolajc10]

24x44 pole barn with 20' openings on each side with sliding doors, 2 12' overlapping doors on roadside.  steel beams for openings.  lot of snow up here, walls are good for keeping snow out.



 


You don't want to be doing this:


 

intead of this:


  

snow stays outside:


 

[flyboy16101]

Flyboy, Are you sawing a lot of ash? I was looking at mine this weekend and thinking of cutting it all to sell. Is it still good where you are? I hear in 5 years it will all gone here. Tom

It is hit or miss around here. I have cut down some that had been dead standing for a couple years and they made good lumber then last year I had 6 or 7 at my step brothers place that had only been dead a little less then a year and the butt logs all split and cracked when they hit the ground. I have enough ash on my place to fill a couple log trucks but work is keeping me so busy I have hardly had time to cut lumber for my mill shed. I used mostly oak and poplar being that was what people around me were getting rid of and I didn't know when I would have time to saw it for other things. Where at in NW Pa are you located?

[Sixacresand]

24 x 32 for my LT15

 

Stan, where is your pile of slabs and mountain of sawdust?   :D  Nice building, BTW.

[tacks Y]

Flyboy, Warren Pa.

[Jemclimber]

24 x 32 for my LT15

 

Stan, where is your pile of slabs and mountain of sawdust?   :D  Nice building, BTW.

I know where that nice custom made 10' extension is.   ;D

[woodweasel]

Heres mine

 

[stanwelch]

John,  slabs get dumped in front of my neighbors OWB and sawdust pile is in the tree line  :D.  Thanks for checking on me ;D

[Darrel]

woodweasel, that looks all shiny and new!  It will look even better after there is some sawdust on the floor!  8)

[fishfighter]

Y'all guys are pushing me to start building a shed for my mill. Just got way to much going on right now. :(

Kind of looking at something that is 16x 24' with no walls. I have to have it no less the 13' ceilings due to me using my backhoe to load my mill and flip big logs too! Also thinking of installing a rail system over head to install a electric wench to flip logs and load.

[flyboy16101]

fishfighter I was in the same boat as you, but it will amaze you how much time it frees up not having to wait on the weather and or daylight to saw.

[fishfighter]

I only saw for myself. I saw up lumber as I need, but I really need to get my mill out the weather. I also need a place I could get my backhoe out the weather too! So, size wise, I might add another 8'-10'.