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Reddog sawmill

I spy a nice forge and blower in the background of an earlier picture, do any blacksmithing kbietz?

Kbeitz

Quote from: Reddog sawmill on June 28, 2017, 07:38:58 PM
I spy a nice forge and blower in the background of an earlier picture, do any blacksmithing kbietz?

I do some but I mostly cold work my steel.
blacksmithing take so much time but it's so much fun to do..
I have a heat treating oven. an english wheel and a planishing hammer.
I'm in the process of building a piranha iron worker.
I love to work with metals and wood. Not so much with rock and cement.
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GeneWengert-WoodDoc

It is important that the hot air from the collector area go through the lumber pile before it is vented.  Then, after cooling and picking up moisture as the air goes through the lumber pile, some of the cooled, moist air is vented.  At the same time, outside air is brought into the kiln before the air goes across the collector area, so that this fresh air can be heated before it goes through the pile.  This scenario requires vents for exit air at the lower rear and also the vents for incoming at the upper rear wall.
Gene - Author of articles in Sawmill & Woodlot and books: Drying Hardwood Lumber; VA Tech Solar Kiln; Sawing Edging & Trimming Hardwood Lumber. And more

50 Acre Jim

Quote from: Kbeitz on June 25, 2017, 05:41:52 PM
Once you mix 50/50 with diesel fuel and it soaks in it does not come off.
It's one of the best wood treatments that I have ever found. After two weeks
it will be dry to the touch.
Would this be a good treatment to use on lumber that is in contact with the ground?  Like maybe a fence post or deck support?  Just curious. 
Go to work?  Probably Knott.  Because I cant.

Kbeitz

Quote from: 50 Acre Jim on June 29, 2017, 08:48:50 AM
Quote from: Kbeitz on June 25, 2017, 05:41:52 PM
Once you mix 50/50 with diesel fuel and it soaks in it does not come off.
It's one of the best wood treatments that I have ever found. After two weeks
it will be dry to the touch.
Would this be a good treatment to use on lumber that is in contact with the ground?  Like maybe a fence post or deck support?  Just curious.

I would think so but I have never tried it.
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And now a saw mill work

Kbeitz

Sure was hot today...



 
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Ljohnsaw

Your last picture makes me say, hmmmm.  Is the hinge just for that newer looking piece of plywood (a man-door) or were you planning to open up the entire kiln for easy loading?  If the latter, I think you might have to take the wheel off!
John Sawicky

Just North-East of Sacramento...

SkyTrak 9038, Ford 545D FEL, Davis Little Monster backhoe, Case 16+4 Trencher, Home Built 42" capacity/36" cut Bandmill up to 54' long - using it all to build a timber frame cabin.

Kbeitz

Quote from: ljohnsaw on June 29, 2017, 07:43:21 PM
Your last picture makes me say, hmmmm.  Is the hinge just for that newer looking piece of plywood (a man-door) or were you planning to open up the entire kiln for easy loading?  If the latter, I think you might have to take the wheel off!

Yep your right... The new plywood that you see is two doors or a double door.
I was going to put the hinges on the second door on the inside between the two
doors but with the tire there it would make the door swing in to far and it would hit
my drying lumber. My plane is to get low profile tires.Until then I will take the wheel
off to open the doors.
Good eye...



 
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Crusarius

I was going to ask about a small lift kit but then I just realized as you add weight it will get worse.

Kbeitz

Doors are done except for latches and inside trim.



 



 
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Kbeitz

Doors are swinging... I screwed the door frames up to the kiln and built
the doors in place. This is a sure way that they fit perfect the first time.
Well I forgot to remove 3 screws. What a time I had cutting off 4" hard
screws. But everything working fine now. I'm real happy with the hinges.



 



  
Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

Kbeitz

Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

Kbeitz

All day job making the door latch. I copied the tractor trailer door latch.



 



 



 



 



 
Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

Peter Drouin

Coming along nicely.  8)
A&P saw Mill LLC.
45' of Wood Mizer, cutting since 1987.
License NH softwood grader.

50 Acre Jim

I love the mindset of a guy who will spend 2 days building hinges before he'll succumb to spending $50 at Lowe's.  :-)  Seriously, that's not a jab, I do that kind of thing ALL the time!   ;D
Go to work?  Probably Knott.  Because I cant.

Kbeitz

$50 for hinges
$50 for latches
$50 for screws
$50 for paint
$50 for calking...

It all adds up.  Now if I could just make my own screws...
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YellowHammer

Yeah, but the door paint is pink!   :D :D
YellowHammerisms:

Take steps to save steps.

If it won't roll, its not a log; it's still a tree.  Sawmills cut logs, not trees.

Kiln drying wood: When the cookies are burned, they're burned, and you can't fix them.

Sawing is fun for the first couple million boards.

Be smarter than the sawdust

Kbeitz

Quote from: YellowHammer on July 06, 2017, 03:03:17 PM
Yeah, but the door paint is pink!   :D :D

It said purple on the can before I dumped in a can of off white.
I use up old paint on the first coat of what ever I'm painting.
Them I to coat with good paint.
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nativewolf

Just leave it pink so your sawmilling buddies won't bug you to use it :D
Liking Walnut

fishfighter

Quote from: Kbeitz on July 03, 2017, 06:43:01 PM
I hate painting...



 

Good God, only he knows how bad I hate to paint too. :o Guess that is why I have a few spray rigs. ;D

Looking real good K.

Kbeitz

Quote from: fishfighter on July 07, 2017, 08:42:54 AM
Quote from: Kbeitz on July 03, 2017, 06:43:01 PM
I hate painting...



 

Good God, only he knows how bad I hate to paint too. :o Guess that is why I have a few spray rigs. ;D

Looking real good K.

I have all kinds of spraying equipment but over the years of painting different
things I found that putting paint on with a brush last many years longer
that using a spray gun. But I still spray my cars.
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Kbeitz

I got my Tar to coat the inside with. Now I need the rain to stop...



 
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And now a saw mill work

Kbeitz

All Tared and feathered ...



 
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fishfighter

Bet the fumes had you going with the heat. :D 50/50 mixture?

Kbeitz

Quote from: fishfighter on July 08, 2017, 07:16:27 AM
Bet the fumes had you going with the heat. :D 50/50 mixture?

1/3rd diesel 2/3rds Tar seemed to work best.
Fumes wasn't bad.
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