I ordered this sawmill 15 MONTHS AGO!! It finally came in, was it worth the wait!??

Mill tips , first buy extra dogs ! Have a set for tall wood and set the other low so you don’t have to constantly change ! #2 a squirt of dish soap in a tank of water will work as lubricant fluid in the summer otherwise windshield washer fluid (-20) for fluid in the winter ! #3 make a pre staging deck to set multiple logs on with machinery and then hand roll them onto the leveled deck ! The less bouncing big logs on your cutting deck the more consistent your cuts will be ! Good luck…

Matt...it's called 'spalting', it's the fungus beginning its initial work in the rotting process. Now that you'll be creating lots and lots of sawdust, and I'm fairly sure you've already thought of this, you can find unit to turn your sawdust into pellets for a pellet stove. If you haven't thought of it so far...invest in a metal detector before you ruin an expensive blade. You may want to consider some hearing muffs. Sorry for the thoughts from my cheap seat...another great video.

"I watched half of the online tutorial, so I'm basically an expert" had me laughing! Beautiful mill you will make it work

You may enjoy watching the girls milling timber on Lumbar Capitol Log yard. They often show how to’s and techniques for the Woodmizers, both 15 and 40. The colour changes in the first cut showed the fungal splatting, which is nice.👍😁

Honestly, the sawmill is great for time-lapse stuff. It's good filler videos to put out between projects. Whole channels are dedicated to milling so it's definitely got an audience!

Matt has the biggest toy box in the world 😂. I'm here for it!

Hey Matt, tie a small string to the feed leaver long enough to go the length you want, once it goes the length it'll pop the lever into neutral and you're good to go! (Assuming there's not too much momentum and it pops it into reverse, because that's not ideal!)

29:50 That discoloring in the wood from fungus is called spalting.

I have a feeling one day we will see a video of fitting an electric motor on that enormous door!

Matt you may need to get a moisture meter to how green the logs are and a metal detector to find nails in the logs so you don't dull blades.

Wow that log had tons of Gorgeous grain and Paterns and colors Matt 😮 33:47 @Diesel Cree

Spalted wood makes beautiful cabinet fronts and is also prized by woodworkers for projects.

it might be worth it to bring us along while you learn how to use your sawmill. It gives those of us who haven't seen one in action an idea of how planks are made. It gives your viewers who own sawmills a chance to give you tips if you run into trouble. They'll probably give the same level of satisfaction that all the power washing videos provide. And, you might inspire someone who's in a similar situation, who's not sure if it's feasible, to say I can do that, and get one of their own. For me, it reminds me of watching This Old House with my dad when I was a kid.

Great to hear you've managed to make this your full-time occupation, Matt. It's incredibly rewarding to see you succeed at what you love doing, and I look forward to following your progress for years to come.

Thank you Matt for sharing this! The inaugural edition of Lumber Creek. If you want to make more like this I will watch them for sure.

15 months for equipment is insane. Great video Matt. We all need hobbies to escape reality.

Hi Matt, You struck gold with your first log, even if you don't know it yet. That's spalted wood, highly priced by furniture makers, and it makes for spectacular cabinet doors. If you slap it on this side of your dump truck, woodworkers from around the world will show up at your door with a hanging rope ready. Seriously, if you can't use it, sell it. It should bring top $.

Tip on work-tactics: Place the skidsteer so you can toss the waste products on the forks and the products against the workshop wall. This way, you'll facilitate work by making it easier to remove waste products, no need to place the actual products to a better drying place, and you also increase safety so you won't fall on the waste. I would also consider moving the engine control switch (ignition switch) to the operator's panel for safety and convenience. Nice mill, Matt.

Matt I am new to your channel and really enjoying it. I just watched this sawmill video and you commented on the grain in the wood. I am an old woodworker and have known about this for a long time, this process of wood getting aged and wet is called "spalting", woodturners especially like it. As a matter of fact I intentionally spllt wood in a lot of cases before I turn it. You never know what you will get when you cut it or turn into it. Keep up your good work...

You might want to build a landing dock to set your logs on and then roll them from the landing dock on to your mill carriage. --- Easy to make one out of a slightly modified old trailer frame, this would be easy to move later also. --- Ron & Marilyn Hansen