What is the best. Who has experience?Most important tips for buying etc.I have tons of wood and time on my hands and lumber costs a bunch so...Is it worth it to jump from models that cost $5,000 up to a $10,000 model?
>>3007413arent there a bunch of used ones for sale? during the kungflu so many boomers decided they needed one of these toys that woodmizer got backed up 3 yrs behind so 50 fly by night companies started making them. plus chinkshit and homemade. then 98% of the guys figured out it was lame and hard work then and cost a fortune every time they hit a nail in that piece of trunk from a yard in town. so their mills sit unused and for sale for less than half of new with no takers go look at various options and think for yourself
>>3007453Maybe I need to start browsing Facebook marketplace again...
>>3007455>>3007453Huh. I see a bunch of these and wood splitters in my area on Craig's List. Now I know why.
>>3007413Don't buy a sawmill expecting to make a ton of money. It is a bitch sawing good lumber. You need an edger and a plainer, but If you want to make your own wood for building it's a good idea. If you can wait for things to dry T- Hardwood Sawyer
>>3007413Wilson Forest Lands has youtube videos on his experience with these.
There is also Ants Pants who has made his own bandsaw mill, gonna give a tdlr on advice from him which is power wash your logs.
>>3007413Manual ones suck ass to push and pull all day and the fancy automatic ones are expensive as hell, plus, turning green logs by hands sucks turbo ass.
>>3007981I have an assload of cottonwood trees. Worth sawing into beams or no?
>>3008035>cottonwoodcut fullsize 3x8 or bigger makes primo trailer decking. itll drink up a shitload of used oil for sealer and not get too slick
i saw a guy build a rig where he just mounts his chainsaw to it and it gets the job done for cheap, might be worth looking into if you're just a home gamer.
>>3008102Those are called Alaskan mills or chainsaw mills. It's worth it to get milling chains I hear from the SurvivingRingworm yt channel.
>>3007981How long for wood to dry on the SHORTEST timeline.I got dry covered space, but it will have to air dry out.Do I need to make this lumber in the fall and build in the spring? Or not long enough?
>>3008102Kerf loss is a problem here. Unless you're cutting 4x4 or more.
