That’s some nice lumber. Any pics of the mill?
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That is fascinating. I have never seen a mill like that before. I’ve seen a couple with a vertically mounted reciprocating blade that moved on a cam type lobe. Is that blade a commercial one or home made?
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Hi Tom, the blade is homemade.
Here I found a shot of a larger screw chopper
https://youtu.be/xwtxfVgHXAw
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I was a bit inspired by Marcus, so I sawed up some birch and tested if the machine would be stronger now, (my welding skills are not what they should be), now I do not remember why it will be like this, a small piece that will be left in the end?
I imagine Wayne said what was wrong.
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Interesting “tooth” configuration. I’ve seen photos of a lot of saw mills-- horizontal blades, vertical blades, vertical “gang” blades for multiple cuts-- but none with such an unconventional tooth layout. From your video, I now can see you do have the capability to cut “dimensioned” lumber; why did you only slab all that oak? TomC
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Hello Tom, oak dries and cracks a lot when dried, even if it is nicely folded, so it is best for nature to make its own first, and then cut into the desired elements.
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That is how I view it as well. A log is round. To get the most out of it I cut it as it lays on the mill without turning it until I get to the end. the I flip it over and take off the last slab. I lay the board up on saw horses and snap chalk lines to get the maximum out of the board and cut the parallel lines with a hand held circular saw. Not something you would do if you were looking for production, admittedly.
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Tom, this is exactly what l do. Cut all the wood for our house this way.
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Typical haul for any given day at work
Starting to have a good problem of feed bags in my way now I got a chunker
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That is a good problem to have.
I finally have had to stop watching the free wood ads on Craigslist since I have no more room for storing firewood or chunks.
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I wish shipping containers hadn’t shot up in price, I’d like to get one to make into a wood drying storage. Have a barrel sawdust stove in the center to radiate heat and have a number of vents to let damp air out. Also considered making a bunch of wood drying solar boxes just using a plexiglass roof pointed South and maybe a solar powered fan to circulate air in and out.
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I had to tell my dad to start saving feed bags again, I only have a couple left before mine are all full which is a FANTASTIC FEELING!! thank you so much for the help with the chunker Mike, thanks to you I get a lot more time with the family, many more SWEM, and like @JO_Olsson now my squirrel habit is full tilt. It’s looking like my work can generate enough wood even in the slow winter months to supply my needs in the chevotafire. I’ll take that to mean in the busy summer months I’ll have trouble keeping up and need to have a second gassifier to keep the chunk pile down in size 
This has crossed my mind, where a 30’ shipping container used to be 800$, now they are north of 3000$. With all this wood from work I can easily frame up a shack that fits on a trailer for wood storage and drying. We have a container at my dad’s farm and it condensates terribly inside, I need to set up a small solar system to run a fan through it for ventilation, some long standings projects of mine in there are looking pretty haggard with surface rust
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They shot up because of the surge in shipping and a shortage of containers. They started buying up used ones and making them last a little longer.
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Well there will be a surplus again for the containers for sure. It never seems to stay the same. Surplus and shortages in product makes for good profits gains. That’s what I have seen in my life time. From 1952 to now.
Bob
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Oef, work to be done. Those are not the kind JO is gathering.
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Guys, I get the feeling I’m becoming some kind of a bully victim 
Well, I guess I brought it on myself
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Good thing you have a wife and two dogs to protect you from threats.
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