Josh
Looking good man. That is a really ambitious looking project. I will be following your progress with great interest as I am now in the throes of figuring out what I want to do for a sawmill. I doubt I will do the interior detail you are doing but rather will concentrate on outside detail (pipes etc.). Keep us posted; there are still a few with logging interests on here.
Question: what is the flow through the diagram you posted?
Stump 7
thnaks for responding stump7! i thought this was a lost cause over here! :mrgreen:.and im proud and suprised someones following my progress for a guide usually its the other way round
.as for the interior i think its the most fun part,as you get to see a fully working mill not just another backdrop structure,i feel the inner workings give the mill purpose.
i did get a little farther on it.the whole thing is stained with the second level joists in place and the outer wall planking started.ill post some pics tonight hopefully :thumb:.
and about the diagram heres the flow from timber to lumber: first logs are dumped into my log pond way out of the veiw by the jill poke (not shown),then the logs are positioned by pond monkies into position next to the log lift which is a revolving chain with hooks to take the logs up the ramp and in front of the de-barker,the logs are rolled on moving rollers into the debarker where spinning blades rip the bark off.the de-barked logs are then set until needed on the log deck.from the deckt eh logs roll onto the carriage and held in place with hooks as the log is passed through the bandsaw cutting off slabs,these slabs fall onto the rollers and are rolled into the edgermans hand and sent though the edger where they are ripped to specific widths,those ripped boards then pass through the gang trimmer with individually controlled cutting blades that cut timber to a predetermined length.finally the lumber is passed on rollers to the sorting table and out the door.but thers another procedure also,the logs on the carriage can be cut into lumber of a longer length and gurth (for making masts in such) and sent to the timber saw which can cut the large lumber at 50ft or so and then fo onto the sorting table and lifted out on gantry to a waiting flatcar.
"wooh" that was alot of typing! hope you like this presentation :mrgreen:.thanks.--josh