Originally Posted by
ir3333
just noticed you have a sawmill.I had 2 over the years, but none now.I loved sawing...peeling those 18 foot boards off was so rewarding.Mine were both portable but i set them up at my home. and sourced logs or sawed when customers dropped logs off. Very enjoyable!
Yes I have a sawmill. I used to do a fair amount of custom sawing at the customers location. As I got older I stopped traveling with my mill. I still do a little for customers, but mostly for my own use and for my brother. I'm hoping to build a shop addition, 32' x 14 or 16' on the side of my 28' shop. It was planned for 2020 but when covid shut things down, I didn't have my 11 yr old grandson come to off bare the lumber. I can do up to 20', but rarely do much over 16'. The difference in length is for a walk way between the two. I have plenty of hemlock to drop and make into lumber, I'll only need to buy PT posts, roofing steel and some hardware and windows. If Covid persists this summer, I'll do it next year. My grandson will then be 13 and he's a real good worker (already stronger than I am), he sees what needs to be done and asks if he can do it. Not many kids like that now days.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.