Thanks Steve! It's always interesting sawing a new species for the first time. The solar kiln has been on the list for awhile so you shouldn't hold your breath waiting for it.🤣

Red pine is usually pretty well behaved.

Yeah! I want to see Fenway too....

She doesn't like the heat and the deer flies really harass her. She does like the a/c though! In spring she lays on the last remaining snowbank and begs it not to go.

Paul had just cleaned up. Sawdust Mtn is around the corner next to woodchip mtn. We'll have to get a shot of it for you, along with all the other clutter.

We had a stand of red pine that was planted too closely together and was starting to decline, so we had it logged off. That was before we got the mill. Now it's just a few here and there. I wouldn't hesitate to mill another!

We got lucky on the 90 degree rotation (third cut) and the pith was already level, or close enough, so didn't have to use the toe boards. This tree was taken down by the utility tree service crew last fall, it had no real scent. I have no idea why we weren't checking our cuts as we went, we already knew the blade was getting dull. We are usually good about that. Paul had a Dr's appt for his finger 2 days after filming this, finger is doing well! We plan to build a couple drying bunks before working on the kiln, but hope to work on that sometime soon...

They're easy to use, glad to have them. My only criticism would be that they pull the log away from the log stops when you lift it up. No big deal to shift it back against the stop. Thanks Jeff !

Kiln is on the list, not sure when it will happen, but trying to get some of the important structural pieces milled for drying. The extra mill bed section is the old one that was dinged. I think it debuted in "Will it Fit? Sawing a 21' Larch..." The Mic on the bill may have worked too well, my audio was stronger than Paul's. Getting a bit irritated with these Rode mics, may have to try the DJI ones and their action cam too. Thanks Josh !

@@southernadirondackoutdoors Well once you get yours done, if you want, you can come down and make me one too! :) Ah, okay I must have missed that it was installed in that one. I bet it's been handy to have on there. Yeah, I got fed up with trying to use a separate mic. I've really liked my current setup with the cold shoe mic that plugs into the camera. Works well.

Yeah, Paul really likes stacking all sorts of stuff on there ... we've learned to step over / through the bunk instead of walking around. With the 4th section we can cut up to 24 foot.

We milled some larch (Tamarak) for our local tree service guy and one of the trees was 21', so we added the extra section of track we had. A while back one of our mill bed sections got a ding in it right where the mill head rides across it, so we bought a replacement section with the intention that the original one would be added on the end. Not sure when we'll get started on the kiln, would like to get two more drying bunks built before we work on that, but hopefully this year. Thanks George!

Thanks! You'll love your LT15. The log lifter (or toe-board) is a new release from Wood-Mizer. They are not perfect or cheap but do work well and help save your back. There is one on the other end as well.

Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it! My Woodmizer is in am picking it up this week.