Exactly!!

Good to know Paul. Thanks for passing that along from the manual. Happy sawing.

Thanks Paul. Glad you tuned in. All the best

Thanks for watching Thomas!

Glad I could help and thanks again for tuning in.

Glad you liked the video Dan. In my red pine forest I also like to avoid anything flammable wherever possible. The thought of fire is a scary thought

I like that idea Chris. Think I"ll be doing that from here on out. Thanks forr watching

Bet you're happy to be getting closer to July with your next mill coming. Good to hear from someone with experience using the soap. Hope your new saw setup goes smoothly when it comes. Thanks for watching Steve

It's a win win win all around!

Great to hear that Russel. Always nice to hear what others have found useful.

I know exactly what you mean, Steve! Before I bend down now I've gotta look for something to hang on to so I can pull myself back up!

Did you guys see the post on WMs fb page where an 85 year old man just got his 130 because he needed another project? I'm 74 and just got my 126 for much the same reason. I suffered bad arthritis for years and now am nearly arthritis free because I did my research and learned how to beat it. At 72 I was doing as many as 700 full pushups a day. Unfortunately I took a bad fall on black ice on a walkway which set me back a bit but I'm beating it. Research beating inflammation on KZfaq. Lots of great free info from some amazing doctors on there. All natural. Never give up guys.

@@fiskfarm exactly...don't let the old man in:)

Funny you say that, I'll be 66 in a couple months, lost an arm in the coal mines in 89, contracted terminal neck cancer 15 years ago and was told when I quit "treatments" that I would die within 2 weeks. I've been chainsaw milling lumber for the past 8 years and next monday my Frontier OS 27 bansaw mill will be delivered ha, I'm like a kid right now on Christmas eve, bout to piss my pants I'm so excited HAHAHA.

@@tennwalt wow that is awesome!! How's the bandsaw working out? I got a woodmizer l15...haven't used yet...new hip 14 days ago at 60yrs old...

Thanks for tuning in. Be sure to check out the videos section of my channel to see my other videos. All the best

Thanks for sharing your experiences. Great to hear you like my setup. Hope all is well with you and happy sawing!

Good advice, but to answer your question on who would want diesel on their wood....people who don't like rot, bugs or woodworms would be my guess, we used to mix diesel and burnt oil to waterproof and bug proof old sheds made with sawmill lumber back in the day.

Great tips and thanks for passing that along. Happy sawing

I"ll have to try that next in case there's a difference in brand

I agree 100% with the environmental issues. I also wouldn't want to contaminate my soil or water with anything. Glad you liked the video and appreciate you tuning in.

Just the constant smell of the diesel while cutting would rule it out for me, but even without the smell, there’s no way I’d be splashing raw diesel onto my wood and on the ground.

Y’all’s are saying environmental. Forget that. Expensive. Oil as lube would run the operation prices way up. It would be higher than fuel cost.

Thanks for watching Craig

I agree that’s a better idea. Thanks for tuning in again Steve

I use dish soap as an emulsifier when spray weeds and decided to put soap in before water. Big mistake. When I put the water in first I had so many suds I had to dump it out and start over. Dish soap is heavier than water so it should sink to the bottom of the tank and the vibration from the mill should mix it up good enough. Hope this was helpful, have a great day!

Good to know. Thanks for passing that along Matthew!

Yup Pinesol here too. Smells great too👍😎👌

haha bubbles at the sawmill. Now that would be a unique setup

Good to know. Thanks again for watching Jimmy

Thanks for passing along what works for ya Kent. Glad you like the slab rack. Happy sawing!

Right, the soap is only for more sappy wood. It’s intended to keep the sap from sticking to the blade and the getting onto the belts, guides, etc. You only need water with less-sappy hardwoods.

I like the fool-proof part where mixing it into water is effortless. If you don’t mix dish soap well, it either clogs up valves or simply isn’t dissolved into the water. Pine-sol is already a liquid.

Only issue I find with the soap is it causes my sawmill blade to jump off if too much is used

Yeah I like a soft corner with a little bark as well. For those logs they were a bit small for full length 6x6 but I had planned on cutting off a bit anyways since I only needed 10'. It's always a tough decision when looking for a sawmill with so many options out there. You're plan sounds like it would work well with the limited throat depth. Whatever milll you choose you'll be happy out cutting I'm sure. Thanks again for tuning in each week, hope all is well

Sounds like a great experience over the years. Glad you shared with use here at the channel. Hope things are well and all the best

That's not a bad idea. Be sure to update me as I'd like to know how that works. All the best

Well, alcohol may be a good solvent for sap, however the detergent serves not as a cleaner in this function, but as a surfactant. That means it lowers the surface tension of water, allowing it to sheet, or spread evenly, along the blade, as opposed to droplets that bounce on and fall off of the blade. The water is wetter, essentially. This is the purpose of adding detergent to water for blade lubricant. If you add alcohol to the water, you actually make the problem worse by dissolving and spreading thin the sap in the wood.

Always welcome Don

Hi EA, Yeah crazy to think that the fuel is now twice the cost since this video came out. I do like just having pure water in the tank

Lots of good detail here. Thanks for sharing your experiences William

I think I"ll give this a try in the future Marc. Thanks for sharing.

Good to know Dave. I’ll be sure to try it out

It doesn't take much, I would say a quarter of a cup or a bit less per tank. It makes the pine smell even stronger lol. I wouldn't use it on any other woods though. I used it while cutting cherry and it ruined it's fragrance

I use pine sol on spruce and pine works great.

I meant from the top of the cant, not log. That's one of the things I learned from watching your channel. I could never understand why they called it a CANT hook, when obviously it DOES hook.

Thanks for passing that along Denis. Good to hear.

I’m magic

@@sawingwithsandy You sure is

Sounds like a good mixture. Thanks Arthur

Sounds like a good plan trying out a variety.

No black bears I've seen out here. They are around though for sure as I"ve seen tracks

Thanks for passing that info along. Good to know the real reason it works as they say it does. Sounds like you've got a nice mill setup. Happy sawing!

I've heard that as well. I may have to do more reading up on diesel as a lubricant. Thanks for tuning in Robert

Let me know if you notice a difference Bill. Happy cutting

I think you're right about putting the soap in first. I'm going to start doing that from now on. Thanks for tuning in. Hope all is well

That's a good question. I'm not too sure what would happen as I don't tend to use my wood for furniture making. Wondering if others have experience with this. I figure I could just rinse off any residue from the wood if there was any that remained if I wanted to add a finish to it.

I think this was one of those things that I likely should have been doing for a long time but it never crossed my mind since my saw was cutting so well. Hope your mill gets here soon and that you'll be out putting up dust in no time.

@@sawingwithsandy sorry for the bad grammar and spelling are use voice to text on my phone so it ends up weird sometimes but I’m sure you can understand what I’m saying and please read this and Yeah I’ll let you know when it comes in and how it works for me I must thank you I thought about getting a meal I don’t know but it figures back but I talked myself out of it because of the price but we bought 40 acres in Dryden Ontario in about 28or 30 acres of it is mature trees Black poplar Fur Cedar Spruce I’m in a handful of mature Burch yeah because of your videos and the price of lumber and my dad leaving me some money before he passes with Cancer I bought the Woodlands 130 max so I want to thank you for making high-quality videos really help me believe I’d be able to do it yeah we have like I said the 40 acres On Lake Wabigoon where we were going to be building our house and then down the line make a couple smaller houses on the lake and sell them off for our retirement early retirement because once I have the land paid off which was only 40,000 the mill that I paid cash and My boat which I’m going to be fish guiding with and a little dozer that comes with her six way dozer blade and a front and loader and a 8 foot excavator off the back sorry I was in the next five years at the most I’m hoping to make enough living off my property and my boat but I don’t have to work a full-time job anymore Land taxes are only like 300 and it’s an unorganized Township which means no permits no building codes so all the wood I cut I can use the stuff I’m gonna cut for my house I’m going to air dry of course before I use it or build solar kiln So once again thank you Sorry if there’s any weird grammar or miss spelt words are use voice to text on my phone so that’s why it’s weird

That's good to know. Always wondered about Cook's. Thanks for sharing

I think that it would be best to compare with a newly sharpened blade for the new lubricant but I think the difference wouldn't be too noticeable.

I'll be sure to try going up and down a bit with the soap to see if there's a difference as I go just in case. Thanks for tuning in. Happy sawing

I'll have to try out some pine sol. Sounds like many people like to use it as well.

I guess I can think of it as if I'm washing dishes and how I have a big sink of water and only a little bit of soap. I"ll adjust the soap up and down in the future to see if I can find the perfect balance and let everyone know.

Great question Jerry. It’s for the lap siding attachment

I've not seen them up close but from a distance they look like good mills. Hard for me to tell for sure though without seeing them. I'm happy with my Woodland Mills however after 3 years of constant use.

Thanks for watching Luis.