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#shorts We take one dead tree and demonstrate circle mill operation

#shorts We take one dead tree and demonstrate circle mill operation

#shorts We take one dead tree and demonstrate circle mill operation

A little too big for the mill, so we show you the work arounds!

We decided to take a look inside the oak we fell in the last video. The oak made some nice boards and the buzzsaw made quick firewood. But some of the rounds were 3' so had to take them to my 3 point bush hog splitter powered by 1982 Ford 1910. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

We decided to take a look inside the oak we fell in the last video. The oak made some nice boards and the buzzsaw made quick firewood. But some of the rounds were 3' so had to take them to my 3 point bush hog splitter powered by 1982 Ford 1910. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Saturday work chore in dropping a water oak that has been littering our hay field for a year. Got 2 sawmill logs and some good 16" oak firewood later. We didn't know if it was hollow inside so the danger factor was high. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Saturday work chore in dropping a water oak that has been littering our hay field for a year. Got 2 sawmill logs and some good 16" oak firewood later. We didn't know if it was hollow inside so the danger factor was high. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

We burned out our down draft retort. Down draft means the gases that are forced out of the wood to convert to charcoal leave the retort at the bottom of the barrel. This makes for clean equipment since the tar that is produced is burned away. The inner barrel is replaced and viewer comments are incorporated in the new design. Using the new charcoal we make a kitchen shelf out of a hog panel.

We burned out our down draft retort. Down draft means the gases that are forced out of the wood to convert to charcoal leave the retort at the bottom of the barrel. This makes for clean equipment since the tar that is produced is burned away. The inner barrel is replaced and viewer comments are incorporated in the new design. Using the new charcoal we make a kitchen shelf out of a hog panel. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Hard hard to mill

Found a nice walnut log to mill into boards. Cameragirl is cooking garden vegetables in the kitchen. Coyotes are running around and screaming! Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

This is the second video. In this episode we go to the bottom of the square well. We believe the well is near Trammels Trace trail. We run a camera downhole to inspect the debris at the bottom. Then we run a large magnet and bump bottom. The 1908 clam shell auger is lowered and with 2 turns to the right, it retrieves material that is dumped out for inspection at the surface. We end the video with a permanent well house sitting on top of the well. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranc& Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Use 2 split pieces of water oak, 3% vs 35% moisture. 3 hour test in 5 minutes of video. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

In Episode 2 we clean up the blade and then install and test it. Episode 3 will be the saw doctor diagnosing the blade to remedy the problems. And then install and test. (That is if I can get him to agree to the video!) Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Bought a 2 wheel trailer off of marketplace. Milled some white oak boards for the deck on our 1930 mill. Put on new tires, packed the bearings and test drove it. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Episode 3 will be the saw doctor diagnosing the blade to remedy the warp problems. And then install and test. (That is if I can get him to agree to the video!) Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch &…

We needed to cover an old square dug well for safety's sake on our ranch. So we built a well house out of oil field pipe & covered it with used barn tin. Refurbished a 1908 clam shell digger that is lowered to the bottom of the well. We intend to recover about a foot of fill to see if there is anything interesting left at the bottom by earlier settlers on the ranch. Used the antique sawmill to mill some sweetgum timbers for a floor to work on at the well. We believe the well is near Trammels Trace trail. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

In this episode we prepare the antique mill and blade for a wider cut. The sawmill wants a machinist to fit a 48" circle blade to the arbor. In the machine shop we use a lathe to mill an insert for the blade. Then we go to the sawmill to modify the hardware to accept the new larger blade. Episode 2 is the installation and test. Episode 3 will be the saw doctor diagnosing the blade to remedy the problems. And then install and test. (That is if I can get him to agree to the video!) Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

We found an oak in the dirt and decided to rescue it! This video shows the shave horse as its being built out of white oak. There is no metal or glue used other than some epoxy around the legs to stabilize the wood. We decided to go with a German or Swiss design because my grandfather was German (Seelbach). Our grandson loves to climb around on it and even tried to use it. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Remove grip and wooden forestock replace with police set synthetic. Homemade barrel nut wrench using an old shovel.

We had a 100' water oak in distress so we decided to take it down before it fell on some structures. Near the root flare, it was 3’ diameter. There was mistletoe and woodpeckers having a party. Started cutting up firewood and found ants had tunneled for about 50 feet of the trunk. In the voids, ants were everywhere. After exposing their home, we video them busy cleaning up the mess! Here is the video of the oak being dismembered: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM835o4Dq/ Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Rocking S Ranch in east Texas had a very large red oak die located in a valley on the ranch. Cut the only straight section to 8.5 feet. Hauled to our antique sawmill that is powered by 1964 Case wheel tractor model 530. 1.5 years later, milled into 1" boards. Hauled boards back to shop on a 1953 Chevy 4100 1.5 ton dump bed pickup. The 1953 song is Jumpin Boogie Woogie by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

We found a white tree pushed up in the dirt by the timber loggers. We haul it to our antique sawmill and make boards, sticker and strap them. Show some freshly picked buckeyes and a possible white oak mantel from the top of the tree. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.

Johnny hauled in a cedar post from an old 100 year old barn that was torn down. It was old growth from about the time of the second world war. He cut it in half and milled the upper log with a chainsaw. He made a porch slider swing out of the lumber. The lower log had rebar in it. It was removed by welding on a nut to pull it out. Then we milled in to lumber into 14" boards on our antique circular saw. This lumber was completely seasoned and will not have to be stacked and dried. Used tractor grapple, chainsaw, Foley Belsaw M-14 circle sawmill. Triple T Ranch & Sawmill on Choctaw Ridge is homesteading with a sawmill & anvil.