Timber Trappings

The bag bailer worked so nice I thought it deserved a sexy paint job complete with an orange caution stripe where your fingers could get squished.
@ Corvallis, Oregon

My son runs a small farm. One of the pain points is dealing with all the empty feed bags. I designed and built this bag bailer today. It works like a charm. Just drops all the empty bags in the box. When it is full you press them down and tie them up with twine.
@ Corvallis, Oregon

Bed platform. Hint: It's upside down. They wanted a no stabbed toe design.

Walnut splines look good in quarter sawn Doug Fir. Night stands are done. Working on the headboard and bed stand next.
@ Corvallis, Oregon

If you have to stay home, working in the shop with the family is the best.
@ Corvallis, Oregon

Table for my son's small apartment.
@ Corvallis, Oregon

I cut up my first log. Yeh! All went amazingly smooth.

Then… On the second cut on the second log, BAM, blade came off. I have been through the manual, followed all the instructions, and I have now ruined 3 blades at $25 a pop. It tracks, all looks good, then BAM it is off again. Once I got one more slice and a half, then a half a slice, then it came off before I even hit the log. Rinse repeat. I snugged up the drive belt to see if it loosened up and that was causing the problem. I am being very consistent with the blade tension. Five full turns from just taking the slack out of the blade. I have checked and triple checked the tracking putting the gullets flush with the front of the wheel and checked the blade guides making sure there is enough play so there is no binding. I tried a new blade three times. The belts look fine and should still be brand new. I suppose I could change them if you think that would fix the problem.

Any suggestions! Please help!
@ Corvallis, Oregon

First log sliced up. All went amazingly smooth.

Another broken weld on one of the jack stand brackets. I still have not even put a log on it.

Just a few more adjustments, some gas and oil in the engine, and I'm ready to cut up some logs. @ Corvallis, Oregon

So the first time I tensioned the blade on the new Frontier sawmill, the bolt broke and the t handle smacked me in the chest. It was not welded very well and looked corroded. I got it welded at Ram Z Fab. They did a great job. @ Corvallis, Oregon

Restoration work on a O.K. Fur Co. oak drop leaf table from Salt Lake City , ~ 1908 @ Corvallis, Oregon