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That's good advice Tom. I will check that out.

Yeah. I had planned on air dryin the lumber in my back yard. I have a 20x30 awning right next to my shop that would be perfect for storing lots of lumber.

Well I believe the mill comes with one of those log rollers and it has an on board winch to load the logs up and I'm hoping with the cooperation of my tree work buddies I can avoid the need for a tractor at first.

Thanks for putting me in the appropriate place admins.

Oaks, cypress, and pine are the most common woods down south. If I could get my hands on a bunch of sinker cypress that would be ideal. That stuff can sell for $25-35 bd/ft. I do have about 2 acres. I should be able to sticker and air dry a good bit of lumber there. I was think more money would be made off milling for others though, rather than storing lumber in my yard for months at a time.

Not sure where this thread belonged. But anywho... I've been admiring the Woodmizers for a while now. What got me started thinking about milling was when my uncle told me he want to scrap the 4 large, straight, and healthy cedar trees on his horse ranch. I begged him to please wait till I could find a means of transporting them and milling them into lumber and slabs. I also have a few other friends that own a tree service and they said that anything under 15 ft basically gets trashed because that all the big mills want to pay for. If probably get mostly red and white oak, maybe some pecan, and the occasional cypress and cedar. What I want to know is how profitable is sawyering? Is the money made in milling lumber for others or in milling and selling the lumber for cheaper than the lumber yards? I think the LT28 would be about right for me. The machine I'm eyeballing is $12k. What should I consider about getting into this? Is it a good investment? I work construction and am tired going from job to job. I'd really like to be self employed and the custom furniture just doesn't have a high enough labor/profit benefit.

I have a few old saw blades I've been meaning to turn into scrapers. But for now I don't have any.

I didn't ignore the answers. I had made it clear the plain was to use the stain. The question was about how to mix the best conditioner and whether or not I need a conditioner. I do appreciate the input and plan to use some of the wisdom shared on future projects. But for now the question really wasn't answered within the parameters. I am an admin on a few audio forums as well and one of my pet peeves is when somebody asks for suggestions for a 15" subwoofer and people are like "check out these 10" woofers". No disrespect intended of course. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Well I think I got as good of a result as I can. I sanded the light spot down and then some. Made sure I would be sanding through any blo/mineral spirit mic that might remain in the wood. Then I applied the stain liberally let it sit for a minute and rubbed it out. Here's the result.

Anybody?

Nobody?

In my experience breakers start to trip more easily as try wear out and eventually they just won't reset. Not saying to always goes that way. That's just what has happened to me in the past.

Ugh... I sanded the trouble spots down and restained. I did not use the conditioner this time. Most spots came out really well. The lid is absolutely gorgeous. But there is a bad spot right on the front that is giving me trouble. Plus the sand paper is clogging up with stain oil so quickly that I'm getting some really bad sanding swirls. Any advice?

I do have a lunchbox planer. I can't afford anything big enough to run 220.

Well I trip breakers with my TS from time to time while milling reclaimed oak timbers.