Today was a day for cleanup and service to my TimberKing 2220 sawmill and much needed updates. These were more than just updates, these were really modifications needed to make this sawmill work even more effectively and effectively.
And yes, the mill worked perfect just as it came from the factory, but at the factory they build sawmills, but they aren’t the ones that use them each and every day, and honestly, they probably have no idea how to use this mill like myself and sawyers actually do.
Let me explain in more detail, with photos attached showing what I mean. When you mill the bark and slabs off these sawmills, many times, like me, we are doing it alone. These large slabs, and cants (beams) are large and heavy. So I use my fully hydraulic machine to its fullest potential. I use the log dog and log turner to tilt the log, or cant/beam towards the log loaders and allow the large slabs to slide off onto the log loaders, which will be reloaded on to the mill for more cutting and edging. I refuse to handle all of these large heavy slabs by hand when I have a TimberKing 2220 fully hydraulic sawmill, that makes it easier and faster.
Zoom in on the pictures above and see the yellow highlighted areas of the issues I was having. These large areas sticking up would stop the slabs from sliding on to the loader arms. These other issue was, if the log loader arms were even slightly upwards, then the saw head would hit the high portions sticking up when the saw head was down lower.
Having said this, the disadvantage to this sawmill is many parts were not designed, with what I’m explaining in mind. So in other words, I’ve redesigned my log loader arms to make this work the way it should. As an example, the Woodmizer LT70 sawmill has the perfect log loader arms, which allows for what I’m sharing here.
My modifications are pictured below, and it works like it should now, kinda like the Woodmizer LT70 does from the factory.
I’ve actually made many modifications to make my mill work more efficiently, the way I want it too. Just like the drag back bars. When dragging lumber back, the boards drop down to deck as soon as the boards get back past the cant/beam. So I’ve added small tabs to the arms that hold the board up until you drag the lumber back to where you actually want to drop it. This too, is another feature that comes factory on the Woodmizer LT70 super.
The TimberKing 2220 works fine like it comes factory, but as mentioned earlier, the builders don’t saw lumber, but they do build a big tough sawmill! All of the metal tabs (chunks of steel in my hand) in pictures above, are what’s shown in this video that I removed and explaining exactly why I removed them. To make this machine more efficient and more high production, these modifications were needed!
Like I’ve mentioned previously, the TimberKing sawmill works perfect from the factory, especially for the ones that don’t mill like I do. Many people will never use the load arms like I do, and they won’t even use the drag back bars. Having said that, most don’t know how, because they’ve never been taught. They don’t know who to use these features, because no one has shown them how. If you are fortunate enough to have your New TimberKing sawmill brought to you by me, or even if I train you in Kansas City, I promise that you will know exactly what your sawmill is capable of, including everything I’ve just shared in this post. Don’t forget, TimberKing has a Facebook page, just like I do.
Unfortunately the world we live in, we’ve been taught the minimums, do just enough to get by, do the minimums. I wasn’t taught like that. I was taught that there is no minimum, you do above and beyond what’s expected. You do more than you’re expected to do. I was taught to be a giver and not a taker. Give and it will be given back to you!
Always do your best,
-Mike Pilcher
.
.
