We were faced with some bad weather when we made it home and were also w/o help, so the sawmill sat on the trailer for a couple of days. However, this gave us a chance to read the manual and become somewhat familiar with the unit before just firing it up and learning the hard way.
The initial setup seemed easy enough. However, you do need a solid level surface if you want to cut straight boards. Since we needed to prepare a level base, we started trying to determine the most effective location for the unit on a daily working basis. Since this was going to take a fair amount of ground prep (given the chosen location) we decided to make a couple of cuts on the driveway first.
So, we did some measuring and checking and found a place where it would be level for the 12ft of track and put a log on it. The machine is fairly simple, and other than being level, requires minimal assembly, adjusting the cut height, dogging the log, annd starting the engine.
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