Don't worry...still have my chainsaw mill

[SDB777]

But I've decided to make the next step.

I'll start setting it up in the morning.....it started raining as soon as I got back home.





BTW, if your here Will, thanks for coming in during your time off to get this mill sold!

Scott B

 

[mikeb1079]

nice! it's gonna blow your mind how awesome a bandsaw mill is. i've just milled my first log with my homebuilt mill and it's a world ahead of chainsaw milling (not that csm doesn't have it's place). congrats on the purchase!

 

[mtngun]

i've just milled my first log with my homebuilt mill

Did you post pics of your homemade bandmill ? I forget.

 

[hamish]

Congrats on the new mill!

Would send ya new mill rep but out of bullets.

Your gonna be hooked in no time, best thing to remember is that everything happens for a reason...........and usually its a dull or out of set band.

 

[jimdad07]

Good deal. I can't wait to see it put together.

 

[mikeb1079]

Did you post pics of your homemade bandmill ? I forget.

i posted a few in the small bandsaw mill thread but i've since reconfigured it some. i'll post some more this week.
definitely jealous of the woodmizer tho!

 

[jimdad07]

i posted a few in the small bandsaw mill thread but i've since reconfigured it some. i'll post some more this week.
definitely jealous of the woodmizer tho!

Nothing to be jealous of Mike, not everyone has the capability to build their own band mill.

 

[mikeb1079]

Nothing to be jealous of Mike, not everyone has the capability to build their own band mill.

well, i'm not sure i do either!

sorry for the thread hijack, you just have to post more pics to get us all back on track!

 

[SDB777]

Be doing the assembly today....so more photo's will be following this afternoon!

Thanks for the kind words everyone.





Scott B

 

[qbilder]

Did you get the 7hp or 10hp? Was seriously considering the LT10 a while back but ended up with something else. Nice lil mills for sure.

 

[SDB777]

Seems I don't really care how much I sweat, as long as I'm doing something I am wanting to do! Now IF, that is a really big word right now, I had remembered to put the SD-card into the camera before taking all of the 'assembly photos'.....we'd have a have a pictorial description of the process. But since I didn't....you, the view will just have to understand that the mill was in a bunch of pieces, and now it's not!

Yup, I used it! And it cuts Osage Orange pretty nicely! Glad I bought the 10 horsepower engine....but the exhaust might need some re-routing.




BTW, the photo seems to be showing an optical illusion....the unit is completely level left-to-right and front-to-back. Strange illusion of the lense?



Thanks for looking. All I need now is a few logs....

Scott (don't worry, I'll get some) B

 

[TraditionalTool]

Looking good!

Just curious though, how do you plan to move/lift the logs onto the sawmill?

Seems like you put it pretty high off the ground, setting it on those blocks.

 

[SDB777]

Not finished out there....well I am for today, but not completely finished with everything planned.

#1: Build ramp and holding rails for logs to sit on to the left of the last photo.
#2: Build structure to keep me in the shade, and the rain off the mill and the wood. Structure will also be made out of oak and have a hoist system to move the logs from the trailer to the holding rails.
#3: Air drying rack to the right.


So many projects, so little time!


Scott B

 

[hamish]

Looking good Scott!

From what I have figured out since April and 12thou bf is find what works best for you. Manual mills= manual labour, a log deck up high and my mill higher made my back much happier, make yourself a 2' cant hook, forgo the overhead rail system/ block and tackle or winch to move logs the deck and a cant hook are much faster and more efficent, for the bigger logs a chunk of rope to parbuckle them on works too, give your mill some good footing and support, I nearly got washed out a week after I got my mill set up, and afterwards had alot of problems due to alignment and lack of support, and a good sized log if loaded a lil rough can knock your mill about.View attachment 191952View attachment 191953View attachment 191954

1st pic a lil helper for flitching boards (the 3 sides of the cant that neet to be are square...optical non camera user illusion)

2nd pic first days milling

3rd pic another time saver just a quick-lok clamp...........in modification at present.

Jeremy

 

[AndrewMoizer]

...View attachment 191954

3rd pic another time saver just a quick-lok clamp...........in modification at present.

Jeremy

Agree that Scott's new mill looks A1!

Using quickclamps is worth the price of admission right there! Thanks so much for the tip, would have made my test runs this afternoon much easier.

cheers,
Andrew

 

[gemniii]

Looks great Scott!!

How long did it take you to set up?
Were you able to do it by yourself or did it require extra muscle/hands?

 

[SDB777]

Looks great Scott!!

How long did it take you to set up?

Started at roughly 7:30am, took a lot of breaks due to the heat/humidity and cut the first chunk at 2:45pm(roughly).




Were you able to do it by yourself or did it require extra muscle/hands?

Was able to do everything except get the 'head unit' out of the truck and on the rails, that required my musclebound neighbor(he could almost pick the thing up by himself...he's a big boy).

You definitely need help setting this unit up due to the weight. And the old you get, the wiser you become when looking at really heavy objects.







Scott (work smarter, not harder) B

 

[lazyguy]

top heavy??

I'm eyeing a lt10 also.

Were you able to remove the mill from the truck with just 2 guys. One on each end, or did you use a hi lo or such???

Thank's
Dave S.

 

[SDB777]

I'm eyeing a lt10 also.

Were you able to remove the mill from the truck with just 2 guys. One on each end, or did you use a hi lo or such???

Thank's
Dave S.

Just the two of us. The engine was not attached during lifting.....

Don't get me wrong, going downward was definitely a big plus when moving this. And the guy I had helping....big muscles!




Scott B

 

[olyman]

i posted a few in the small bandsaw mill thread but i've since reconfigured it some. i'll post some more this week.
definitely jealous of the woodmizer tho!

please do..with explanations of work..