Hydraulic Powered Ban Mill Converted to Chain

820wards · Dec 5, 2010

A friend sent me this link to a large Walnut tree milled in Philly. The mill is a hydraulic motor powered and was converted from a bandsaw mill to a chainsaw style mill. Just passing on some milling info.

OK Bob,
Time for you to convert your new project to hydraulic power....

jerry-

Jerry,
I visited these guys last summer on our trip to the East coast. Their mechanic is Amish, so he took this 7' tall bandsaw from one of the Philly shipyards, refurbed it with a hydraulic motor that they power from a Cat front end loader when they need it. Tom

http://www.hearnehardwoods.com/z.monthlynewsletter/december10newsletter/december10newsletter.html

cowboyvet · Dec 5, 2010

all I can say is I'm jelous....hell of a saw, hell of a log, and beautiful grain to ice the cake!!! :bowdown:

TreeWinder · Dec 5, 2010

that's great, wonder how many they stopped to sharpen chain.

BobL · Dec 5, 2010

Thanks for posting that very interesting link Jerry.
The grain on that thing is pretty impressive.
It's a pity the photos are so small - it's hard to see much detail.

One thing that interests me is the anti bar sagging device - can you ask your friend if this is it?

Also this cut looks like it has an slight upward bow?

Chain climbing in the cut?

As for going Hydraulic . . . . . .
It's an option, the milling yard has a 20HP petrol powered hydraulic pack sitting in the shed!

jdrum · Dec 5, 2010

in later pics it looks like they have a long level clamped to the bar for support.
jd

820wards · Dec 6, 2010

BobL said:
Thanks for posting that very interesting link Jerry.
The grain on that thing is pretty impressive.
It's a pity the photos are so small - it's hard to see much detail.

One thing that interests me is the anti bar sagging device - can you ask your friend if this is it?

Bob,
It does look like a anti-sag rod of some sort. In one of the pictures I could see the bar is pretty wide, maybe 6". That would make it easy to start the cut, approximately the with of the bar, then take the rod out before it stops on the wood and continue the cut.

Also this cut looks like it has an slight upward bow?

Chain climbing in the cut?

I did notice that bow, could that also be from using a wide angle lens? But then if you look at the frame below the bar, it is straight.

I'll send an email back to my friend and ask him about the anti-sag rod and the bow in the bar cut. I don't know if he was actually there when they milled this log. It was quite an impressive tree the milled.