The Bandmill That I Built Continued

[rbarshaw]

I apreciate all the ideas, still haven't heard from the dial style guage users yet tho'.

Well I came home from work today and found the mill head laying on the ground , the wind had rolled it down the length of the bed gathering enough speed to flip it off the end , all is well tho', no damage to it , guess I built it solid enough. That will teach me to leave it unfastened when not in use. I just brought my engine lift over and lifted it back on the rails .

[woodbowl]

rbarshaw,
       How's things going? We haven't heard from you in a while. I just wanted you to know that your homemade/motorcycle sawmill post are Forestry Forum treasures and you are an inspiration to all us rednecks entrepreneurs that desire to build their own mill as well as other projects.

Have you been sawing lately or doing any more building? We'd love to get an update on your last mods if any. Got another homemade project in the works? We need some more unique head scratching ideas from good ole' original thinkers like you.


      

[rbarshaw]

Sorry all, I've been very busy with problems at work and church and a colledge course i'm taking. I am working on a new mill, It's 4' wide and 24' long and the carriage is rolling on it, but little progress in months. The motorcycle mill is dismantled due to oak being too heavy and causing things to bend beyond repair. I'll see if I can get a few pics here for yall.

[DanG]

Hey Bob!  Good to see you back on here.  I'm glad you haven't forgotten us.  So, a big ol' oak crunched the woodcycle, eh?  That's a bummer.  Sounds like one of them lessons that will NEVER leave ya.  I take it you're makin' the bed real stout on the new one.  Good luck, and keep us posted on your progress.

[Fla._Deadheader]

 I was just thinkin we haven't heard from Robert in quite a while. Good to know YOU are OK 

[woodbowl]

Well there you are! I was wondering if everything was OK. Sorry about your mill taking a hit from an oak tree. It almost sounds like a revenge from the forest. On the other hand, what a way to go. Looking forward to seeing those pics from your newest creation. 

[Swede]

Must been a very big oak!

Last weeks and coming month I´m sawing spruce felled of the storm jan 8 -05. most of them are Ø 20"- 28 by 17´ and sprayed with water. A board 2"x9" is what I can take from the frame and lift up to the pile 5´high. When turning a log sqared at 3 sides makes me nervous and the sawmill is jumping sideways.

 rbarshaw! I´m also waiting for a picture or three! For me there is a conflict between strong and low weight/mobility but you can´t use half a sawmill!

Swede

[olyman]

Sorry all, I've been very busy with problems at work and church and a colledge course i'm taking. I am working on a new mill, It's 4' wide and 24' long and the carriage is rolling on it, but little progress in months. The motorcycle mill is dismantled due to oak being too heavy and causing things to bend beyond repair. I'll see if I can get a few pics here for yall.

that definetly sucks-----on the pic of your engine. the fan is blowing way too low for the fins. need to take some ductwork metal, and force the air over the top fins of the engine, as thats where most of the heat is created. not being wise either--i just happen to know where one of these is---and i believe i can get it for cheap!!! cool mill-----------

[rbarshaw]

OLYMAN

When I used to run that mill, it cut about 5000 bdft with no cooling fan attached, I confess the fan was mostly to blow away the sawdust and to cool me!

[abatol]

I know I'm late with the congrats  but you deserve it. ROCK ON WIT YA BAD SELF.    I cant wait to see your next saw.

[Grademan009]

Great job
I would like to know what did you use on the side of the saw
that doesn't have the mandrel on it? for a bearing and how its mounted?

We were considering a 6 post design much like a Hudson along with a
dogging system much like theres maybe upgrading to air or hydrolic so we can build a log turner into it.

Then going to much larger blades like the big mills run with the thought of getting there broken blades having them sharpened and fixed to our lengths where there are lots of mills in our area.

With the hope sawing maybe 5000ft a day with a two saw edger. I have had lots of stick mills and one band mill.
The sawing 1000 feet a day with was the part I didn't like. Were in the hunting and gathering right now. We plan on using a Kawasaki 750 motor cause who knows how fuel will be. We are open to any tips and helpful information great forum. 
Thank you

[rbarshaw]

Grademan900

I used the mobile home axel's bearing, I just cut the axel off a few inches from the wheel and welded it to a plate, hinged the plate and uaes that to track the blade.

The 8th pic down on page 7 of this post shows a little of this.

[rbarshaw]

I've finally got tires for my mill, they're urethane, 2" wide. Any suggestions on installing, gluing these up. The mfg. Suggested 3M weather strip adhesive. Also suggested to crown them by using duct tape around the wheel under the tire in three layers, first 1/2" wide, each succesive layer 1/2" wider.

I see I've put this on the wrong thread, but I can't find the thread I started for the new mill I'm building!

Please disregard this pst, I've found and put it on the correct thread.