ideas for an engine for a band sawmill

[Slingshot]

I just happened to run across it on U-tube and thought it was quite a monster.
Kinda wonder what it might be used for.



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[JD350Cmark]

    Maybe this one would be big enough for you guys to run a home-built band saw??   

 





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Could that be Bill Warren setting up for those logs lost at sea?   

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[Blaszer]

This is actually my 2nd mill.....The first one was a 2 post design that raised and lowered by threaded rod on each post with #60 chain joining them together to synch  them....The first one had a smaller motor on it...(either 6 or ....Trial and error played big parts in the design....I had a good supply of steel , so screw ups and redoes were not a big deal...I have a 1 1/2 ton truck crane (electric winch, would mount to floor of truck and have 7' of reach) It will be mounted on the new trailer mounted frame rail to aid in loading and flipping logs...

[iffy]

If you are still wanting to build your own, don't discount the various options available from Linn Lumber. You can buy everything from a single part to a kit to a complete head. If you buy the stuff that's hard to get locally and do some judicious shopping for the local stuff, you can get in to a mill pretty reasonable. I bought a kit for the 19" head and I think I have about 1700 in it. Of course, it is still setting in my shop partially assembled, but since this is my retirement day, hopefully the mill will be running in the near future.

[Blaszer]

I'm not sure why I try to type 8 and a smilie appears.......

[beenthere]

I'm not sure why I try to type 8 and a smilie appears.......

Put an 8 with a closing parens next to it, and you get . 
Put a space after the 8 and before the parens will get you 8 )
Clicking on "preview" before "post" will give you the chance to make the correction.

[bandmiller2]

I can't see any reason a simple bandsaw couldn't use wood for ways,especially a stationary mill. Build a good heavy duty sawhead and run it on wood with a steel strip screwed down,as long as you want. Frank C.

[Hilltop366]

I can't see any reason a simple bandsaw couldn't use wood for ways,especially a stationary mill. Build a good heavy duty sawhead and run it on wood with a steel strip screwed down,as long as you want. Frank C.

Like this one (looks like a Norwood with really long wood extension) cutting some wood for the Bluenose II rebuild project in Luneburg Nova Scotia.

[shelbycharger400]

biggest problem with stationary mills here, in the frozen tundra, is warpage and frost heves. this is partially why my belsaw mill isnt back up and running,  it has 2x10's that were doubled up  and staged on both sides.  heaver than u know what when i cut it in half.  Im waiting til i have a few hundred to buy a trailer house frame.

[Magicman]

Welcome to the Forestry Forum, stephen breen.