Pics of my sawmill build & first cut

GAmillworker · October 30, 2011, 02:21:46 PM

You can see more pics of the build in my gallery. This is the saw before I started to modify. Yes it was a verticle saw.

Currently I can cut 50" wide at 1" thick. I am planning on making the head adjustable out to 70" so I can quarter some massive oaks given to me by a client.

My second cut is to be 2.5" thick and third cut 6" thick, thus the notch. The top flat measures 40" wide after notching.

Yes I know I need to get the gaurds on. I worked on a drive unit after just four cuts pushing the saw through. Should have chain drive done monday so I can finish this log and another crotch from same tree.

Chuck White · October 30, 2011, 02:29:27 PM

Looks like a really heavy-duty mill.

Do you intend on putting some blade guide rollers on it and some sort of easily adjusted tensioner?

GAmillworker · October 30, 2011, 02:43:04 PM

Yes I plan on putting cooks roller guides on it.

It allready has a hydrolic tensioner.

GAmillworker · October 30, 2011, 03:00:06 PM

This is the view from the top.

pineywoods · October 30, 2011, 03:20:41 PM

viva le cantilever head. What kind of power plant ?

GAmillworker · October 30, 2011, 03:27:11 PM

Currently has 25HP 480v.

The drive motor to be installed tomorrow is 3HP 480V.

Future plans for mobile milling include a 4CLY deisel with built in hydrolic pump.

redbeard · October 30, 2011, 08:01:17 PM

Nice work

GF · October 30, 2011, 09:39:59 PM

Way to go, nice work.

Burlkraft · October 30, 2011, 09:44:38 PM

That is awesome!! 8) 8) 8)

Nuthin' better than an engineerin' job like that.

Looks like it cuts pretty good too!

zopi · October 30, 2011, 09:48:01 PM

That is pretty cool...and there I was thinking that I was cool for converting a log splitter to and upright fixed wedge type...oh well...next project..

JP135 · October 30, 2011, 11:33:01 PM

Go big or go home! 50" and 480v. Nice.

Satamax · October 31, 2011, 03:32:31 AM

Way cool!

Bill Gaiche · October 31, 2011, 10:24:02 PM

Good build. Have you considered going down and have some blood drawn to see if you have an addiction now? bg

Coon · November 01, 2011, 12:02:41 AM

Can they extract the blood from the sawdust? I think the blood would come tainted with oak genetics. ;) :D

Satamax · November 02, 2011, 10:04:28 PM

Gamillworker.

I don't quite understand what you have done with the forklift part. Would you mind showing to me?

Thanks a lot.

Max.

GAmillworker · November 02, 2011, 11:39:36 PM

Satamax,

The forklift mast is what i am using to raise and lower the track that the saw travels on. I will try to get some better pics and post tomorrow.

WildDog · November 03, 2011, 03:48:24 AM

Hats off to you, well done

Satamax · November 03, 2011, 05:15:25 AM

Quote from: GAmillworker on November 02, 2011, 11:39:36 PM
Satamax,

The forklift mast is what i am using to raise and lower the track that the saw travels on. I will try to get some better pics and post tomorrow.

Thanks a lot. I've vaguely seen how it's done. You still have an hydraulic ram actuating it? Or something else? How do you keep it parallel end to end? How precise is it?

Thanks a lot.

Max.