Building a bandsaw mill

DH in Carolina · Jun 17, 2009

Anybody got any suggestions for building a bandsaw mill? Thinking about building one with 20 inch wheels. What horsepower engine would it take? Got a Honda 13 hp horzontial shaft and have most of the parts laying around. Thanks DH

FarrviewSouth · Jun 17, 2009

Do an internet search on this. My brother and I had a great time building two different mills with off the shelf materials. See
http://s178.photobucket.com/albums/w253/FarrviewSouth/

for pictures of mine.

There are many ways to accompish this and they all result in a cheap, accurate mill.

Good luck

thurlow · Jun 17, 2009

Hey DH, go over to the Forestry Forum and poke around (won't post a link, but they're easy to find); very knowledgeable people. I used to hang out over there, but it was too 'moderated' to suit my tastes..........

DH in Carolina · Jun 17, 2009

I tried your link to photobucket and it said file not found. Thanks.
Also I found a website diybandmill.com with a lot of information. DH

DH in Carolina · Jun 17, 2009

Checked out the forestry forum. Seems to be a pretty good site. Will spend some time reading posts there. Thanks

Anonymous-0 · Jun 17, 2009

Farm Show mag had a write up on a guy in KY who sells plans, His name is Bill Reeks , I think, if you get Farm Show, You'd know!

GA Dave · Jun 17, 2009

(quoted from post at 09:05:01 06/17/09) I tried your link to photobucket and it said file not found. Thanks.
Also I found a website diybandmill.com with a lot of information. DH

url]http://s178.photobucket.com/albums/w253/FarrviewSouth/[/url]

Anonymous-0 · Jun 18, 2009

I bought a mill after giving up the idea of building one.Problems with weld distortion will drive you nuts.I couldnt figure out to get the 20 ft tracks home.You will make mistakes on home built equipment.Steel prices ar very high now.You might end up with a good mill or a pile of scrap.

dwrk · Jun 18, 2009

Look for one of the ones that cut on an angle, leading edge of the saw is usually 4-5" ahead of the back end. They cut a lot easier, lot easier to keep the wood straight than saws where the band runs perpendicular to the log. The one I"ve used is Amish made in Pennsylvania, uses a 40hp Isuzu diesel and we"ve cut oak logs squared down to 30"x30" with it.

ray sprague · Jun 18, 2009

http://westmd.craigslist.org/grd/1227019025.html
try this you might find its a good buy just cut and paste it i havent learnd how to send it as a link on this site

GA Dave · Jun 18, 2009

(quoted from post at 18:50:26 06/18/09) http://westmd.craigslist.org/grd/1227019025.html
try this you might find its a good buy just cut and paste it i havent learnd how to send it as a link on this site

url]http://westmd.craigslist.org/grd/1227019025.html[/url]

Building a bandsaw mill

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