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20th December 2010, 04:35 AM #1New Member
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what is the best, budget, entry level sawmill?
g'day fells.
ive looked at lucas mills, peterson mills (pity the skillmill isnt available), chainsaw mills, etc. all are either too expensive or impractical.
my aim is to break down logs into the biggest size, square timber that the log suits. length and dia of log will vary. id like to be able to cut logs up to 6 meters long. im not sure a CS mill would be suitable for this application?
i dont mind doing a bit of grunt work, but as i said, nothing seems to suit.
however, i may have missed something. there may be a product out there that google missed..?
can any of you good people put me on to something suitable?
thanks.
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20th December 2010, 06:24 AM #2New Member
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actually, the wombat mill looks pretty interesting. and aussie made.
anyone here have some experience with this mill? any idea of the cost of one pre made?
cheers.
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20th December 2010, 07:00 AM #3
I agree the skillmill looked okay, what happened to them. A Chainsaw mill is adequate if you are only going to mill the occasional log and you are fit. They can be built easily and cheap. Have you seen any 2nd hand 6inch Lucas mills about they do come up occasionly.
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20th December 2010, 07:55 AM #4New Member
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g'day johnny. thanks for the reply.
i recon 2nd hand 6" lucas mills would be rare as rocking horse turds...but if someone has one, id be interested to hear from them..
its a pity some clever little chinaman hasnt copied a lucas or peterson design. i recon they would do it, if they realised there is a market for it. and they would probably do it for a third of the price.
anyway....at this point the wombat mill looks ok. im probably just scratching the surface though..
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20th December 2010, 08:08 AM #5New Member
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seems the chinese do make them...
i emailed for a price..
China Swing Blade Sawmill, Portable Sawmills manufacturer
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20th December 2010, 08:25 AM #6New Member
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here is one from SA. russcat portable sawmills. ive also sent them an email.
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20th December 2010, 09:13 AM #7
The Wombat Sawmill would do the job.
Unfortunately owing to health reasons I am currently unable to build them.
Though you could build one yourself from the comprehensive plans.
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20th December 2010, 09:29 AM #8.
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Just a reminder that a wombat mill is still a CS mill and will be as slow as any other CS mill.
I've been chasing detailed pictures of that Russcat mill for some time but haven't been able to find one - I wonder - do they really exist?
Also have you factored in lifting equipment. Trying to cut lots of 6m lengths of anything really requires a forklift or tractor.
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20th December 2010, 11:54 AM #9New Member
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20th December 2010, 12:34 PM #11New Member
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20th December 2010, 04:42 PM #12
My 6" Lucas will be for sale but not another year, keep looking, I do see them from time to time. That chineese swing mill looks interesting, it would be easy to buid end frames and rails localy. cheers
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20th December 2010, 10:18 PM #13
Tailing out of large sizes is an issue. A while ago I was cutting spotted gum 200 x 50 x 6m the eqivalent of your 100 x 100. I had to use rollers for tailing out and when I was stacking for air drying I used small pipe as rollers to assist in positioning before placing on the stickers.
I calculated the green timber was just over 80Kgs per plank. Frankly I am no longer interested in lugging timber that weight around by myself in 35 degree heat!
Yoy will need big diameter logs to cut timber that thick without excessive warping, cuping, bowing....I am being a bit negative here. If you have had sawmill experience, I guess you know what you are up for.
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PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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20th December 2010, 11:16 PM #14Senior Member
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bobs been chasing DETAILED PHOTOS OF russcat mill hmmmmmmm
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