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Its a great sense of satisfaction when you get to turn nice logs like that into very nice timber.
Alan, what species of euc. were they?

cheers,
Dean.

Place a stick in the ground & measure its height, then measure its shadow lenght & calculate the ratio. Then do the reverse with the tree by measuring the shadow, then apply the same ratio to...

MAI, often theres no need to drag or lift a log onto a trailer or tray as they can be rolled on. This sheoak I put onto the tray by parking beside the log, using the 2 tray sides as ramps (chocked...

thats spectacular timber TasSculptor,
You call it Musk? is this what we call the Musk Daisy bush (oleria argophylla)?
we have it growing here but its quite small, too small to mill but a very...

Well its 6 months on & I've finaly got the mill out of the shed & can now have a clean up. The sub frame / drawbar is now fitted along with axle & cast wheels from an old Crump spreader.
I was asked...

for one's own milling use I rekon that weekend warior is worth looking at, certainly their must be a few compromises in its construction in order to keep the weight down for the single rail, and if...

Hang on fellas' the context of this thread was clearly stated by Bushmiller (quoted above), now your talking about m/day, 2 operators, 3000 cubes a year, this is all commercial stuff. I dont feel its...

may not be the answer you're seeking, but whats wrong with using an axe? No need for any other power source as you're it.

cheers,
Dean.

yawn!!

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Will be looking forward to seeing this bandsaw weisyboy. I've often wondered why the portable mill manufacturers dont build both swing blade & bandsaw heads to run on their rails / log decks.

The...

It's not the extra weight thats the problem, but the change in weight distribution. For good clearance it would have to be mounted either in front or behind the bandsaw cutting head not under it,...

I thought that too, maybe of a specific tensile/hardness, I guess weight reduction would be the overiding objective as it runs on only one rail and unlike a 2 rail system such as a lucas there's no...

Having previously had timber milled with a Lucas & now that I've cut a bit of timber myself on a bandsaw mill I see some signifficant advantages (& disadvantages) with both.
Many years ago the late...

Great idea DJ, PM sent

cheers,
Dean.

Paul, this is a great topic your've created here!!, me being a bit of a newbie to bandsaw milling & drying my own timber there's so much to learn.
It requires a bit of effort to take & upload...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8nyrP8bclI

cheers,
Dean.

Thanks for posting the link Paul. it's nice to escape from the modern world & see how past generations worked & lived.
there's another video of a steam powered mill on the net somewhere, when I find...

These mills are manufactured in China, they are marketed & sold around the world under a variety of brand names by a variety of companies. here's the Canadian version Woodland Mills HM126 Portable...

looks like E. viminalis commonly called Manna gum that down here in sth Vic, they're usually smooth barked to the ground but not always.
nice timber for indoor use but will twist & bow whilst...

Thanks for the close up pics of your mill Scott.
Last year I built my own manual bandsaw mill which is working surprisingly well, however its not completely finnished yet (probably never will...

Thanks for the advise guys.
It's too hot down here to be milling anything at the moment especialy the species prone to checking, plus I'm too busy with work.
I'm going to submerge the log in a...

A few weeks ago whilst working on a large blackberry job I came across an old Drooping sheoak trunk that was standing though the canopy had fallen many years ago. the property owner said I could have...

a 6-14 that looked to be in good condition sold on ebay a few days ago for $10,800. Item number: 130833362052

cheers

pcqypcqy, thats a great project you have there,
don't be discouraged by anyone telling you its too hard, your too inexpeirenced, etc etc. there's much personal satisfaction to be gained from...

Down here a. Mearnsii are called black wattle but I think around the country many acacia species are reffered as black wattle. It looks like Blackwood to me.

newjon, I notice you didn't debark it...

James, I have mounted the digital ruler onto a sub board (2x1 timber), this mounts to the frame with 2 bolts with wingnuts for fast & easy removal. the digital readout would not be water proof so...

Hi Jon,
I used a ram off a disused Lely hay mower, I cut & welded it to reduce it stroke to a only a few inches & mounted a spring behind it to work as an accumulator . It has a 50mm bore diameter....

James, I've posted a few pics of my mill in this thread - https://www.woodworkforums.com/f132/homemade-bandmill-update-163906/#post1591183 - the toe in/out adjustment may be of some value to you, I...

Here's an update on how the bandsaw is coming along. since the initial post I did about 6 months ago I have made some more changes.

The old hand winch would not raise & lower the cutting head to...

Great to see you back here James, I've been wondering how your mill was progressing.

I started my bandsaw build about the same time as yours, mine's not completed yet but its in usable condition...

it looks like its going to be a great get-together, please post a few pics if you can

cheers,
Dean.

So far I've only once been stuck half way down a log, ran out of fuel:doh: it was a p.i.t.a
Before starting the first few opening cuts on a new log I look down the log from directly behind the...

Having spent 2 years reading just about every forum post, youtube video & google search about building a bandsaw mill & milling logs, I've just realized I never seen any reference made to whether one...

I like that, nothing like making do with what you've got

Glad to see I have'nt been the only one checking out the Russians on youtube:2tsup:
here's another couple of links.

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Yeh, blackwood is a slow drier. Putting it into perspective, if the leaves only transpire moisture for a month or so before falling off but it takes many years to dry, then very little is gained by...

Yes tlbsg, macrocarpa does dry quite fast anyway, i love the way it doesn't end check much, also shrinkage is minimal & very little spring or bow if its from a trunk that grew straight & vertical....

I'm thinking of dropping some more Macrocarpa soon, but I probably wont get around to milling them for a few months. Also I have a large Blackwood with 2 trunks which has split & fallen at ground...

Welcome to the forum goat67

I've never measured my cutter bar with the alaskan fitted but I'm guessing I would lose 2 1/3" at the powerhead end, this could be reduced a bit if I went to the...

Welcome mscott1,

Here's a link to another forum with a thread about walnut stocks, I found it very interesting Gunstock Blanks from Walnut Crotches - Woodworking Talk - Woodworkers Forum

btw,...

Thats exactly right Paul, Its a bit of a dilema when replacing old carpet, what do I replace it with?
1.new carpet is out of the question, simply don't like it.
2.Ceramic tiles have a place...

It was made thick because it supports double brick and there's a lot of clay underneath, I was only a little kid at the time but I rember tradies coming from melbourne to pour it & their workmanship...

Thanks guys, I sense you are giving me very good direction here!

Clearly, the 1st step even before I put a log on the mill is to go and see in person the tradesman who I'll get to do the final...

Yeah, purchasing a house of yet unknown construction is a posibility but unlikely, most likely it will be the renovation scenerio as its a "house on farmland / inheritence" issue. But I understand...

Slowly making improvements to the homemade mill, I had trouble cutting consistant board thickness using a hand winch for lowering the cutting head. I've now fitted a magnetic ruler scale & a more...

Those photos remind me of the first log I milled when my Alaskan arrived in the post,
I knew how one should set up a log for CS milling as I had previously read all of BobL's great posts on the...

Carl, When I was researching ways of raising the cutting head on my DIY bandsaw I came acros a yank that took an ATV winch, he dismantled the spool end, and replaced the drum with a sprocket, by...

that's what I thought would be the way to go as well. doing a pluge cut through the scarfe on a small diameter tree could go bad real quick

A tree growing around a chainsaw - ever heard of un-bolting the power head:doh:
anyway, getting back on topic, here's a youtube link to a vid of how the cut works
Tongue and Groove Tree Felling...

yep, it was fun seeing the planks come off, each time the band exits the log & the motor picks up a few revs you think - wow there's another one!!

Travis, I got the wheels from PG Saws in Canada...

Here's a few pics of the homemade bandmill's first test run. I put a smallish 8' macrocarpa log on the deck. I proceded very gently on the first cut & made it to the end of the log, I increased the...