Thread: Plans for building a horizontal bandsaw mill.

Can't help with the bandsaw plans, but Hairy Oak would be one of the few timbers I would definitely consider TCT blades, to handle all the dirt/silica/hardness of the timber. Gorgeous stuff, good luck with it, probably plenty of turners/box makers etc interested in the timber.

Thanks for the reply, dai sensei, yes I would agree with you on the TCT blades. It is a very similar timber to budgeroo in it's affect on blades, and also grows in the same sort of really poor country. I have a friend who makes jewelry boxes, who has put her hand up for slices 8-10 mm thick, but she only needs 100-150 mm wide slices, so pretty easy to get. The pieces I don't know how to market will come out of some of the really large trees that I have found around 800 mm through the trunk. I believe it is quite rare to get such big trees in this day and age.

Originally Posted by squirrellglider

..I believe it is quite rare to get such big trees in this day and age.

I am one of the lucky ones, apart from a lot of smaller logs, I got this trunk of Hairy (originally dia ~500mm max x ~3m long). The faults at the end only went in 100mm and next 500mm (all I have cut) was basically solid
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Plus this giant Budgeroo Milling a big Budgeroo log

That is still a significantly sized hairy oak. Did you buy it as is from someone, or did you go out and find it yourself?

I bought both the Hairy Oak and Budgeroo logs from the same bloke at the WWW show in Brisbane. Helping out on the stands meant I could get in early to the supplier and get the best offers. I got the Hairy at the show and needed a big crane to lift it. The Budgeroo log was in a paddock on the Gold Coast and too big to move so I milled it where it was

Have a look at www.procutportablesawmills.com these are chainsaw mills but I believe they could adapted for a bandsaw set up.

G'day Squirrellglider,

Not plans, but have a look at the video here http://www.woodtalkshow.com/episodes/wt298/

Regards
Stuart

A 800mm Cut will require a 20+Hp Motor, I have built a BSM using Space saver Spares as the Band wheels powered by a 13hp Chonda (Chinese Honda). My max cut is 600mm, I have a basic set of Plans if you would like them. PM me and I will get them to you.

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Hi if you go to wood.ca web site you will find plans there for a bandsaw mill and many other woodworking machines.
Cheers Alby

Originally Posted by squirrellglider

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone new where it was possible to get suitable plans for DIY building a bandsaw mill with about 800 mm slab capacity. I have just acquired quite a few cubic metres of "hairy oak" or flame she-oak, and I would like to be able to slice it up myself so that I can control what I recover.

I have plans need email to send them

I have plans need email to send them