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9th March 2016, 09:35 PM #1New Member
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Plans for building a horizontal bandsaw mill.
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.
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9th March 2016, 11:04 PM #2
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.
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9th March 2016, 11:18 PM #3New Member
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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.
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9th March 2016, 11:37 PM #4
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 logNeil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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9th March 2016, 11:44 PM #5New Member
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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?
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9th March 2016, 11:53 PM #6
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
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6th April 2016, 09:20 PM #7Intermediate Member
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Have a look at www.procutportablesawmills.com these are chainsaw mills but I believe they could adapted for a bandsaw set up.
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8th April 2016, 04:39 PM #8Member
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G'day Squirrellglider,
Not plans, but have a look at the video here http://www.woodtalkshow.com/episodes/wt298/
Regards
Stuart
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17th April 2016, 08:59 PM #9Senior Member
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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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18th April 2016, 12:22 AM #10Senior Member
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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
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5th May 2016, 11:09 PM #12
Mill
I have plans need email to send them
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