That’s an awesome Mill you built. Really nice work, and the Honda is about the perfect power plant for it. I’m building my mill now, can’t wait to mill my first log.
I couldn’t pick a better engine. Seriously, I thought of almost every possibility, this fellow is the perfect balance of power to weight, plus it has a good sized charging coil too, 17 amps! Thanks for watching and thanks for the kind words! All the best, Jeff
Great sawmill and videos, I'm working on building one using your videos and Linn Lumber plans, can you tell me the different sprocket sizes and pulley size you used for the hand crank lift part. I like alot of the ideas you used when building your version. Thanks for your time.
I have an older video of the lift mechanism- take a peek I don’t remember off hand the details but luckily I did record them! Thanks for stopping by! Jeff
It’s been a lot of work, but it’s turned out great! Sold my little mill, easy sell, it was great, just a little too much work for an old man like me. :)
Looks good! I like the speed at which you can cut, a lot of bandsaw mills are slow going. What blade are you running and at what speed? Thank you and keep up the good work.
I use almost exclusively Ripper37s blades. I’m not sure what speed your thinking of. The engine runs at 3600rpm, and with 4” clutch pulley, 14” Driven pulley and 19.5” band wheels, the blade is turning at 5200 ft/sec. I can feed it almost as fast as I want to, but if I ask too much of it, the cut gets wavy. Thanks for watching! All the best, Jeff
Ok, I see why no center supports on the cribs, you wouldn't be able to slide the log clamps over. ["Du-oh!"(Homer Sinpson)] First mill I've seen with right hand dust ejection. Seems to run the opposite direction of every other band-milk I've seen. (From the tooth side the blade is running clockwise rather than counter-clockwise). Interestingly enough, this switches the opperator's side as compared with most mills I've seen. The mills I've seen opperated from the left, the opperator is trudging through the sawdust. I have never noticed, when ordering bandsaw blades, an option to order blades for the opposite direction of cutting opperation.
This is my second mill, I was no longer interested in stomping though an ever growing pile of sawdust, and if I ever had a catastrophic failure of some sort, I suspect the flying shrapnel will fly away from the operator. The log bunks are plenty strong to support as big a log that grows here in Nova Scotia, 3/16 box steel, 44” span. Thanks for watching and the comments!
Guess the way to cut the opposite direction is turn the blade inside out. With my woodmizer, I’m in a dust storm all the way, opposite side sawdust ejection would be nice.
Professional running saw nice 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for watching! All the best, Jeff.
That’s an awesome Mill you built. Really nice work, and the Honda is about the perfect power plant for it.
I’m building my mill now, can’t wait to mill my first log.
I couldn’t pick a better engine. Seriously, I thought of almost every possibility, this fellow is the perfect balance of power to weight, plus it has a good sized charging coil too, 17 amps! Thanks for watching and thanks for the kind words! All the best, Jeff
Great sawmill and videos, I'm working on building one using your videos and Linn Lumber plans, can you tell me the different sprocket sizes and pulley size you used for the hand crank lift part. I like alot of the ideas you used when building your version. Thanks for your time.
I have an older video of the lift mechanism- take a peek I don’t remember off hand the details but luckily I did record them!
Thanks for stopping by! Jeff
Funny how we always have to try it out before it is finished!
I know, I’m too impatient! :)
Nice! You now have another toy to play with.
It’s been a lot of work, but it’s turned out great! Sold my little mill, easy sell, it was great, just a little too much work for an old man like me. :)
Thats a nice toy you have there Jeff .The price of lumber now i may have to get you to bring that to my house to saw some lumber LOL
Let me know when you’re ready! Or you can bring your logs to my place!
@@thelogfather5002 remember, you didn't make the axles road ready.
Looks good! I like the speed at which you can cut, a lot of bandsaw mills are slow going. What blade are you running and at what speed? Thank you and keep up the good work.
I use almost exclusively Ripper37s blades. I’m not sure what speed your thinking of. The engine runs at 3600rpm, and with 4” clutch pulley, 14”
Driven pulley and 19.5” band wheels, the blade is turning at 5200 ft/sec. I can feed it almost as fast as I want to, but if I ask too much of it, the cut gets wavy. Thanks for watching! All the best, Jeff
@@thelogfather5002 thanks for taking the time to answer my question.
Nice job .Where did you buy the pulleys that hold the saw.Thank you from Spain.
Hi Ramon, I ordered them from Linn Lumber I’m the US... they shipped to Canada in just a few days. Thanks for watching! All the best, Jeff.
Ok, I see why no center supports on the cribs, you wouldn't be able to slide the log clamps over. ["Du-oh!"(Homer Sinpson)]
First mill I've seen with right hand dust ejection. Seems to run the opposite direction of every other band-milk I've seen. (From the tooth side the blade is running clockwise rather than counter-clockwise). Interestingly enough, this switches the opperator's side as compared with most mills I've seen. The mills I've seen opperated from the left, the opperator is trudging through the sawdust. I have never noticed, when ordering bandsaw blades, an option to order blades for the opposite direction of cutting opperation.
This is my second mill, I was no longer interested in stomping though an ever growing pile of sawdust, and if I ever had a catastrophic failure of some sort, I suspect the flying shrapnel will fly away from the operator. The log bunks are plenty strong to support as big a log that grows here in Nova Scotia, 3/16 box steel, 44” span. Thanks for watching and the comments!
Guess the way to cut the opposite direction is turn the blade inside out. With my woodmizer, I’m in a dust storm all the way, opposite side sawdust ejection would be nice.
I was tired of walking in the sawdust of my last mill. I didn’t want this one to be like that.
@@thelogfather5002 brilliant
cuts pretty fast
I think I could cut faster too. I'm afraid to push it too hard until I learn all about what makes it cut the best.
Depends on the wood species and moisture level too, I'm sure.