Thank you so much for the kind comment. I enjoy challenging myself building things. However, the goal here was more for function and time constraints. Definitely build to your needs but take care to stick to those needs. Big logs are HEAVY! Taller and wider needs heavy structure and high horsepower. But the payback can be big. Hope you make a video...always fun to see others projects. Goid luck with your build and thank you for watching.
I just found your videos and watched all mill builds; I have diy mill my self. It looks that your build is more complicated than mine, as I used pillow block bearings and got most of my info from looking at Hudson/Timberharvestor and other mills around Vermont. Mine will cut a 36 inch by 21.4 foot log. I have 25 inch Dodge pulleys and run a 16 hp kohler engine.With some used steel and whole sale parts I have $1500 in it. The mill is portable and weighs in at 1900# and toews really easy. It is real fun to run and I hope you have fun with yours!
Thank you for watching my videos! My mill may be more complicated than some others and simpler than a few others from all the research I have done. My design is mostly the result of using what I had on hand and using concepts from metal cutting bandsaws. Do you have pictures or video of your build? I would love to see them. You would not think that something that requires this much work would be fun, but many people don't realize the satisfaction involved in milling and especially when you own machine is doing the work.
@@SpencersMountain I like your attention to details, you are a true craftsman. Most people don't have the knowledge or the machinery to build such a fine piece of equipment. Keep up the good work, your videos are top notch. Thank you for sharing your builds.
@@billosthoff6044 Thank you for the kind comment. With TH-cam, you can gain the knowledge and surprisingly I did not use a lot of machinery to build this sawmill. It could have been done mostly with welder, small angle grinder and hand drill. Even some of the parts I machined could have been done with jig and angle grinder. Let you mind go outside the box and you can accomplish anything. Thank You for watching my videos!
Thanks! No plans really. I did some CAD drawings to check dimensions and clearance ideas as I went along...it is a pretty awful mess of ideas and concepts. A little secret, check out commercial sawmill sites for manuals, most have extensive dimension, parts break downs and assemblies...good start to backward engineer you own design. Not sure about the weight, it is more than I would have liked, but I know from experience that heavy machines are more stable in operation. Since I used mostly scrap materials weight was not a cost concern. Guessing the whole saw and track to be around 1000 pounds maybe slightly less. Thanks for watching.
No need to worry, this thing is built like a farm implement. There is plan to cover the business end of the machine until something better is figured out. Thank you for Watching!
Awesome mill, great job!
Thank you for the comment and thanks for watching!!
You are a fine engineer! Very impressed!
Thank you. Hope the videos help someone with their builds...or shows them what not to do.
Excellent job. You're a perfectionist it appears and highly skilled. 24' is what I want to build too, but I want a wider cut.
Thank you so much for the kind comment. I enjoy challenging myself building things. However, the goal here was more for function and time constraints. Definitely build to your needs but take care to stick to those needs. Big logs are HEAVY! Taller and wider needs heavy structure and high horsepower. But the payback can be big. Hope you make a video...always fun to see others projects. Goid luck with your build and thank you for watching.
Barrel idea for guards was pretty nifty.
Thanks! And thanks for watching!
👍 From Cadillac Michigan
You did a great job on that mill 👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you for the kind comment and thank you for watching our video!
I just found your videos and watched all mill builds; I have diy mill my self. It looks that your build is more complicated than mine, as I used pillow block bearings and got most of my info from looking at Hudson/Timberharvestor and other mills around Vermont. Mine will cut a 36 inch by 21.4 foot log. I have 25 inch Dodge pulleys and run a 16 hp kohler engine.With some used steel and whole sale parts I have $1500 in it. The mill is portable and weighs in at 1900# and toews really easy. It is real fun to run and I hope you have fun with yours!
Thank you for watching my videos! My mill may be more complicated than some others and simpler than a few others from all the research I have done. My design is mostly the result of using what I had on hand and using concepts from metal cutting bandsaws. Do you have pictures or video of your build? I would love to see them. You would not think that something that requires this much work would be fun, but many people don't realize the satisfaction involved in milling and especially when you own machine is doing the work.
@@SpencersMountain I like your attention to details, you are a true craftsman. Most people don't have the knowledge or the machinery to build such a fine piece of equipment. Keep up the good work, your videos are top notch. Thank you for sharing your builds.
@@billosthoff6044 Thank you for the kind comment. With TH-cam, you can gain the knowledge and surprisingly I did not use a lot of machinery to build this sawmill. It could have been done mostly with welder, small angle grinder and hand drill. Even some of the parts I machined could have been done with jig and angle grinder. Let you mind go outside the box and you can accomplish anything.
Thank You for watching my videos!
Great job on the mill! Did you build from plans? Also, what was the final weight?
Thanks! No plans really. I did some CAD drawings to check dimensions and clearance ideas as I went along...it is a pretty awful mess of ideas and concepts. A little secret, check out commercial sawmill sites for manuals, most have extensive dimension, parts break downs and assemblies...good start to backward engineer you own design.
Not sure about the weight, it is more than I would have liked, but I know from experience that heavy machines are more stable in operation. Since I used mostly scrap materials weight was not a cost concern. Guessing the whole saw and track to be around 1000 pounds maybe slightly less. Thanks for watching.
I hope you are going to build a barn to put the saw in, it would be a shame for such a well built machine to be exposed to the elements
No need to worry, this thing is built like a farm implement. There is plan to cover the business end of the machine until something better is figured out. Thank you for Watching!