Joe, thank you for subscribing. That is always our best compliment. Hope I have provided things that interest you. We all learn from sharing, even the simple things. Thank you for watching.
I hit the subscribe button as fast and as hard as I could! You are the man of my heart! I just love your ingenuity and frugality. Your creative use of scrap along with alternative application of common parts and materials is deeply inspiring. You still manage do it with a keen attention to detail and aesthetic presentation. It's rare to find such a gem on TH-cam where most builds are slapped together sloppy contraptions, even when made with specialty parts and materials. The few channels I've come across with a similar ethic as yours are usually based in some third-world country where they're forced to scavenge for what they need.
Wow! Thanks you so much for the kind comments! There are a lot of great materials that are tossed into scrap, lots of materials that have other uses if you look at them in a different way. For me, it is fun to realize how a scrap or salvage material can become useful. The next challenge is to make those materials look like they were intended to be together. It is satisfying in the end to see everything work as planned. Thanks for taking the time to comment and Thank You for watching our videos!
Love how you crafted the log dogs. Genius idea. Im in the gathering parts stage for my soon to begin build. So glad I found yer videos. Ill be doing some copycat things on mine. Thank you for sharing yer ideas !!! Awesome build Steve
Maybe a little of my own angle on the clamp design, but nothing genius. Most of my build is using existing construction ideas tailored to materials I had laying around. So copy away, glad our video may help someone out with their dreams. Thanks for watching!
I stumbled across your video today and also in the process of building a mill. I’ve went all over TH-cam for many ideas and I was shocked to see almost identical ideas that you also have done like I have. Like your exact v groove roller bearings for you adjuster bar and main wheels from eBay I’m assuming too. Awesome build and thanks for the video. Cool stuff
Check out surpluscenter.com for a much cheaper version of the identical parts. Use the 18.75" split bore pulleys and bore adapters for the size shaft you want to use.
@@SpencersMountain thank you for the heads. This is we’re I did purchase some items from. And my milk is about completed. I’m excited for sure. I’m enjoying the channel. Good work. Thanks again.
The clutch is 8" with a 5" double pulley on it. My old Kohler KT17 engine has a 1-1/8" output shaft, making a HP capable and shaft size rather expensive (in the $400 to $500). This clutch was $150 on eBay and was new. Pays to search around for parts! Thank you for watching!
The clutch was a lucky $150 find on eBay. My old engine has a not so common 1-1/8” shaft with 18hp normally means $600. A newer engine with slightly less HP could be much cheaper. An internet search for centrifugal clutch should find some offers. One example www.hilliardcorp.com/centrifugal-clutches/ Alternately, a pulley on an over center lever to tension the drive belt could have been used. But the centrifugal clutch is a pleasure to run.
Cut off wheel on a 4-1/2" grinder and belt grinder. The hand grinder could have taken care of the final shape but I have a homemade belt grinder for that. Could also be made out of bits and pieces welded together. Somewhere I saw the cam parts made from cut off round bar and welded to flat bar with round bar spikes. Use you imagination an what you can find laying around. Hope to see what you come up with! Thanks for watching.
Where did you buy the wheels for the blade? and what is it use for in jeneral? Im also building a sawmill but i just can't find the wheels and I don't want to use car wheels.
The band wheels I used are vee- belt sheaves. 18-3/4” outside diameter. I bought them new from www.surplus center.com these are general use vee-belt sheaves. One runs a tight fitting B size belt for a “tire” providing the crown needed that causes the blade to seek a high spot and run centered on the sheave. The drive belt on the engine provides the tire on the other wheel. If I were to build another saw, I would buy band wheels from Cooks. www.cooks saw.com. Their wheels have a crowned surface and do not use “tires”. They are more expensive but offer a lot of benefits running a blade on a steel surface getting rid of tire wear and sawdust buildup under tires. Feel free to ask any questions and thank you for watching.
I am now subscribed, so you may get some comments on a lot of your earlier videos and projects.
Thank you for sharing.
Joe Texas
Joe, thank you for subscribing. That is always our best compliment. Hope I have provided things that interest you. We all learn from sharing, even the simple things. Thank you for watching.
Mr Spencer you are an incredible thinker wow, Amazing great ideas Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Thank you for the kind comment. And thank you for watching our video.
I hit the subscribe button as fast and as hard as I could! You are the man of my heart! I just love your ingenuity and frugality. Your creative use of scrap along with alternative application of common parts and materials is deeply inspiring. You still manage do it with a keen attention to detail and aesthetic presentation.
It's rare to find such a gem on TH-cam where most builds are slapped together sloppy contraptions, even when made with specialty parts and materials. The few channels I've come across with a similar ethic as yours are usually based in some third-world country where they're forced to scavenge for what they need.
Wow! Thanks you so much for the kind comments! There are a lot of great materials that are tossed into scrap, lots of materials that have other uses if you look at them in a different way.
For me, it is fun to realize how a scrap or salvage material can become useful. The next challenge is to make those materials look like they were intended to be together. It is satisfying in the end to see everything work as planned.
Thanks for taking the time to comment and Thank You for watching our videos!
Wow. Awesome job. I have watched way too many sawmill build vids and have to say your mill looks top notch.
Thanks! But, how many sawmill videos are too many?
Thanks for watching
Awesome work young Man Genius!!!
Thank you for the kind comment and thank you for watching!
@@SpencersMountain your welcome
Love how you crafted the log dogs. Genius idea. Im in the gathering parts stage for my soon to begin build. So glad I found yer videos. Ill be doing some copycat things on mine. Thank you for sharing yer ideas !!! Awesome build Steve
Maybe a little of my own angle on the clamp design, but nothing genius. Most of my build is using existing construction ideas tailored to materials I had laying around. So copy away, glad our video may help someone out with their dreams. Thanks for watching!
SUPER WORK. Great Ideals...keep it up
Thank you. Pretty sure it was one of your videos that started this sawmill build! Thank you for watching!!
Absolutely brilliant. Love the details u are showing in this build.
Thank you for the comment. I collected a lot of ideas from TH-cam videos...hoping to give some back. Thanks for watching.
Great job on the mill and log clamps , I need to build some of these for my lm 29v2 , thanks
Thanks for watching! Glad you found something useful.
Impressive Steve! Not the kind of “dog” I’m used to but I guess you could pet it if it works the way you intended it to! Beautiful!
Thank you for the nice comment! Got a comment in another place where the author said "I don't want no dogs chewing on my lumber".
Nice work
Thank you!
I stumbled across your video today and also in the process of building a mill. I’ve went all over TH-cam for many ideas and I was shocked to see almost identical ideas that you also have done like I have. Like your exact v groove roller bearings for you adjuster bar and main wheels from eBay I’m assuming too. Awesome build and thanks for the video. Cool stuff
I used TH-cam videos to do my build...only seemed fair to share. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it.
Check out surpluscenter.com for a much cheaper version of the identical parts. Use the 18.75" split bore pulleys and bore adapters for the size shaft you want to use.
@@SpencersMountain thank you for the heads. This is we’re I did purchase some items from. And my milk is about completed. I’m excited for sure. I’m enjoying the channel. Good work. Thanks again.
Looks great 👍
Thank you. Hope it helps someone get along with their project...either how or how not to build a sawmill...either way a great way to share ideas.
Great build! Where did you find your centrifugal clutch?
The clutch is 8" with a 5" double pulley on it. My old Kohler KT17 engine has a 1-1/8" output shaft, making a HP capable and shaft size rather expensive (in the $400 to $500). This clutch was $150 on eBay and was new. Pays to search around for parts! Thank you for watching!
Nice build! Where did you get your clutch from?
The clutch was a lucky $150 find on eBay. My old engine has a not so common 1-1/8” shaft with 18hp normally means $600. A newer engine with slightly less HP could be much cheaper. An internet search for centrifugal clutch should find some offers. One example www.hilliardcorp.com/centrifugal-clutches/ Alternately, a pulley on an over center lever to tension the drive belt could have been used. But the centrifugal clutch is a pleasure to run.
Im curious how did you make the cam and “spike” profiles? Did u rough out and then grind? Use cnc?
Cut off wheel on a 4-1/2" grinder and belt grinder. The hand grinder could have taken care of the final shape but I have a homemade belt grinder for that. Could also be made out of bits and pieces welded together. Somewhere I saw the cam parts made from cut off round bar and welded to flat bar with round bar spikes. Use you imagination an what you can find laying around. Hope to see what you come up with! Thanks for watching.
Where did you buy the wheels for the blade? and what is it use for in jeneral? Im also building a sawmill but i just can't find the wheels and I don't want to use car wheels.
The band wheels I used are vee- belt sheaves. 18-3/4” outside diameter. I bought them new from www.surplus center.com these are general use vee-belt sheaves. One runs a tight fitting B size belt for a “tire” providing the crown needed that causes the blade to seek a high spot and run centered on the sheave. The drive belt on the engine provides the tire on the other wheel. If I were to build another saw, I would buy band wheels from Cooks. www.cooks saw.com. Their wheels have a crowned surface and do not use “tires”. They are more expensive but offer a lot of benefits running a blade on a steel surface getting rid of tire wear and sawdust buildup under tires. Feel free to ask any questions and thank you for watching.