Carlos Correa C. Thanks Carlos. take a look at my other videos. There has been a lot of updates to the mill. Plus a automated sharper and a setter. enjoy
Should title the video cutting with my home made saw mill. Not one word about building and that is shame as this is one of the best I have seen in the home made category.
take a look at my channel there's a number of videos on building it and details on building it I think you'll enjoy thanks for the compliment Mill still running fine
I subscribed to your channel and hit the like button..I built a sawmill myself about a year ago and it was a lot of fun to build and use..I was wanting to put a collection of homemade sawmill builds in one video and was wondering if I could add yours to the collection...
good job I have to stay am weighting my options on building my own saw mill am thinking am go to build a swing blade saw mill but I really like you band saw mill.
Great saw! Try backing your truck up to the off side of the sawmill so you can slide the planks in without leaving your finished cut position...saves a lot of steps and time. Just rotate the plank on the cant and slide it into the bed of the truck.
johnnybarbar good suggestion. i now have the mill in its own building. ( made from wood off the mill). the wood goes into a solar kiln right outside the mill building.
I love this mill!!! I am building a sawmill myself. would love to know what size motor your running....and perhaps if you had some time to show some of the details you've included in your build....especially the toe - in/out mechanism....if its adjustable that is....cheers
It looks to be an 8 HP Briggs and Stratton. Although it works ok, a more powerful motor would be better. At least 11-13 HP for this size bandsaw mill. Maximum would probably be 16 HP.
I have a custom ,home built saw mill, based on Timberharfester, but don't have a winch to turn heavy logs. What is the winch you use to load/turn your logs? I've been looking but not sure what size winch would handle 2' to 3' logs up to 20 + feet. Good video, both this and your setter!
+Wallace Everett I use a 5k pound winch to load and flip logs. go to my channel and look for my sawmill features video I cover the winch. Soon I want to get a new video up because I have the winch mounted to the wall of my mill building now, it works well to load and flip. it is mounted higher up and I can move it along a track so it lines up to the center of the log length so it work a little better. the original is fixed to 1 point, no way to move it along the log. I load logs up to 30 inch dia and 16 feet long.
Chris,I have another video that might help to answer some questions. The video covers the features." homemade sawmill features" Check it out to see if it helps. I could put something else up but it might not be for a while. I have been sawing a lot of wood lately.
+Clements Luluman I get all my wood from people that cut it and want to get rid of or what falls on the property. You are right it is good for rural living.
Benny ofAtlanta thanks. The design is my own. If you want to see more details of the design. go to my other video. 1 is on the features. I also have a auto blade sharpener and a setter you might enjoy.
thats a fantastic mill good job on the build do you have many hours on it yet ? most of them that i have looked at uses tires but that makes me kind of nervous
MrCodythegreat If you have time search my other videos. The saw is in a building now. I have sawn thousands of board feet. The wood for the building and siding for a 60x40 0ne hundred year old bank barn. plus some contact sawing.
that is an 8hp on it. Right now I'm am changing it to a 15hp 2 cylinder. The 8 worked good but it was a little lacking. the toe in and toe out is done with 2 1/2-20 screws on each of the saw wheel bearings. There is enough play in the bearing mounting holes to make tracking adjustments to the saw wheels. Both wheels were machined from solid aluminum stock and they have a crown on the face for the blade to ride on. they also have urethane tires on them.
will you have to make any other changes to the mill itself to accommodate the bigger engine--i called on that little saw mill for 2199 from hudson and tried to pay alittle more for them to put a 12 horse on it instead of a 7--and the "lady" said it would be too dangerous to do--they wouldnt do it.And advised me not to either
That's a nice job, was wondering what you are doing for FPS. After researching, I find that the blade speed should be 3000 FPS, which is about 35 MPH. Most of these DIY sawmills are doing 60 MPH+ and that causes too much drag on the engine. The one I'm working on has a double pulley system so I can get 3000 FPS and I'm going to use a 8 Hp Robin engine. You have a nice track system, I don't think I can afford buying that much steel. I already have $300 and haven't started the track.
My 20inch wheels run at 945 rpm. that's 4974 surface feet per min, I had an 8 hp engine on it when I first started running it, I have since changed it to a 2 cylinder 15 hp. That seems ok but more HP would be even better. I have been cutting oak and walnut lately and some of the cuts are over 20 inch across. that's where a little more HP would come in handy.
Your blade height crank looks like over kill on the leverage which actually slows down adjustments, or do you need the leverage to raise it? What do you think of setting up a PTO to raise the saw?
I'm looking for plans to build my own. I was just wondering what the big jug is for. Could you explain? Is it to cool down the blade? What kind of liquid do you use? Thanks!
+Pierre-Alexandre Giasson Yes it is to cool the blade some but more to keep pitch from building up on the blade. Its more of a lube than a coolant. I use kerosene and bar and chain oil mix. 1 part chain oil 2 parts kerosene.
+Pierre-Alexandre Giasson check out my other video that covers some of the features. It should help you build one of your own. ua-cam.com/video/mFGq92f7-sk/v-deo.html
I like your mill. My project will have a set of trailer tires with go-cart power plan and drive system. Just started welling some parts and will add the video of that soon. Only videos I have posted is on some parts and concept. I sure hope it works and cuts wood as good as yours.
whistle3man Weather is starting to cool down and my health seems to be a bit better so I plan to start working on it again soon. Log trolley will be easy and the stationary cutting head will only need to go up and down. Not going to be very mobile but I don't plan on doing much but clear my own trees and process them for a small cabin. I will be posting short videos on each stage of all my projects again shortly, as health and funds permits.
Melinda Lovins that's exactly it. I also do a thing with a pair of dial calibers clamped to the blade to measure the proper tension. I'll have to put a video up of how that is done.
LOL! Is that a DRO on top! Do you have it set up yet? It looks like you're using screws to raise and lower the saw. Are you planning to automate the feed and make the height programmable? For feed, you use a changeable weight to provide a fixed force, and drive the return of the saw by motor (PTO) since the blade is unobstructed. You could even add a mechanical sequence to raise the blade slightly before the return, and use a set of pedals to start each operation. Pic is bit blurry, but it looks like pretty nice fab work and design. But if you're playing with DRO's, you're probably pretty used to precision work. Thanks for posting!
Tricknologyinc you are correct. that is a DRO and the Encoder is on the op shaft (small grey box). I have thoughts about automating the machine at some point. If I do I will go with stepper motors and run G-code like a CNC machine. That way I can have different programs for different board thicknesses ect. Program feed rates and home up with a rapid return. I have it in my head and some of the hardware on hand just got to find the time. Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the comments!
Tricknologyinc look at my other video on the sawmill features it would give you a better all around look at machine. the DRO box is off but the encoder is still in place.ua-cam.com/video/mFGq92f7-sk/v-deo.html
I wouldn't use a feed rate driven by motor. I would use a return that raises a weight that you can set a force by adding/subtracting weight. That sets your work load and allows for variances in the materials. You can divide the height of the weight track by multiplying the weight and adding pulleys. It's up to you, but for wood, I'd rather set the force than the rate. As your blade dulls, and wood increases in density, you're just begging for breakage. When you push manually, you are mimicking a weight driven force because you can feel what's going on in the wood. For a small band saw, like these I would almost rather stick to manual feed and just have a pedal for return and for emergency stop. For a saw this size, you can automate steps like incrementing height for the next pass, but each pass should be triggered by a safety two hand pair of triggers, so there's no chance of the machine advancing when you collapse and your wife is trying to drag you out of the way.... You want to be extremely cautious with automating machines like these. In a lot of ways, all this access to technology has people exposed to to things we only have 19th century practice in applying all the grim realities. We're way too spoiled in this automated age, and people are going to be trying things that someone with brains or experience wouldn't try at gun point. Well, that's my safety lecture, and thanks again.
Tricknologyinc All good points and you are right on about the blade and force involved. you certainly change the rate constantly when hand feeding. Power up and down at least will be the next big improvement. thanks
Any time! It's so easy to lose sight of the most important reality when we focus on something because it's really cool! LOL happens to NASA all the time! They blew up a couple space shuttles when they really knew better, but just couldn't seem to keep their eye on the right ball at the right time. Thanks again for sharing your work, and be safe.
I have some drawings but nothing you couldn't figure out. I would be glad to give you some measurements. look for my video on sawmill features. it covers all the details and would help you build one.
+dansw0rkshop good observation, its not broke, there is no governor! that motor was sitting around for 20 years before I used it. I have since replaced it with a 2 cylinder 16hp. check it out in my newer videos
+soaringtractor that engine laid around for 20 years. it started right up and I ran it on the mill for a good longtime. I'm now running a 2 cylinder brigs that I bought off Craig's list. 15 HP.
thank god I got that camera 5 years ago be for my Mother got sick and its still in the box any advice for downloading to you tube I run windows 7 and can I have your consent to link you in my videos.I see you helping and I want to do the same think and not just for people I know.I hope we both some day will be happy we did right in the world.
Great job! finally a real machine, not a project neither a UA-cam toy...
Carlos Correa C. Thanks Carlos. take a look at my other videos. There has been a lot of updates to the mill. Plus a automated sharper and a setter. enjoy
Very nice and one of the best homemade mills I've seen.
Drawing and clues would be great. :)
check out my video "saw mill features" it gives a lot of details that would help you
That baby looks the dogs 👍😉
Should title the video cutting with my home made saw mill. Not one word about building and that is shame as this is one of the best I have seen in the home made category.
take a look at my channel there's a number of videos on building it and details on building it I think you'll enjoy thanks for the compliment Mill still running fine
ua-cam.com/video/mFGq92f7-sk/v-deo.html. I think this video will help you build one
I subscribed to your channel and hit the like button..I built a sawmill myself about a year ago and it was a lot of fun to build and use..I was wanting to put a collection of homemade sawmill builds in one video and was wondering if I could add yours to the collection...
A DRO ? Awesome. Beautiful construction.
skippling I did have the dro. but lately I just count turns of the handle.
good job I have to stay am weighting my options on building my own saw mill am thinking am go to build a swing blade saw mill but I really like you band saw mill.
when you build one put up a video. I like the band mill and it has been cutting a lot of wood,
Great saw! Try backing your truck up to the off side of the sawmill so you can slide the planks in without leaving your finished cut position...saves a lot of steps and time. Just rotate the plank on the cant and slide it into the bed of the truck.
johnnybarbar good suggestion. i now have the mill in its own building. ( made from wood off the mill). the wood goes into a solar kiln right outside the mill building.
Damn nice little mill ,Well done sir
Thanks, I put up a few other videos of the mill. In recent years. I've add a few nice features you might like.
love your hard hat safety glasses and gloves you used !
+Joanne Erb got gloves on and safety glasses. I guess if the sky was going to fall I would where a hard hat!
I love this mill!!! I am building a sawmill myself. would love to know what size motor your running....and perhaps if you had some time to show some of the details you've included in your build....especially the toe - in/out mechanism....if its adjustable that is....cheers
It looks to be an 8 HP Briggs and Stratton. Although it works ok, a more powerful motor would be better. At least 11-13 HP for this size bandsaw mill. Maximum would probably be 16 HP.
Excellent piece of kit
Great looking saw. What kind of wheels did you use? They look like cast aluminum motorcycle rims.
Lawrence Withrow I custom machined them from solid 6061.
very nice mill
Hi i love home made brandsaw , how can one cost if need one?
Awesome!
I have a custom ,home built saw mill, based on Timberharfester, but don't have a winch to turn heavy logs. What is the winch you use to load/turn your logs? I've been looking but not sure what size winch would handle 2' to 3' logs up to 20 + feet. Good video, both this and your setter!
+Wallace Everett I use a 5k pound winch to load and flip logs. go to my channel and look for my sawmill features video I cover the winch. Soon I want to get a new video up because I have the winch mounted to the wall of my mill building now, it works well to load and flip. it is mounted higher up and I can move it along a track so it lines up to the center of the log length so it work a little better. the original is fixed to 1 point, no way to move it along the log. I load logs up to 30 inch dia and 16 feet long.
Great job! Would you mind to film the machine and talk through how it was put together and some specs?? Thanks heaps for posting
Chris,I have another video that might help to answer some questions. The video covers the features." homemade sawmill features" Check it out to see if it helps. I could put something else up but it might not be for a while. I have been sawing a lot of wood lately.
Very awesome
very good for rural people like some of us
+Clements Luluman I get all my wood from people that cut it and want to get rid of or what falls on the property. You are right it is good for rural living.
good looking machine - cuts better than others I seen on youtube - your design?
Benny ofAtlanta thanks. The design is my own. If you want to see more details of the design. go to my other video. 1 is on the features. I also have a auto blade sharpener and a setter you might enjoy.
thats a fantastic mill good job on the build do you have many hours on it yet ? most of them that i have looked at uses tires but that makes me kind of nervous
MrCodythegreat If you have time search my other videos. The saw is in a building now. I have sawn thousands of board feet. The wood for the building and siding for a 60x40 0ne hundred year old bank barn. plus some contact sawing.
MrCodythegreat you are right. the car tires make me nervous too.
Very impressive, nice machine.
Seth Watson thanks Seth, I have been sawing a lot of wood since I made this video
Brillant!!!. What is the measure of the sect
jorimoful I don't remember how big the cant was in the video. you can watch some of my other videos with larger wood and more sawing
Do you have any construction data. wheel size , Blade size, Throat of cut. Thanks keep cutting.
take a look at my video called saw mill features. it covers a lot of what you are asking.
does anyone know if these these guys milling dimensional wood cut it long anticipating shrink?
Jesse Folan you cut it a little thicker and a little wider. length doesn't change much. after it's dry you resaw to size if you need it close
that is an 8hp on it. Right now I'm am changing it to a 15hp 2 cylinder. The 8 worked good but it was a little lacking. the toe in and toe out is done with 2 1/2-20 screws on each of the saw wheel bearings. There is enough play in the bearing mounting holes to make tracking adjustments to the saw wheels. Both wheels were machined from solid aluminum stock and they have a crown on the face for the blade to ride on. they also have urethane tires on them.
will you have to make any other changes to the mill itself to accommodate the bigger engine--i called on that little saw mill for 2199 from hudson and tried to pay alittle more for them to put a 12 horse on it instead of a 7--and the "lady" said it would be too dangerous to do--they wouldnt do it.And advised me not to either
awesome
Thanks Mehdi fekih.
That's a nice job, was wondering what you are doing for FPS. After researching, I find that the blade speed should be 3000 FPS, which is about 35 MPH. Most of these DIY sawmills are doing 60 MPH+ and that causes too much drag on the engine. The one I'm working on has a double pulley system so I can get 3000 FPS and I'm going to use a 8 Hp Robin engine. You have a nice track system, I don't think I can afford buying that much steel. I already have $300 and haven't started the track.
My 20inch wheels run at 945 rpm. that's 4974 surface feet per min, I had an 8 hp engine on it when I first started running it, I have since changed it to a 2 cylinder 15 hp. That seems ok but more HP would be even better. I have been cutting oak and walnut lately and some of the cuts are over 20 inch across. that's where a little more HP would come in handy.
I love the design that you did on this, very clever!
Do you ever have to worry about the blade getting to hot and getting damaged?
richie4ohio I don't notice any heating in the blade. I do drip a little kero and oil on it while I cut. That helps to keep it free of sap.
whistle3man whistle3man What oil do you use?
Tricknologyinc i use bar oil thinned with kerosene
Thanks for the reply! What's your favorite mix ratio?
Your blade height crank looks like over kill on the leverage which actually slows down adjustments, or do you need the leverage to raise it? What do you think of setting up a PTO to raise the saw?
I'm looking for plans to build my own. I was just wondering what the big jug is for. Could you explain? Is it to cool down the blade? What kind of liquid do you use? Thanks!
+Pierre-Alexandre Giasson Yes it is to cool the blade some but more to keep pitch from building up on the blade. Its more of a lube than a coolant. I use kerosene and bar and chain oil mix. 1 part chain oil 2 parts kerosene.
+Pierre-Alexandre Giasson check out my other video that covers some of the features. It should help you build one of your own. ua-cam.com/video/mFGq92f7-sk/v-deo.html
+whistle3man Ok! Great! Thank you so much for your help!
Great machine.
Nathan Nostaw thanks Nathan, I'm still sawing. The machine has sawn wood for its own building
i love it i want one
+martin bubbels your going to have to get your own. I'm keeping this one!!
I like your mill. My project will have a set of trailer tires with go-cart power plan and drive system. Just started welling some parts and will add the video of that soon. Only videos I have posted is on some parts and concept. I sure hope it works and cuts wood as good as yours.
+onewyatt1 take your time and it will preform well I'm sure. Put a video when your finished!
whistle3man Weather is starting to cool down and my health seems to be a bit better so I plan to start working on it again soon. Log trolley will be easy and the stationary cutting head will only need to go up and down. Not going to be very mobile but I don't plan on doing much but clear my own trees and process them for a small cabin. I will be posting short videos on each stage of all my projects again shortly, as health and funds permits.
Hope you are feeling well enough to work on the mill. Good luck
whistle3man Thanks. Getting better with new meds.
I'll put up another video with the new engine when it is done and I'll show some of the details
hi can you show us your hyro blade tensor . the bottlejack and how you have it installed to get the right tension on your blade
Melinda Lovins ua-cam.com/video/mFGq92f7-sk/v-deo.html
Look here
thanks for the link. some reason i missed it before. . so your set up is just like a porter power
Melinda Lovins that's exactly it. I also do a thing with a pair of dial calibers clamped to the blade to measure the proper tension. I'll have to put a video up of how that is done.
i would like to see the build
LOL! Is that a DRO on top! Do you have it set up yet? It looks like you're using screws to raise and lower the saw. Are you planning to automate the feed and make the height programmable? For feed, you use a changeable weight to provide a fixed force, and drive the return of the saw by motor (PTO) since the blade is unobstructed. You could even add a mechanical sequence to raise the blade slightly before the return, and use a set of pedals to start each operation. Pic is bit blurry, but it looks like pretty nice fab work and design. But if you're playing with DRO's, you're probably pretty used to precision work. Thanks for posting!
Tricknologyinc you are correct. that is a DRO and the Encoder is on the op shaft (small grey box). I have thoughts about automating the machine at some point. If I do I will go with stepper motors and run G-code like a CNC machine. That way I can have different programs for different board thicknesses ect. Program feed rates and home up with a rapid return. I have it in my head and some of the hardware on hand just got to find the time. Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the comments!
Tricknologyinc look at my other video on the sawmill features it would give you a better all around look at machine. the DRO box is off but the encoder is still in place.ua-cam.com/video/mFGq92f7-sk/v-deo.html
I wouldn't use a feed rate driven by motor. I would use a return that raises a weight that you can set a force by adding/subtracting weight. That sets your work load and allows for variances in the materials. You can divide the height of the weight track by multiplying the weight and adding pulleys. It's up to you, but for wood, I'd rather set the force than the rate. As your blade dulls, and wood increases in density, you're just begging for breakage. When you push manually, you are mimicking a weight driven force because you can feel what's going on in the wood. For a small band saw, like these I would almost rather stick to manual feed and just have a pedal for return and for emergency stop. For a saw this size, you can automate steps like incrementing height for the next pass, but each pass should be triggered by a safety two hand pair of triggers, so there's no chance of the machine advancing when you collapse and your wife is trying to drag you out of the way.... You want to be extremely cautious with automating machines like these. In a lot of ways, all this access to technology has people exposed to to things we only have 19th century practice in applying all the grim realities. We're way too spoiled in this automated age, and people are going to be trying things that someone with brains or experience wouldn't try at gun point. Well, that's my safety lecture, and thanks again.
Tricknologyinc
All good points and you are right on about the blade and force involved. you certainly change the rate constantly when hand feeding. Power up and down at least will be the next big improvement. thanks
Any time! It's so easy to lose sight of the most important reality when we focus on something because it's really cool! LOL happens to NASA all the time! They blew up a couple space shuttles when they really knew better, but just couldn't seem to keep their eye on the right ball at the right time. Thanks again for sharing your work, and be safe.
Where did you get your wheels and what is Dia.
20 inch wheels. I machined them from aluminum
do you have any drawings and measurements for that sawmill
I have some drawings but nothing you couldn't figure out. I would be glad to give you some measurements. look for my video on sawmill features. it covers all the details and would help you build one.
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thanks. will have to translate you post
was this parts from a band saw this is nice I like it
+Adam Eckenrode I did all the design in CAD then fabricated and or machined ALL the parts. So no its all originall
+whistle3man nice work
Thanks
How much did it cost u to build it?
I'm not sure what all I have in it. Some stuff I bought new. Some I had from other projects. But I'm sure I have close to 500 in it.
diameter of pulleys?, thanks
+jose angel Estrada If you mean the band wheels, they are 20 inches in diameter
+whistle3man , right, band wheels, thanks for share.
It sounds like the governor is broken. The engine way over revs sometimes.
+dansw0rkshop good observation, its not broke, there is no governor! that motor was sitting around for 20 years before I used it. I have since replaced it with a 2 cylinder 16hp. check it out in my newer videos
soaringtractor it was an 8 HP. It has since been changed to a 15 hp
+soaringtractor that engine laid around for 20 years. it started right up and I ran it on the mill for a good longtime. I'm now running a 2 cylinder brigs that I bought off Craig's list. 15 HP.
+soaringtractor it is a 15 but I'm told that it is really an 18 brigs used smaller carb jets and rated it as 15
NICE mill.
where can I get Sawmill blade wheels
i made those wheels. i think you can find some on lynn lumber
That is a heck of a deal
nice saw mill you do good work and take pride I Subscribed could you do the same for me content coming soon what camera do you use great quilty
Sony camera. not HD. I will do some HD video soon with newer Sony
thanks for subscribing. I'll do the same for you.
thank god I got that camera 5 years ago be for my Mother got sick and its still in the box any advice for downloading to you tube I run windows 7 and can I have your consent to link you in my videos.I see you helping and I want to do the same think and not just for people I know.I hope we both some day will be happy we did right in the world.
Your drive belt is loose it wouldnt be helping
john holmes I have since changed the motor setup to a 15 hp with a magnetic clutch and the movable mount. works great and plenty of power