That's a great idea for a low investment mill. Can pick up radial arm saws for next to nothing. I may make an attachment like this for my woodland mills to do clean edging etc.
Funny you should mention Woodland Mills because I made the rails 31.5 inches wide to handle a model 126 Woodland Mill in case my old first DeWalt I bought new in 1977 wouldn't work as well as it did. I now own 10 DeWalt arm saws, 10" 770's and 12" 790's) to use if others would like me to build a copy. This saws articulating power head abilities are yet to be realized. I'm tickled pink over its future to revive such a great old iconic saw. The simplicity of use and function blows away the bandsaw style. If I want lumber I'll buy the 2 x's and use this to make timbers, post and beams for the main structural strength and looks. I have 100's of already cured and pealed red pines to mill, plus the thousands standing in Minnesota.
Very creative. I see a larger RAS in your future! Seriously, if you had something like a DeWalt GE, 16”, 5 hp, single phase saw, that could cut some reasonably sized lumber with your setup.
Thankyou for your comment. The bigger DeWalt's have crossed my mind only to find they are rare, expensive and actually to big for all the abilities the 740's, 770's and 790's can do. All three of these DeWalt models work adequate to very well, plus they are everywhere and priced from free to $100 or a little more and hardly used to almost new. They need to be re-invented as I have done. I already have 5 - 740's, 3 - 770's and 3 - 790's to make more Radial Arm Sawmills for Northern Minnesota's abundant tree country.
A neighbor cut down a bunch of nice red pines to clear for a cabin and I wasn't going to watch them rot away like the last time I saw the power company clear and stack them away from the utility zone. Unwanted trees meet the unwanted saw!
That's a great idea for a low investment mill. Can pick up radial arm saws for next to nothing. I may make an attachment like this for my woodland mills to do clean edging etc.
Funny you should mention Woodland Mills because I made the rails 31.5 inches wide to handle a model 126 Woodland Mill in case my old first DeWalt I bought new in 1977 wouldn't work as well as it did. I now own 10 DeWalt arm saws, 10" 770's and 12" 790's) to use if others would like me to build a copy. This saws articulating power head abilities are yet to be realized. I'm tickled pink over its future to revive such a great old iconic saw. The simplicity of use and function blows away the bandsaw style. If I want lumber I'll buy the 2 x's and use this to make timbers, post and beams for the main structural strength and looks. I have 100's of already cured and pealed red pines to mill, plus the thousands standing in Minnesota.
Awesome!!!!
Very creative. I see a larger RAS in your future! Seriously, if you had something like a DeWalt GE, 16”, 5 hp, single phase saw, that could cut some reasonably sized lumber with your setup.
Thankyou for your comment. The bigger DeWalt's have crossed my mind only to find they are rare, expensive and actually to big for all the abilities the 740's, 770's and 790's can do. All three of these DeWalt models work adequate to very well, plus they are everywhere and priced from free to $100 or a little more and hardly used to almost new.
They need to be re-invented as I have done. I already have 5 - 740's, 3 - 770's and 3 - 790's to make more Radial Arm Sawmills for Northern Minnesota's abundant tree country.
Love it
Dude that was absolutely genius. Watch out for the haters
A neighbor cut down a bunch of nice red pines to clear for a cabin and I wasn't going to watch them rot away like the last time I saw the power company clear and stack them away from the utility zone. Unwanted trees meet the unwanted saw!
Nope, I don't like this design.
I have been using radial arm saws since I was 17... that's over 50 years. What is it that you know that I don't know?