Something I started back in the early spring.

[arkansas]

I am also learning how these pics. and things work here too.
Michael

[Haytrader]

Looks good. o, have you sawed on it by now?

[arkansas]

Yepp, does pretty well for my first attempt, but there has been plenty of bugs to work out.

[brdmkr]

Building your own mill is awesome.  Keep us posted as you make mods.

[Sprucegum]

  8) How did you make those boards without makin' any sawdust?  ;D  ;D

[arkansas]

Was kinda of an over sight, lots of clean up inside the shop.

[jrokusek]

Check out his gallery - lots of pretty reddish sawdist all over EVERYTHING!  (whoops....arkansas  beat me to it) Bet your wife loves that mess.

Man isn't that a good feeling?!?  Is that a Bill Rakes design?  It looks great.  Can you give us some spec's such as HP, width of cut, length of cut, etc.

Jim

[arkansas]

Wife never messes with my shop, or as she likes to call it my "laboratorium". That mess was all mine, the way she sees it.  Started with an 8 hp honda, up graded to a 25 hp electric now, pics. this evening maybe, 24" cut atm, will be 30" in a few days, 24" just doesn't get where I want to go, 14' length, mod. sense pics taken, carriage feed, electric power, electric head raise and lower, log stops, and log dog, hydro. unit ready for installation along with guards.  Not really anyones design, just looked at lots of pics. on the net and barrowed some ideas from this one and that one.


Michael

[arkansas]

Here is where things are at the moment.  What do ya'll think so far?

[Tom]

It really looks good except for the width of the bed.  Don't you anticipate that extra bed width, outside of the bandwheels, to impede off-bearing?

Still, building a mill to the stage that you have reached takes a pretty smart fellow and a lot of hard work.   Ya did good. 

[arkansas]

Tom, you are very right about the extra bed width making off bearing alittle more difficult, but I have an idea on this problem and maybe make it more of an oppertunity.

Michael

[Tom]

Aha!!  I smell  smoke.    You planning again?

[arkansas]

,  :D, gears always turning.

[jrokusek]

What did you use for drive hubs to attach to your wheels?  I'm using a go-kart axle and matching hubs and think mine is a bit light.  Yours looks more substantial.

Jim

[arkansas]

Jim,
I used a chevy pickups rear axles, just put them in my lath and turned down an area on the shaft for a 1 1/4" bearing to run and used the area that the factory used next to the hub for a 1 5/8" bearing.