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Anyone building a swingblade mill ?

Started by plantman, October 29, 2017, 05:21:14 PM

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plantman

I've been looking at these swingblade sawmills but they're kind of pricey. I was just wondering if anyone is building one themselves .

Kbeitz

You better have a machine shop... Just a welder and a hammer wont do..
Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

plantman

There was a video on youtube of a Aussie guy who built one in his garage. He did have a small amount of machine work done and bought a right angle gear box as well. Looked pretty good.

bandmiller2

There was a fella here "Dangerous Dan" I think it was that built an impressive swinger. Check the history. Frank C.
A man armed with common sense is packing a big piece

bandmiller2

I often considered building a swinger but my old mind just can't wrap around the geometry of the swing. Frank C.
A man armed with common sense is packing a big piece

TKehl

I don't think it would be too hard to build one.  Building one that is as portable and easy to set up would be harder.

What size are you thinking?
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longtime lurker

I've considered it. I've got a wish list of perfectly achievable design features that none of the established manufacturers do - they build portable mills and I want a heavyweight fixed installation that'll chew its way through a lot of log a day.

Its not impossible though in all honesty if you want it portable why rebuild the wheel? They arent that pricey relative to what they can produce in a month.
The quickest way to make a million dollars with a sawmill is to start with two million.

sawmilljoe

I have built one but will never run one here . Was milling 3rd log and hit a nail with the blade horizontally. Metal flew everywhere just missed me and went into the log support beside me. Switched to a bandsaw. But they are easy to build.

Satamax

French CD4 sawmill. Latil TL 73. Self moving hydraulic crane. Iveco daily 4x4 lwb dead as of 06/2020. Replaced by a Brimont TL80 CSA.

plantman


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