If y'all get tired of these, jest holler.
Off bearing a flitch
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After the first good cut
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Side view of mill
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Getting the next set
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Second cut showing uneven surface that was left after first cut
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Nice looking wood you have there. What is the company
name of your mill? I haven't seen one that has that a wide
of a frame. 8)
Sawwood
Where you been hanging out at ??? ;D That's the "Homemizer" that my son and I are building. It has a 54" wide bed and can raise the blade 42" off the bed.
DanG Deadheader! All this time I thought that mill was a Myway Mill. Those Homemizers look just like the Myways. ;D By the by (That's English for the American term of.....By the way) I enjoy seeing your pictures. Just can't seem to get tired of 'em at all. Of course I'm sorta partial to Florida rivers. :)
The only thing that I am tired of is seeing you sawing in shorts, and thinking mine won't be out of the closet for another six months ::)
Congratulations on the mill.
I hope when my 3 year old gets big enough to choose where he has his fun he still chooses me.
PS, I'll straighten out that wiring harness for travel expenses.... ;D
Captain
If ya come down, Don'T fergit yer shorts! ;D
I have been hiding under sawdust. Nice mill you have.
My tree service droped off 4 nice walnut logs and 3
nice big white oaks. Will have to see if the weather
warmes up enough for my sawmill guy to cut them up.
May be some day i will have a mill and do my own cutting.
:D Sawwood
Nice work on the Homemizer,Harold.What started off as an idea is now making boards.
Keep up with the pictures 8)
The mill looks great Harold!! :o 8) 8)
Andy
That's a nice looking mill you got there, I like the color (same primer I used on my stairs) must be real satisfying for you and your son, congrats to both of you.
What kind of wood is that your sawing?
Thanks guys. I have been asked about different aspects of the mill by folks who are or want to build their mill. If I can be of any help, feel free to ask.
Norm, that is an old growth Cypress stump that we cut in half with a chainsaw. The tree was over 700 years old when it went down.
Harold,
Do you have any market for that lumber or just trying it out? Looks like the next thing you need to build is a kiln. Good looking mill too.
Fla._Deadheader,
If I remember right you are using tires and rims for wheels, Have you found vibration problems? Does the blade run smoothly or does it jump around? What are you using to determine the blade tension? You have done a nice job, but nodoubt a lot of hours. It looks like you have an X-Y clamp system, is it hydraulic?
Hi D. Yer correct. Tires and wheels. I ran the mill from idle to WAY overspeed. No vibration to speak of. Having never even seen a bandmill run, I don't know how smooth they should run. I believe that the "floating " design of the cantilevered head takes up the vibration, if there is any. I know that one wheel has a slight dip in the side of the rim. That makes the tire off VERY slightly. I also know that the drive tire is not perfectly centered on the wheel. I think I could deflate it and soap it and reinflate it, and it would true up.
The blade tension is determined? by the Timberwolf people, blade wobble. I run it up to where the blade quits wobbling or whatever you call it. I have got less than 1 hour running this, so, anything I say here is open to more experience as I go.
Yer correct again. Lots of hours. If I had a regular job, I could have bought a mill, WITH PAYMENTS, but, this way, I use spare time and NO PAYMENTS. Besides, I like to build stuff.
I used a lot of woodmizers designs for the mill and I also used their clamp design. It has a hydraulic cylinder for up-down and, maybe, log lift, but, it runs in and out on a screw thread with electric motor. I had a LOT of stuff to work with when I started this project, so buying parts was not a major investment.
Well done Harold! 8) 8) 8) It is exciting when a plan comes together and even works. I had someone ask me to build a band mill today, tha cuts a 6' swath. I told them that it can be done if they come upwith some wheels that are 36" to 48" in diam. and can handle a 3" to 4" band blade. the conversation changed real quick, but not my thinking of where to get the band wheels. That might be next Summers project ;D Again congrats on you mill completion. :)
Thanks, Frank. A 1 or 1 1/2 ton truck wheels and tires should work well. Need a good stout frame though. ;D Let me know if ya need any "hints" on where to place what !!! :D :D :D