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General Forestry => Sawmills and Milling => Topic started by: samdland on December 21, 2009, 10:39:14 PM
Hey guys I have not been here in a while, but I figured I would share a bit.
You can build this mill cheaply
http://www.dyndnsservices.com/sawmill
using these plans (I used to sell the plans on Ebay by the way. $25.00 per pop.)
http://www.dyndnsservices.com/download/sawplans.pdf
This is a pretty good design, and has severed me well over the years. I have built more than a few. The saw frame is awesome as are the guides.
I hope to see you guys around as I plan to start a new mill in the next few weeks.
P.S. Standard Linn shields should fit perfectly. Oh yeah, the mill pictured was a real monster of a mill. I don't remember the exact dimensions but it would cut any tree in my neck of the woods. I recommend you scale back the size to help keep costs low.
Sam
I could never get your link to open to look at the plans
It opened for me.
Tim
Quote from: TJB on December 22, 2009, 01:17:12 AM
I could never get your link to open to look at the plans
Do you have acrobat reader or some other program to open PDF files? You must have one to view a pdf file. The standard is adobe acrobat, which is a free program, however I don't use that as it is a bloated intrusive program. I like Foxit reader. Once again, a free program but much smaller footprint on your computer.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/
It opened later, it just took about 10 minutes for some reason.
Quote from: samdland on December 21, 2009, 10:39:14 PM
This is a pretty good design, and has severed me well over the years. I have built more than a few. The saw frame is awesome as are the guides.
Uh - "severed me well"?
Sounds dangerous!! :)
Thanks for the plans. It might become project in the near future.
woodsteach
Quote from: gemniii on December 22, 2009, 07:21:37 PM
Quote from: samdland on December 21, 2009, 10:39:14 PM
This is a pretty good design, and has severed me well over the years. I have built more than a few. The saw frame is awesome as are the guides.
Uh - "severed me well"?
Sounds dangerous!! :)
Well you know what I mean! served!!
Do make sure you guys include shields in your design, the mill pictured once had a blade break and it tossed it at least 50 feet in the air, and 25-30 yards away.