converting sawmill to electric?

[teakwood]

Going electric is a step forward, good for you. How did you get the wires to follow the traveling saw head?

I just need a max of16' travel so i did like a swinging antenna which gets feed over the roof.
  

[Al_Smith]

Since this thing has taken on a life of it's own I have a suggestion .Do a Google on a guy by the name of Bill Rake .Mr. Rake sells detailed plans for rubber tired DIY band saws with both gasoline engines and electric motors .
In addition there are a zillion other sites about home builds .Generally speaking I would not think a home build to be a high production item.Many are just built of salvaged materials so what makes the difference what powers it ?If you had a perfectly good Briggs or Wisconsin twin engine why 
would you go and buy all the stuff to use an electric motor ?
Then comes the factor usually they mill stuff that would normally become firewood.I can't hardly see them being used on 100 feet white oaks 3 feet in diameter on a regular bassis .

[moodnacreek]

Thanks for the answer and photos. That's a pantograph with only one arm. If it works that's all that matters.