"AndrewV" wrote:

cross posted RCM and RW

Ck'n back in hoping the mind numbing election noise has died down a bit.
I'm starting to build a small bandsaw mill so I can mill siding for my shop
and make wide plank hardwood flooring for my house (can't afford it unless I
make it). I like the plans and parts found @ www.linnlumber.com and plan on
buying some parts from them, just the machined stuff I either have
everything else in the stock/ scrap heap or can get it local...no sense in
shipping steel tubing across the country. Anyway I wanted to hear from the
RCM /RW crew on the subject especially if you have some experience. Also I
know I could find somebody with a portable mill to come over but I'm so sick
of the local talent not showing up (ect.) that I'd rather just do it myself
and besides it looks like a neat project.

Any Thoughts?

Andrew



I bought the browning sheaves, bearings, and shafts from him years ago. I see he sells
kits now.

Uncle and I put something together that works for us. Not a lot of rigidity in our frame
so we crib it good so mother earth is the support and pay attention to leveling it.

http://wess.freeshell.org/sawmill.html

Wes

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government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

"Wes" wrote in message
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"AndrewV" wrote:

cross posted RCM and RW

Ck'n back in hoping the mind numbing election noise has died down a bit.
I'm starting to build a small bandsaw mill so I can mill siding for my
shop
and make wide plank hardwood flooring for my house (can't afford it unless
I
make it). I like the plans and parts found @ www.linnlumber.com and plan
on
buying some parts from them, just the machined stuff I either have
everything else in the stock/ scrap heap or can get it local...no sense in
shipping steel tubing across the country. Anyway I wanted to hear from
the
RCM /RW crew on the subject especially if you have some experience. Also I
know I could find somebody with a portable mill to come over but I'm so
sick
of the local talent not showing up (ect.) that I'd rather just do it
myself
and besides it looks like a neat project.

Any Thoughts?

Andrew



I bought the browning sheaves, bearings, and shafts from him years ago. I
see he sells
kits now.

Uncle and I put something together that works for us. Not a lot of
rigidity in our frame
so we crib it good so mother earth is the support and pay attention to
leveling it.

http://wess.freeshell.org/sawmill.html

Wes


Nice job on your mill . Its good to hear about success with the limn plans &
parts... his design seems to stand the test of time. I have some wide
flange beams to use for the mill bed otherwise I'd be doing a lot of
shimming to. Tell me more about the hydraulic jack used as a tensioner,
like size and how you mounted the gauge.

Andrew
--
"Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect
government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

Evidently the doofus factor here is going to whine about the election
until there's another one to whine about.

I've given bandsaws for wood some thought, and observed some commercial
versions as well.

Wood-Mizer uses large double-belt pulleys as wheels, with belts (just
barely larger than the pulley) in there as a tire.

The easiest way to simplify the framing and forces on a bandsaw is to
forget the "C" concept and throw away half the throat - then you can run
a beam from axle to axle. For most lumber-milling, this will not really
limit the useful size of the saw, as you hardly ever cut that deep into
the throat.

I either had a thought of, or quite possibly read about someone doing
(but don't recall where) using car tires (and wheels and other car
parts), which would appear to allow building a more "fixed" mount and
adjusting tension with air pressure (while having inexpensive highly
durable bearings). Not sure if that really would work.

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On Nov 8, 8:50*am, Ecnerwal
wrote:
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I either had a thought of, or quite possibly read about someone doing
(but don't recall where) using car tires (and wheels and other car
parts), which would appear to allow building a more "fixed" mount and
adjusting tension with air pressure (while having inexpensive highly
durable bearings). Not sure if that really would work.


I've heard of trailer wheels being used. 1" threaded rod might work
for the axle.

Air pressure greatly affects tracking. The tensioner on mine is a disk
brake pad spreader screw pushing on a leaf spring cut from a pry bar.