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Band Mill Plan Query
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 04:07:27 GMT, "john moorhead"
wrote: I am also considering building a band mill I use a Wood-Mizer LT-15 It's impractical to build a band mill from scratch. You're going to buy in the engine, and you need to source wheels from somewhere. They're big enough that turning them is going to need a really large lathe. So if you're buying wheels, where from ? Can you get something like Wood-Mizer wheels as spares ? I know that things like the roller guides are available. With the Wood-Mizer, I can saw veneers to a thickness that's limited by the tooth raggedness, not the blade stability. Now I'm not going to achieve that on car tyres. For some uses, the simpler home-build designs might do, but a S/H LT-15 isn't that much more expensive then building your own. I'd certainly look at that route. One thing I would think about is making some bed rails. Wood-Mizer rails are expensive, relative to their manufacturing cost to someone with a metal bandsaw and a stick welder. If this machine was going nto a permanent timberyard location, then I'd certainly make my own bed. |
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