From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "James Waldby"  wrote in message news:varogu$cq74$1@dont-email.me...   
   Bob La Londe  wrote:   
   > On 8/27/2024 3:02 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:val753$33ff9$1@dont-email.me...   
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   My first attempt at a sawmill was a 10" Sears vertical bandsaw with a coarse   
   tooth 3/4" wide blade. I removed it from its stand and added wooden feet   
   that ran on narrow strips of conveyer track mounted on the sides of my   
   utility trailer. The trailer tongue jack tilted the trailer and track for   
   gravity feed.   
      
   Though it cut a wall's worth of knot-free 5/4" x 9" wide oak boards for   
   bookshelves the feed rate with the 1/2 HP electric motor was very slow, up   
   to half an hour per board. The blade cracked in the gullets from bending   
   around the 10" wheels and cupping up or down became a problem as the blade   
   dulled.   
      
   The idea might be more practical for narrower rip cuts in soft wood, it was   
   a fairly simple modification without any welding. When a neighbor parted out   
   a damaged motorcycle I took the wheels to build my current larger bandsaw   
   mill, which nears its limit with a 20" wide cut in oak. The wheels' only   
   real disadvantage is that their load rating is well below the recommended   
   blade tension. I split the difference since they won't hit potholes. The   
   advantages over trailer wheels are the included drive sprocket and double   
   ended axles. The simple square tube 'ladder' frame runs straight between the   
   axles, a sawmill that cuts in from the outside doesn't need the throat depth   
   of a C frame. The throat depth is still over 12" which allows me to cut two   
   maximum 12" x 20" beams from one log. I don't think the 6.5HP engine would   
   allow a longer cut with my 3/4" tooth pitch blades.   
      
   I didn't expect the larger trees to ever come down, but a squall blew one   
   against and dropped another and the neighbor's clearing exposed a third to   
   the full force of wind so I had it taken down, as it could have fallen on   
   the house. I slab them narrow enough to fit the saw with the chainsaw   
   ripping guide that holds the bar at a right angle to a 2x6 plank.   
      
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