Have not quite planned that but yeah once I get to the point of using live trees I'd want to have a setup to dry the lumber. longevity and reliability are king on our property and we are way better off for it. no more harbor freight, no more Chinese junk. a 50 hp tractor that can actually lift 2200 lbs, small equipment that always starts, nice tools that are no compromise, a great and heavy duty tool box that is a joy to open and close. We decided last year "No more junk" It has been nearly life changing to have all nice, reliable and well built equipment eg. the wheels will not be well aligned, the blades wont track properly, you will have trouble holding the correct blade tension and keeping it consistent, you will be running blades that are really not as wide as they should be for the task, etc. The mill in you link is a basic Chinese bandsaw mill and I would not expect it to be very good. I have some experience in the lumber industry, and we have a 5 acre homestead where we are quite independent. lucas sells a 3 phase electric version of their larger mills.Ĭheck out wranglerstar on you tube, he has a Lucas mill and has done some videos on it. you would need a huge electric motor and 3 phase power to run something like this. if you do want to do slabbing with it, you can pick up the slabbing blade attachment. a band saw mill allows a lot less flexibility on how you saw the log, and the size of logs that are able to be cut. This style mill also allows you to cut any size log if you get creative about how you cut it. this style also seems to be more portable and less labor to make the lumber, as you can cut on each forward and back, and also you can just flip the blade from vertical to horizontal instead of having to move the log every time. this is more flexible and you can easily quarter saw for more stable lumber. I think its more useful if you are wanting to actually make lumber to go with a circular saw style mill. Suggestion, look for a used one, when someone is upgrading their mill, they typically sell their old mill. He charges by the board foot on larger jobs, so faster production is to his benefit. His newest one, his third, is all hydraulic, with log loader, and you can roll and clamp without leaving the controls, and you don't even have to walk with the head, powered by a 45HP CAT Diesel.įor him, it's a side business, he comes to your property, cuts your logs, and leaves you with lumber and a slab pile. It can handle 21-foot logs up to 36 inches in diameter. I used to run the mill while he did the off bearing (he is younger), and if often took both of us with cant hooks to roll some logs. They all can make some amazing lumber, the difference is how much grunt labor it takes to produce it, and how board feet of finished lumber you can produce in an hour. From a very simple stationary one, with pull start motor, and cranks for raising/lowering the head, to portable ones he towed from site to site. Over the years, I've helped a friend with his saw mills.
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