... sawmill? ... worth? Pete, I had a fellow mill up an ash tree about 25 years ago with a VW powered mill. I have no idea what it is worth. Any details I give...
... Terry, This would be it: http://www.mobilemfg.com/ A friend has one that was at a place he bought. It isnt his, but it is taking up space. The Lawyers...
saw one of these rusting behind a shed, a 70 year old gent owned it and gave good reports about it 25 > 30 years ago. possibly a lewis mill? when all else...
After careful review of my plans to build a band mill I said the hell with it and I'm buying a Peterson ATS. While I could build a very accurate machine, I've...
A Peterson is a good, durable choice. Have you seen their training video? It's excellent, but I hear they are filming a newer one. I think they have it all...
Be sure to also check out http://www.diybandmill.com I'm currently building a 4 post mill and am slowly posting pictures and a log as work progresses....
Jim, your work seems to be in good progress. Keep up the good work. You mention that you have a little problems with the welding. Which welding machine do you...
Other than the welds look like crap....they do seem to be holding rather well. How do I know? I had to grind the welds away and start over to get the...
I'll say, I never struck an arc before I made my mill - I was having problems and switched to 7014's after a few rods of another type and found them much...
Ok folks, Its for sale again, anyone interested? NW Montana -- Pete http://milneweb.com http://nomorevirus.com /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign against HTML...
Hey! I just joined your group do You have one of theses mills that need work I'd be interested depending how far away from Rochester NY Thanks! --- In...
It very well could. If the flux absorbs moisture it won't weld worth a hoot. Lots of production shops keep their rods in an oven to keep them dry. Also, rod...
I am not the same Dan that posted the question.... but: How slow in comparison to current mill? How long and hard was it to build? Where is the mill now?...
I looked at my welding rods again and they were actually 6011 rods, not 6015. Don't know if 6015 even exists. On another note, I made a cant hook with my mig...
With the Procut mill, I found it hard to produce more than 300 bd ft per day cutting 4/4 and 8/4. If you were just using it for cants from small logs you would...
a chainsaw mill is good for very low production, and for remote use (like way back in the woods). I also use one to quarter or reduce big logs into manageable...
Hey! I'm interested in a "cheap" Bandsaw mill If there is something close to what I would spend I'd be interested if you could show me Where Thanks! --- In...
What is your price range? Hud-son makes some entry level type stuff, I have one of those, but it seems that the norwoods have a lot of fans too, but they're a...
I guess a lot depends upon your expectations and applications then. I have no intention of trying to make living at milling. I have about 100 acrs of woods...
Hey! I already saw most of the sites selling Bandsaws and everything seems to be 3K + to get started and then I saw this procut set-up I'm already fooling...
Hi Dan, About three years ago I was where you are now. I went from a homemade chainsaw attachment to a homemade wooden frame chainsaw mill to a bandsaw mill I...
If you have fabrication knowledge, then building one of the cheaper style bandmills wouldn't be too bad. You can get wheels from cooks, and guides too. ( ...
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