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Egon

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Finally, after several years, a simple lumber mill has been cobbled together. It may not look like much but has proven workable on the few logs it's had to square up.:D :D
 

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Reminds me of Logosol. Just a question: the blade cuts sticking up in the air like this? How do you manage to push the chainsaw head, is there a handle for it?

I run small log mill from baileys with my chainsaw, works for my needs.
 
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In the first picture the blade is set for "High Logs".:D :D

In this picture it may be a little easier to see how it works. The saw swivels and spacers can be added or removed to make different width boards.

The saw is moved using the handle.
 

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Mornin Egon,
Nice simple setup ! :) I helped my neighbor setup the attached sawmill making various missing parts etc, its an old Lane and we had a ball getting it running. The Farmall C in the pis didnt have the guts to run it very well so we created a friction drive with an old tire and rim and hooked it up to a bigger tractor !

The white oak kitchen extension table that I built last winter had some of its lumber sawed on this sawmill ! ;)

BTW I see you have your planer setup right next to the mill, big production there !
 

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Very ingenious, Im sure there will be alot of views and people thinking about how they canbuild one. I know a guy who made using an aluminum extension latter as base. He said it worked 'OK" but went on to build one using a band saw blade.
Quite amazing how he made that one, even so , that he bolted it together, No welding to the metal frame at all.
nice job
Al
 
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It's been a long time since I've seen a belt hooked up to a tractor Scotty!:D :D
 
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Egon said:
In the first picture the blade is set for "High Logs".:D :D

In this picture it may be a little easier to see how it works. The saw swivels and spacers can be added or removed to make different width boards.

The saw is moved using the handle.

OK, I looked at it early in the morning - and the second picture helped too.
I have two maples awaiting milliing currently, but waiting for the weather to cool down a bit.

There is an active milling group on Yahoo with lot of pictures and some of the setups are just amazing.
 
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Morning Egon.
Pretty niffy idea...maybe some actions pics???
 

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