DIY sawmill using bandsaw

[legenddc]

Hi, what is resaw capacity? And what is IIRC? I would be happy if I could do 8” diameter logs. I’m just mulling different ideas, not in any real hurry unless I run out of things to do and we all know the list never gets done, lol. Keeps us out of trouble. Yea, if I could do 8” diameter with a bandsaw saw mill, I might consider getting a chainsaw mill as well, since they are relatively inexpensive. I could then handle larger diameter logs by squaring it up a bit with the chainsaw down to 8” . We burn wood here at the house so nothing would go to waste. I will try and find your other post and have a look at that link.

How long of a log are you looking to cut? The new style of bandsaws can handle larger capacity resaw cuts but an 8”x96” log is going to be heavy.

Look at a saw like the Rikon 10-326 which is a 14” saw with 13” of resaw capacity.

 

[Burt Shaver]

How long of a log are you looking to cut? The new style of bandsaws can handle larger capacity resaw cuts but an 8”x96” log is going to be heavy.

Look at a saw like the Rikon 10-326 which is a 14” saw with 13” of resaw capacity.

It would be nice to be able to cut up to 12’ long.

 

[Old Man Roger]

, what is resaw capacity? And what is IIRC?

IIRC is “If I RememberCorrectly” and here is a link explaining resaw.

What is Resawing? Why Resaw on Band Saw over Table Saw (How)?

What is resawing, and why do it? Learn all about wood resawing, including the difference between rip vs. resaw right saw for the job.

www.finepowertools.com

 

[Burt Shaver]

IIRC is “If I RememberCorrectly” and here is a link explaining resaw.

What is Resawing? Why Resaw on Band Saw over Table Saw (How)?

What is resawing, and why do it? Learn all about wood resawing, including the difference between rip vs. resaw right saw for the job.

www.finepowertools.com

Good article

 

[nadogail]

Resawing is when you make boards out of Cants.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Cants

You just posted that so we had to Google another word huh? Lol

 

[nadogail]

Having worked at a Sawmill, I was exposed to a vocabulary not commonly used in garages.

You just posted that so we had to Google another word huh? Lol

As a youth I worked in a Sawmill long enough to learn some vocabulary and that I wasn’t interested in making a career of the lumber trade.

 

[silvermonte]

I own a HM126 from woodland mills, i suggest looking into this company. https://woodlandmills.com/portable-sawmills Its almost a direct knock off of woodmizer but with a few quality of life addons that woodmizer charges for, and considerably less cost over all. Once you get a saw like that you will start looking for free logs, i find them alot on facebook. You can also get nice hard woods for cheap out of peoples yard because professional sawmills wont touch them from fear of hitting a nail. Ill take that $30 chance for a $800 log.

 

[Innovate1]

Lot's of people have made there own bandsaw mills like the DIY one that was posted. A google search will find them.

 

[Innovate1]

Resawing is when you make boards out of Cants.

That's one possibility but it's really just making smaller boards out of larger ones.

 

[Innovate1]

Having worked at a Sawmill, I was exposed to a vocabulary not commonly used in garages.

As a youth I worked in a Sawmill long enough to learn some vocabulary and that I wasn’t interested in making a career of the lumber trade.

Probably a lot of the same vocabulary too.

I grew up near the west coast of Oregon and it seemed a lot of my peers figured they would get a job in the mills. Thing is all the mills are gone now. I knew I didn't want to do that before I ever started...

 

[happyj]

You could look at a small Alaskan sawmill. Has worked well for me through the years for small stuff. I second the nod to woodlands Mill they are pretty nice small mills. The Alaskan will work you over after running it for a few hours. Lol

 

[NORTON'S SHOP]

Having worked at a Sawmill, I was exposed to a vocabulary not commonly used in garages.

As a youth I worked in a Sawmill long enough to learn some vocabulary and that I wasn’t interested in making a career of the lumber trade.

I did the same as you. Two years while going to trade school. I enjoyed the work, but no way as a career.

 

[Firebrick43]

You could look at a small Alaskan sawmill. Has worked well for me through the years for small stuff. I second the nod to woodlands Mill they are pretty nice small mills. The Alaskan will work you over after running it for a few hours. Lol

I second the Alaskan or other chainsaw mill for just a few logs.

If I have the odd log to saw I use a logosaw timber jig with my ms660 saw. It’s hard tedious work but get the job done and not much different than the small manual bandmills excepts it stores in little to no space.

If I have more than two big logs I hire the sawing done at a guy up the road with a wood miser with 40 hp engine and full hydraulic controls on every function.

 

[sjvicker]

I have a Woodland Mills HM126 and haven't had the time to get it up and running yet. From what I've seen so far from assembling the power head its a quality machine and for what you're doing I definitely recommend taking a look at the HM122.

I wouldn't even try to do the Alaskan milling. If you dont have a saw large enough then you'll have that purchase on top of the mill. Also, what no one tells you about milling with an Alaskan mill is that your head is right in the path of the exhaust so you get to breathe 2 stroke the entire time you're cutting. It might not matter as much with small logs but it was a slog to cut through 20" doug fir.

 

[RivennHewn]

Love my sawmill.

But, be careful. They are highly addictive.

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