Bandsaw-on-a-dolly sawmill
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- Опубликовано: 16 мар 2017
- Using my big 20" bandsaw as a sawmill. The log is on sawhorses, while the bandsaw is pushed past it on a dolly.
woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/sawmi...
Plans for the bandsaw:
woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans 
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Thank you Mathias for not becoming a rocket scientist. I receive some of the very best ideas from your channel
For anyone now wanting to do some bandsaw milling, I would recommend Matthias' bandmill plans. I purchased them the other day and I'm really impressed. Brilliant, comprehensive plans and great value for money :)
That’s one of the most insane things I’ve ever seen in a workshop, and yet somehow, brilliantly creative. Very, very practical. I’m so impressed by your resourcefulness.
Is a software dev/computer scientist, I think this is beautiful. It's not often you see someone in another field pull apart a tool the have made, generalise it, hack in extra functionality and fully re-purpose it.
Agreed! Are you aware that Matthias was a software dev/computer scientist at RIM, and while there he essentially wrote the original operating system for the Blackberry?
The underlying theme of his RUclips channel and website is "An engineer's approach to woodworking", so rather than seeing him as someone in another field, I see him more as a combination of fields.
Oh yes, I had forgotten he had worked on that. Whilst I am by no means a woodworker, I like watching these videos for the underlying thought processes and approaches to problem solving.
impressive!
Impressive indeed!
Save your money and just buy a well designed mill. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel while risking your well being.
I like this guy. He doesn't talk more than necessary, he speeds things up, and the stuff he's doing is freaking amazing.
I very much appreciate that you show the times when things didn't't quite work out, as well as when it all went smoothly. Very instructive.
I've been watching your content for a very long time but I don't think I've commented. Great work, really like all the builds, tutorials and special notes, and thanks for staying truthful about your peers. Very important when ads are evolving and becoming less and less noticeable.
I tried this with my bandsaw just recently using a similar configuration. I made a four-point support cradle to lay the bandsaw down with the blade cutting horizontally. I supported it on car axle stands, which allowed some adjustability. Then I pushed the log through underneath secured on a cart with casters. I got fairly good results with an ash log about 2/3 the size of yours. For me the biggest problem was finding a location with a smooth and even floor. But when I found it the system worked well. Would have worked even better with a blade like the one you're using. Great video (as ever) thanks.
Lol-'Let me just cut a huge chunk out of my band saw I spent weeks making'. I guess that's the benefit of making your own tools-versatility and customizable
Mattheis you get a lot of positive feed back and you deserve every single ajative. My feed back is that I very much appreciate your mistakes. I joke with people saying, "Skilled wood workers never make mistakes. We just change the plans." The totality of your work helps me keep my own work in perspective.
If there was anyone who could ever build a wooden sawmill, it's this guy.
WOW! I just started watching your videos, this one blew me away that you could do that with a band saw you built out of wood!!! You're amazing! Thanks for sharing your videos with us! :)
I like it when you don't immediately explain what you're doing like in the beginning of the video, so we have to try and figure out what all of it will come to. An then there's the clicking moment, the "Oh, right" moment :)
Love your videos, keep doing what you're doing :)
Vermoot I always wonder if that is a good idea from a content creator standpoint. Making videos to "difficult" could put people off. Thats why modern TV shows are so simple that really everybody can understand what is going on.
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ref: Max Maker
Well I don't watch TV any more, so that should tell something
plywood machine
Its obvious your dad was one of those one of a kind people who could fix most anything with what was laying around somewhere and taught you what he has learnt from many years about mechanics and woodworking. Keep passing it on as the skill and knowledge to do with what you have instead of the typical "got go to the store because im short a couple screws" logic.... is dying off fast!
I enjoy the videos for just seeing that logic in action. The rest is icing on the cake.. :)
I rate your videos as the finest quality because you speed up the boring parts to not waste our time and your editing it great. Other channels look for any excuse to stretch out their videos for extra youtube money and they suck.
His “quick and dirty” sawhorses look better than anything I’ve ever made
Problem erkannt, Problem gebannt... Wieder mal ein hervorragendes Video!
I always find it fascinating to see the history of a tree as it's sawn into boards. Fun video - thanks for sharing!
these are some of the best planned, shot, produced, and narrated videos on youtube. thanks for sharing your start to finish milling of a tree, that was fantastic !
This is an awesome idea. You could use your v-wheels and track concept from your first mill to take some of the worrying out of the push. And since your saw design can incorporate any base, maybe a weight-carrying base would help further stabilize the saw. The saw horses are risky but you already figured out the problem areas there. This is an awesome video for aspiring weekend millers, thank you so much for the inspiration! I'm running out of reasons to not buy your saw plans and get on with it.
Jeremy Buehler loo
If Matthias ever built a wooden spaceship, I'd volunteer for Mars
Couldn't do any worse than NASA with thier Green Screen fights of fancy..
1stMrSceptical and those edited picture supposedly taken from space where they try to make the earth look round! /s
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Advection357 Can I go with you!
“This might be a little to much to ask for out of this dishwater motor but I think it will work.”
You're certainly a different breed of woodworker. A kind of mad genius. Love your work.
The increased video speed (on most videos) makes for a much better watching experience as the viewer can connect the steps easier. This video was excellent, thank you!
You can watch videos at 1.25 or 1.5 speed using the options. I do this for other people all the time. Through the magic of signal processing, the pitch of their voice is not changed. But usually Matthias's videos are already quite concise, so no speedup necessary.
Perhaps an open bottom v-groove track on the floor for the wheels to ride in to let sawdust fall through but keep the saw moving straight.
love your ingenuity matthias. i've watched all your videos ha. keep them coming!
Another great Matthias video! I love watching how his brain takes on projects, obstacles that arise etc.
VERY resourceful. But I can tell you are a resourceful guy by your homemade bandsaw as well. Nice job. I bet this won't be the only time you do this.
When Wandel takes of the shirt, you know shit just got real!
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that is awesome matthias, i can't wait to see what you make from it!
Luke Hill We just have to wait for two years or so.
It's great when all your effort comes together in a task such as this. I have great respect for your talent to create and use machines out of recycled parts and timber. Your father would be proud.
You are a very brilliant man! No matter what you do, it’s a pleasure to watch you work!
And Matthias surprises us another time by cutting up a log in an entirely different way than everybody else does.
I doubt he saw me doing it that way (like 90% the same) but yeah, this is a pretty standard method to do it.
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That was fun to watch. I felt pain when you had to hack away at the frame of your saw though!
me too!
Wordsnwood (Art Mulder) this was the exact comment I thought of
I was kind of in awe at how fully he owns the tools he builds. He's just like, well, I guess I'll take off this part!
Me too! Hard to even cut up a jig I've spent a couple of hours making, much less a bandsaw.
Thanks, I could not believe he was cutting away parts of the saw. But that is why I watch because he is willing to do stuff like that. :)
This is so insanely resourceful and clever it's not even funny. Well done man!!!!
Matthais !what I have seen done is mounting the Bandsaw on angle Iron Tracks, that way the bandsaw runs parallel and now dirt buildup. I love your ideas.
Next to build. A sled and rails for the bandsaw to slide on when using it as a sawmill.
Otto Niittymäki My sentiments exactly. Would love to get my hands on those slabs. Nice, aren't they?
Make some rails out of angle iron, and run 4 flanged steel wheels on it. Sounds good.
Iron? What sort of sorcery is that? Around here we use wood for everything and anything.
Otto Niittymäki
Yes good thinking with some more mods would be a great thing
Yeah Denis a wood blade would be nice.
"Today I'm going to build a homemade chainsaw from old lumber and a furnace motor I found in the trash."
Hmm.. Storing and transporting a chain in a paint can seems like a really good idea! Thanks for showing!
Thanks for your Visio. Enjoyable, and nice to see you work around when everything does not go as originally planned. I know the feeling.
In regards to the additional noise and being nervous, I've heard that pilot's call this "automatic rough". It happens when you're flying a small plane over a large body of water, such as from Florida to Bermuda. The moment land disappears from view, every noise is amplified and thought to be bad.
Captain Buggernuts
Captain Buggernuts or when your driving a Volkswagen
Been looking forward to this video. Why did you choose this direction of cut, (vertically) instead of your previous tests with the band saw where you cut horizontally?
because this was simpler
Just a note to you to say haw much I appease your content . I work at a major art museum in new York and I wish there were people there there with your talents . You are an insperatation . Bill
Thank you Mathias for letting us into your shop.
This video was satisfying to watch
great video man. Really unique use of the tool vertical
i´ve been watching your videos for a few years now, and I salute you for your wisser besser attitude(as oposed to besser wisser wich is not you) you end your vids in a glorous manner, nothing more needs to be said and thats it! I love it!Thanx for all the good stuff. its truly a gift.greetings from sweden
Pushing the handheld power tool concept to the limits ! You're a fun guy Matthias. Keep doing the vids, they are great.
matt cremona is proud of you
Cèdre Vetter always have been
Old movie making trick, roller skate wheels on a steel fence post! glides like butter!!!
Ohh I do love watching you make stuff and come up with legendary ideas
Awesome. Im am a tech, old school Industrial arts, teacher.Few teenagers could comprehend this nor appreciate.
Love the wood band saw. First time always need to be tuned. I am subscribing and all thumbs up.
Make a rail system to avoid caster hang up.
WAIT A SECOND.... YOUR TRACTOR ISN'T MADE OUT OF WOOD??!!!?
We wouldn't want to risk scratching the green paint on the bandsaw would we Matthias?
Haha I know yeah, but cutting up a tree is fine
Another brilliant video project. It is always a pleasure to witness your endeavours in progress.!
I can't believe you did all that in 9 min, it took me that long just to watch it...
by 2020, that band saw will be able to service your car
This is true
I came for the sawmill, I stayed for the fast-forward hammer sounds.
I really enjoy your videos and watching you work "outside the box"! Your push band saw idea really worked quite well. I look forward to seeing these boards when you surface them.
That high speed hammering was a joy to watch..
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I actually yelped when he cut into the bandsaw with a circular saw.... oh well, if things didn't turn out, I guess he can always build more bandsaws
I liked this video very much. I dont know why but the sight of a sawmill and sawdust just is awesome.
You are very industrious and you find ingenious ideas! Great job!
Would it be possible to compress the sawdust into blocks, and would they burn better/longer than loose sawdust?
Or you could make pykrete!
Next video: Mathias will make a wood pellet extruder to compress all the sawdust he made and stored over the years!
A *wooden* wood pellet extruder :D
He could do it too.
I've heard of people making fire starter with saw dust and paraffin wax.
As soon as I saw the tractor I thought, "Oh! No!, not the TRACTOR!!". Then the comments will start with loopy people saying that they didn't sign up for tractor videos, and they're going to relinquish their high priced subscriptions, (they forgot it was free), and the arguments would continue for weeks on end . . . But I need not worry - all the loonies have unsubscribed already, and no one can remember who they were or where they went.
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Wow! Just incredible. Great video Matthias.
Watching the videos with the old basement shop makes me really nostalgic of discovering your channel in late 2009 and watching your videos over and over again for hours. You are one of the biggest influences on getting me into woodworking
Quote: "Oh! This sucks!"
How much would planks like that cost? If you were to buy them?
woodgears.ca/big_bandsaw/plans
In the UK, ash is about £40 per cubic foot. I believe. I might be way off.
No,no I meant planks, boards, like the ones you cut. I bet you saved quite a lot of money.
Taking a quick look online, I'm guessing around $500 USD, given those look to be mostly 2x12x8 boards.
Good stuff, this guy never stops impressing me 👍
Haha what a prototype! Good results, i liked the fact of chopping a part of the band saw frame! Very cool to see it work!
unseasoned timber = good propellor boards
Kiln build for next project?
Air drying works just fine.
I am going to be building a solar kiln to dry the lumber I cut in 30 days rather than a year. I was hoping that Matthias would be building one so that I could see his, oh well.
Holy wow. I have 2" maple boards, been drying for a year this spring. I guess that project will go to next year.
Store them in your house like Matt Cremona does occassionally. Fan and heat help dry immensly
Then you run the risk of case hardening the wood.
Ash makes really attractive wood turnings too. Beautiful wood grain.
as always a good video, look forward to Fridays for the weekend and to see what you are working on next.
Do you regret cheaping out on your casters? :)
I just used a dolly I already had
I intended to use a different dolly with better wheels, but when I put the saw on it, I realized it was too small
Going to build a new dolly with better wheels for mill mode?
Perhaps pneumatic tires would work better in this case unless a 4" hose was hooked up to collect the dust?
I think prior to installing new tires I would try to get rid of the sawdust by sucking it up with some kind of improvised dust collection. Like with a hose that gets clamped where the dust falls down. Would be better than driving with better wheels but still on piles of sawdust.
Tree huggers attacking Matthias in 3.......2.........1.............
I really enjoyed the Mathias video. Very good cut in the trunk of the tree
Hahaha... I've been following you for some time and have never seen this one! You sir come up with some WILD ideas. How you always manage to pull it together blows my mind. One could make a living off a simple PIECE of your creative intellect.
That's great. When did you build your own forklift?
My first thought was "how did you get the tractor out?"
(I am watching with no sound -so it may be explained in the soundtrack)
The tractor lives in the garage. That's why I backed it in.
I just read the description on the homepage ;-)
On the film there hardly looks to be space ! ;-)
Great video By the way!
mohan
My Friend you are Amazing !
Vic from Vancouver , Canada
Seen a lot of these sorts of projects lately. There's a pretty good reason track systems exist for sawmills. You may want to experiment with, in your case specifically, a horizontal stationary (that you can raise and lower but not shift side to side or move forward and back bandsaw and pulling the wood through on an under trolley. It keeps saw dust away from the machine and its a much easier home build than having the saw move-able around the wood. Most people use metal for wheels and tracks but I've got a friend that made his own out of lengths of Mahogany and ironwood scrap that he had lying around. He's got wheels like yours on his log trolley but I'm fairly certain they're a larger diameter.
Love the vids. Keep em coming.
The idea wasn't to build the best sawmill. The idea was to sawmill logs with the least amount of stuff to build for the purpose.
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I'm always cringy when I see someone handle a chainsaw without the necessary protection...
Other than that, Matthias, I love what you do.
Uhm.. Yes it does. But mainly, it helps if you DO know how to handle a chain saw too. Anyone can have an accident.
That is not true. There have been zero deadly chain saw incidences in professional work since they made them mandatory in Germany. The only ones still managing to kill or maim themselves are amateurs. Of course dozens of professionals are still killed by falling trees, reversing machinery and other stupid things.
If you can't be safe running a chainsaw in flip flops and shorts. Then you shouldn't be runing the saw at all. safety is you own judgment and responsibility.
gregory forster That is the dumbest thing I have read in the last several thousand hours of my life. Thank you for making the entire internet less intelligent. Well done.
Skill level is off the charts
Excellent video. I liked the new sawhorse design almost as much as the bandsaw work.
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six haters at the time of this comment.. :)
must be. 16 safety coppers atm. SMH.
I´m sure Matthias doesn´t find himself affected in this way, but I find I feel deeply wounded by every single "thumbs down" which appears beneath one of my humble posts. I´ll post a video and be all happy while the "thumbs ups" slowly mount in number, then one day there´ll be a "thumbs down" and I´ll find myself wondering why at random moments for days. At least with a negative comment you get to find out what it was that the viewer disliked about the video.
they can kiss his Ash...
Your amazingly skilled and creative, a true craftsman. Thank you for the video !
I love the amazing speed with which you are able to work :D
You forgot too say "timmmbbeerrr" ... what would Mr Wranglerstar say!!
He'd say far too much, that's for sure!
+Matthias Wandel sweet burn!
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Nice to see history in the making.
Neat concept. Sawmilling makes you appreciate how convenient it is to buy ready made lumber cheaply.
As usual you have really good ideas for what, to you anyway with spare trees growing out back, solves the problem. I'm just pleased to have a small plot for flowers. Here in UK land is at a premium, your farm would cost a small fortune. Anyway, just love what yu put out, thanks.
It's awesome you're able to make your own boards. I hope to be able to this summer
Love your courage and creativity!
The fast-forward sound is so satisfying 😍
WOW some nice ingenuity you had there! Loved it!