I really admire seeing a father and son work together to build such a useful machine. Great job! That wood your neighbor gave you is beautiful. I hope you make something nice with it. God Bless.
I LIKED YOUR SMILE,. so rewarding.This machine is just what I was looking for. I need to cut strawbales for my home. And i'm confinced this would do the job!
It must have taken no small amounts of enthusiasm & passion to conceive & execute this simple design. Most folks aren't aware of how much can go wrong on this path. There are a good number of fastidious details to address along the way. Projects like this one can remain a "work in progress" for a long time after the fact, as each observation calls to mind several potential solutions. In the end, a thoughtfully refined and efficient machine is fully realized, approaching a level of craftsmanship bordering on artisanry. I believe you are well on your way, and I am just blown away that you had the nerve to pull it off! Excellent on all levels!!
Whenever I go to quickly use my metal chop saw, grinders or drill press without my specs, I automatically say to myself - "One pair of eyes" and it makes me put them on. Great job building a mill. Hope you cover yourselves guys.
congrats! what a nice father and son project! good building and looks like it works great. I agree that monster looks dangerous with no blade guards....
Awesome video, and seems VERY effective at doing its job. If i ever have a space large enough to do something like this I'll definitely build my own instead of spending the thousands it would cost to buy one.
Really nice job you and your father did on band saw. Your welding was real good too. It's not what it looks like as long it does the job and safely...................
fantastic machine!!! you must be very proud of a goos result!!....please make a guard for the blade so that noone gets hurt from the blade slipping off!!....congratulations from australia....!!!
I just noticed the saw is cutting at the slack side of the band blade...should it be cutting at the tight side where the tension would prevent blade drift somewhat?
This is definitely the way to go for an industrial setting, but it doubles the space needed. They can extend this design by adding a longer rail which can be easily levelled, but extending and levelling a rolling carriage for the log would be much harder.
good one!, dont worry about blade guard, just keep fingers and legs away, if blade comes off it stops turning . if u use a bimetal blade you can cut very hard wood Aussie style
Well done! fantastic design! a tutorial video on something like this would be amazing, doubt youd be willing to make another one, but maybe a narrated video with whatever film and pictures you still have? Once again, great work!
Far superior to any of the ideas I have had for making saw dust, and precise too!. I'm still working on a chain table jointer planer saw though. My neigbors say they are nominating me for a Darwin Award!.
Better result if the powered wheel was pulling the blade through as opposed to pushing the blade through. Just a suggestion but hey man this looks awesome! I want to make one of my own. Thanks for posting.
Nice to see some ingenuity. I really feel the should be some kind of guard on as much of the blade band as possible, if the blade were to rupture or come of the rollers it could easily take off a limb. Just a word of caution. Stay safe!
Nice job on the unit , turn some low cost logs into some valuble lumber! I seen a list on how much they want for 12X12 timbers some cost up to $5 a foot for pine.
Looks a lot more efficient than a chainsaw mill. I wouldn't stand on edge to those pulleys without a guard on the ends and top. Watch out for nails and barbwire!
Congrats on the build and having it work as you want. Those larger pieces would make great table tops showing the shape of the actual tree> Take care. mrbluenun
I don't know that much about bandsaw mills, but all the ones I've looked at had some sort of blade lubrication system on them but I didn't seen one on yours. Is there some reason you decided not to install a lube system?
did you work from plans to build the saw or did you "wing it" if plans, where did you get the plans? like the saw , like the wood, pls put guards on it
Hey! That thing is really good. Glad you went with an electric motor too. How long/wide is the blade? how many TPI? Carbide? Need a gaurd and deadman switch for it though. In this case, I think the deadman is literal :)
Great work... Seems to me (probably since I'm already blind in one eye) There should be a board between the blade side and the operator with a plexiglass window for protection if the blade should snap and send pieces of said blade flying.Also i would not want to stand nest to it while in operation only behind. aside from that a great piece of home engineering and home fabrication!!!
Great saw. Seems to work well. as long as only you run it i guess you don't need a blade guard. Any children and pets running around?. Great work. CHEERS
Nice mill, safety should be important to your woodmill. Some safety guards for blades in case they wear and tear and might spring 360• degree and someone might get hurt.
+Andy Morris No, it's not primarily tension - it's the blade guides that keep the blade on the wheels while the saw is cutting into the wood on any given type of bandsaw. What ensures the blade remaining on it's proper position on the spinning wheels however is the blade tracking adjustment. This enables one to tilt one of the wheels rotation axis relative to the other wheel ever so slightly, until the blade remains centered on the wheels while they spin.
needs Guards... else, this is an awesome idea... Also, you can add a seat, and a small kids cycle system, to pedal your way forward, instead of walking awkwardly... and then you can rent it to people who need such slicing to be done
somebody is a god fabricator! but it looked like it took a little bit to much effort to pass through the log, and the blade being wide open scare the crap out of me!.... but good job! it takes some major patience to see through a project like that :)
Excellent job, awesome. I love the electric motor and the fact you can cut anysize log. Can you tell me about it? How many horses etc. I own a gas powered sawmill I'm looking to convert. I also love the that you can cut very large log. I wish you were my neighbor so we could cut logs together and trade boards.
nice work building your saw----My question to you is ( have you ever seen a saw blade break ? ) ????? you should make a blade gaurd for your saw , Safety--is a good thing
Ever thought of placing rails at a decline so the saw will move by gravity? So you do not have to stand so close. You would just need rubber stops at the end and a lower gripping set of wheels to keep it on the tracks.
You can see the adjust mechanics between 0:57- 1:08. I used threated spindle on both sides and a hand wheel. It cost me about 200 $ because I had many part of this. For example the electrical motor, the hollows and the wheels, not included the blades.
Wow that looks like a Monster blade, i bet it can cut the largest lugs ever! u did a great Work, I wish Could share some Plans or blue prints for it, i want to make one for me In Mexico but here is not much of Future jsjsjs!
You and your dad are AWESOME. Not only did you make a great machine, you made a GREAT memory with your father. I'm smiling right along with you.
The smiles on your faces on the first cut was great. All those efforts and it works. What a great feeling. Best of luck.
I really admire seeing a father and son work together to build such a useful machine. Great job! That wood your neighbor gave you is beautiful. I hope you make something nice with it. God Bless.
I LIKED YOUR SMILE,. so rewarding.This machine is just what I was looking for. I need to cut strawbales for my home. And i'm confinced this would do the job!
You can tell its the first cut from the smiles on your faces! Nice job, well done....keep building.
It must have taken no small amounts of enthusiasm & passion to conceive & execute this simple design. Most folks aren't aware of how much can go wrong on this path. There are a good number of fastidious details to address along the way. Projects like this one can remain a "work in progress" for a long time after the fact, as each observation calls to mind several potential solutions. In the end, a thoughtfully refined and efficient machine is fully realized, approaching a level of craftsmanship bordering on artisanry. I believe you are well on your way, and I am just blown away that you had the nerve to pull it off!
Excellent on all levels!!
I've watched a lot of different videos of people building their own bandsaw. This is the best I've ever seen
Thank You :)
Ez nagyszerű ! Sikerült összehoznotok kevés pénzből egy nagyon hasznos masinát. Gratulálok mindkettőtöknek.
Whenever I go to quickly use my metal chop saw, grinders or drill press without my specs, I automatically say to myself - "One pair of eyes" and it makes me put them on. Great job building a mill. Hope you cover yourselves guys.
You guys are two studs! That is so cool and so well executed.
Wow, incredible piece of engineering. It's worth all the hard work especially on the last piece, black walnut according to a comment. Just beautiful.
bloody fantastic you and your dad did a great job. Thanks for the film
Great Stuff,it looks and works great. Your father and your self should be proud of yourselves
congrats! what a nice father and son project! good building and looks like it works great.
I agree that monster looks dangerous with no blade guards....
very impressive for homemade stuff. The cut look neat on the last pictures
Awesome video, and seems VERY effective at doing its job. If i ever have a space large enough to do something like this I'll definitely build my own instead of spending the thousands it would cost to buy one.
I think for what you have, it is one fine little gizzmo sawmill!
Really nice job you and your father did on band saw. Your welding was real good too. It's not what it looks like as long it does the job and safely...................
GREAT JOB! POWER LIMITS THE CUTTING SPEED, WATER WILL COOL THE BLADE AND ADD LUBRICATION WITH DISH DETERGENT! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
A pair of 'Bosses' ! Father and Son, that is where it's at.
fantastic machine!!! you must be very proud of a goos result!!....please make a guard for the blade so that noone gets hurt from the blade slipping off!!....congratulations from australia....!!!
everybody's an expert. You guys are amazing. Great job!
Does the job just fine! Well done.
the shape of a tree in the slab. beautiful!
I just noticed the saw is cutting at the slack side of the band blade...should it be cutting at the tight side where the tension would prevent blade drift somewhat?
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looks like it cuts really nice. good job!
This is definitely the way to go for an industrial setting, but it doubles the space needed. They can extend this design by adding a longer rail which can be easily levelled, but extending and levelling a rolling carriage for the log would be much harder.
Super gebaut! Gutes währt lange, auch der VEM Motor! Beim ausprobieren steht euch aber die Freude in das Gesicht geschrieben, schön.
eszméletlen ötlet :)
rengeteg minden készíthető vele. Gratula az ötletért és a kivitelezésért!
People love bandsaws and seeing wood cut according to view count.
That was a hard work!!! Great job ! Now just play !
good one!, dont worry about blade guard, just keep fingers and legs away, if blade comes off it stops turning . if u use a bimetal blade you can cut very hard wood Aussie style
No guard! You guys are brave!
Nice job men, reminds me of mine. Top notch.
much better then the other one on youtube ...good job!
Thinking the same about safety. Be careful guys. I want one
Well done! fantastic design! a tutorial video on something like this would be amazing, doubt youd be willing to make another one, but maybe a narrated video with whatever film and pictures you still have? Once again, great work!
Basic but effective! Well done.
Far superior to any of the ideas I have had for making saw dust, and precise too!. I'm still working on a chain table jointer planer saw though. My neigbors say they are nominating me for a Darwin Award!.
very nice, you need a guard tho, your band breaks its going to come around like a whip, plus some kind of sweeper to keep your track and wheels clean
wow, got an awesome dad!
Better result if the powered wheel was pulling the blade through as opposed to pushing the blade through. Just a suggestion but hey man this looks awesome! I want to make one of my own. Thanks for posting.
So awesome evening the youngin wants to try it! Great job.
Мужик - умница: золотые руки.
Nice to see some ingenuity. I really feel the should be some kind of guard on as much of the blade band as possible, if the blade were to rupture or come of the rollers it could easily take off a limb.
Just a word of caution. Stay safe!
Excellent machine made by a real craftsman. Get some guards around it though; as that blade could do a lot of damage to someone if it snapped.
Nice job on the unit , turn some low cost logs into some valuble lumber! I seen a list on how much they want for 12X12 timbers some cost up to $5 a foot for pine.
I like the chain drive heigth adjustment
looks wonderful, well done !
hacen falta muchos viejos asi. Son una maravilla. los felicito
Looks a lot more efficient than a chainsaw mill. I wouldn't stand on edge to those pulleys without a guard on the ends and top. Watch out for nails and barbwire!
isnt it dangerous for that blade to spin without some safety cover, in case it snaps or something?
Nice project! how much did you get into it?
Do not operate it under the influence of alcohol.
looks good, well done
Good job fella's, be careful!, very inventive!
Congrats on the build and having it work as you want.
Those larger pieces would make great table tops showing the shape of the actual tree>
Take care.
mrbluenun
I don't know that much about bandsaw mills, but all the ones I've looked at had some sort of blade lubrication system on them but I didn't seen one on yours. Is there some reason you decided not to install a lube system?
Awesome project to do, I want one!
Great video! Thanks for sharing.
did you work from plans to build the saw or did you "wing it"
if plans, where did you get the plans?
like the saw , like the wood, pls put guards on it
Hey! That thing is really good. Glad you went with an electric motor too. How long/wide is the blade? how many TPI? Carbide?
Need a gaurd and deadman switch for it though. In this case, I think the deadman is literal :)
Nice, good job guys!
Very nice, great job!
Wow ! very nice and good jobs brothers . i want try .
how long did it take you to get those wheels lined up so the blade didn't want to keep falling off?
I sent the wheels to a machine shop to turn them perfectly round on a big lathe.
I think the title should be How I made a bandsaw mill with $10,000 worth of machine shop tools.
Great work... Seems to me (probably since I'm already blind in one eye) There should be a board between the blade side and the operator with a plexiglass window for protection if the blade should snap and send pieces of said blade flying.Also i would not want to stand nest to it while in operation only behind. aside from that a great piece of home engineering and home fabrication!!!
Very nice, simple yet dose a great job
Great saw. Seems to work well. as long as only you run it
i guess you don't need a blade guard. Any children and
pets running around?. Great work.
CHEERS
Nice mill, safety should be important to your woodmill. Some safety guards for blades in case they wear and tear and might spring 360• degree and someone might get hurt.
Nice work how much length of your bandsaw blade bro
what keeps the blade from coming off the wheels?
Andy Morris Tension I would imagine.
+Andy Morris No, it's not primarily tension - it's the blade guides that keep the blade on the wheels while the saw is cutting into the wood on any given type of bandsaw. What ensures the blade remaining on it's proper position on the spinning wheels however is the blade tracking adjustment. This enables one to tilt one of the wheels rotation axis relative to the other wheel ever so slightly, until the blade remains centered on the wheels while they spin.
tension
Hi. I'm designing a bandsaw for green log cutting. Have poplar up to 600mm diameter to mill. What spec blade should I use?
needs Guards...
else, this is an awesome idea...
Also, you can add a seat, and a small kids cycle system, to pedal your way forward, instead of walking awkwardly...
and then you can rent it to people who need such slicing to be done
Nice job guys well done
If I were you guys I would wear some chainsaw chaps and leather gloves as if that blade snagged and snapped without a blade guard oh sweet jesus...
Fantastic! what a great ability, i wish i had one of those!
Nice machine, I will make one sometime !
really first class
well done
somebody is a god fabricator! but it looked like it took a little bit to much effort to pass through the log, and the blade being wide open scare the crap out of me!.... but good job! it takes some major patience to see through a project like that :)
Excellent job, awesome. I love the electric motor and the fact you can cut anysize log. Can you tell me about it? How many horses etc. I own a gas powered sawmill I'm looking to convert. I also love the that you can cut very large log. I wish you were my neighbor so we could cut logs together and trade boards.
Nice mill!!
nice work building your saw----My question to you is ( have you ever seen a saw blade break ? ) ????? you should make a blade gaurd for your saw , Safety--is a good thing
ez egy egyszerü gatter,tetszik !
Nice work, but you need a 1.3 tpi blade, for a better feed, if you have 7.5 h.p. , congratulations.
Ever thought of placing rails at a decline so the saw will move by gravity? So you do not have to stand so close. You would just need rubber stops at the end and a lower gripping set of wheels to keep it on the tracks.
Are those wooden end tables used for the wheels?
Great job, some guards might be a good idea though.
Congratulations, a very good work. What brand is your metal lathe?
how do you adjust the height of the cut i would have liked to see that . how much did this project cost you ???
You can see the adjust mechanics between 0:57- 1:08. I used threated spindle on both sides and a hand wheel. It cost me about 200 $ because I had many part of this. For example the electrical motor, the hollows and the wheels, not included the blades.
good job,
How many HP is that moter ?
perfect cut, good job!
Nagyon szép munka! Csak így tovább !
Nice job!!!
Great Job!
menyiből lehet ezt kihozni? egyébként helyileg merre van ha esetleg megakarnám nézni?
Wow that looks like a Monster blade, i bet it can cut the largest lugs ever! u did a great Work, I wish Could share some Plans or blue prints for it, i want to make one for me In Mexico but here is not much of Future jsjsjs!
класс! но есть минусы, 1. нет зашиты и 2. скорость маловата. В целом отлично!!!
Damn nice work!
good job man i like it