I never tire of watching good old American ingenuity at work! That's an awesome sawmill, Jerry, and you made it yourself. I'm very impressed with this sawmill, and I hope that it serves you well for many years to come! Bravo, Jerry!
Bless You for showing us your build! I don't care what anyone says...your build (DIY) is the perfect example of utilizing the gifts that Our Creator put into You!! Blessings!!
Jerry, I think I've seen most all the homemade mill videos out there, till now. You have a nice way of explaining your process and thankfully don't edit out the mistakes or errors. You aren't embarrassed by them, nor should you be. I'm in the process of designing a portable trailer and will incorporate some of the things I've learned here. Thank you very much for the video
I'm amazed with the knowledge and talent you have my friend. You are a prime example that if you put your mind to a project you can get it done. God bless.. Till next time.🇺🇸🌹❤️
Looks like a good home built sawmill. I am getting ready to start building my own sawmill. You give me a lot of good ideals on how i want to build my sawmill. Hope you have good luck sawing.
You're a man of many talents or just a lateral thinker! The enjoyment I get from watching you repair guitars is immense but this is just proof that you can turn you hand to anything, sadly a trait that seems to be lacking in todays world!
Rosa string works, great job on the mill. I'm not sure if you're having any more problems with blade drift but I noticed that you have your drive belt on what usually is the free wheeling pulley (left side), I did the same thing on my first build and realized that the saw blade is being pushed into the log instead of being pulled through the log. when I changed the belt to the other pulley (right side) and now it really doesn't drift at all. Nice video and mill.
Jay Pee thank you I realize that now, but I don't know how I'm going to change it because the other side is the movable side. It would be a pain to change at this point.
I use to build portable sawmills in Ellington missouri, company is baker products. It was my most favorite job. I've moved on to better paying gigs but I sure do miss fabrication of metal to work wood. Very satisfying stuff. Good video
I have relatives in Ellington, MO. Spent a lot of time there as a child. Killed the first deer ever taken in Reynolds county with a bow there (according the cons. agent anyway). probably abut 1968. I was only 14 years old. My great grand parents, both sides, my grandmother, and my great uncle all lived there, not to mention a cousin or two.
Your a get up and go sort of a guy, glad I can watch you doing interesting things while I breakfast on toast and coffee ... keep up the good work, good to see you tackle all the trials and tribulations and make this thing work ...
I noticed a left and right dance of the whole square frame which holds the engine, on back . It seems like you need an x-shape structure on the top, to keep the structure from shimmy-from twisting back and forth, as you’re cutting the log. You’re doing a great job, engineering and designing it!
Boy, you're a real jack of all trades. I'm quite similar myself, and have a small machine and woodworking shop. I've done many things from restoring an old baby grand piano, to building log splitters and cars. This is way better than watching the boring stuff they have on T.V. these days.
Be sure to watch part 2 and part 3 of The Sawmill. Part 2 I completely rebuild the saw 180 degrees to improve the performance. In part 3 I saw some really nice to Eastern Cedar
This is a project I'd love to tackle....simply cant afford it at the moment...Have had the same idea for a few years ... I'd probably never go in the house again if I had a bandsaw mill.....I have 62 acres that would rather quickly become void of trees....lol....OK maybe not the entire tract but I guarantee you I'd thin the woodlands quite a bit around the homestead here....Thank you for sharing this.... this video will surely be a great asset if and when I ever get to my own project !
Great job on your mill build! I also build my mill from scratch and I have posted videos of building it. I came across one of my videos a few weeks back posted form a guy that goes by Jeffrey Fernandez. He was taking credit for my video and building my mill, I filed a complaint with youtube to take my video off his page and they did, When I was looking at his page I noticed one of your videos that he had copied along with many other home build mills videos from youtube. The guy even took my video and re edited it a little bit and wrote a new description about it. I just wanted to let you know because you should be getting the views for your hard work building your mill not Jeffrey Fernandez. Thanks Michael.
+Joe Romo thank you very much. In part 2 I completely rebuild the saw a hundred and eighty degrees. In part 3 I saw some nice red cedar. Thanks for watching.
I'd give multiple thumbs up if possible. I look forward to following your mill progress. I've plans of building one myself and appreciate you sharing your experiences, good and bad.
There are two more videos on this machine. In the second one I completely rebuilt the machine 180°. On the third one I'm cutting some really nice red cedar.
I just love saw mills. Some locktite on those threads will keep them from vibrating loose. You will need to turn yourself some metal "v" groove wheels for in cold weather hauling a bump will crack that hard plastic. Great project and great video, thanks for sharing.
I tried Loctite several times. It wouldn't hold. I rebuilt The Sawmill in part 2 180° and I recut those threads to left handed. The wheels are not plastic. They are steel V groove Wheels. Thanks for watching.
You should move the motor closer to the center. Put on a drive belt that hangs loosely. Then add a tensioner pulley with a control arm to engage and disengage the drive belt. It will give the drive belt more power to the blade wheel and give you more control. It will also balance out the entire rig.
Wow! Caught this video as I was flying through the kitchen...always have to check to see if I am missing something...sure enough! Jerry, what a huge, but great project for you. Don't be discouraged with the little 'final touches', it will iron out and come together just fine. Then you will be getting it more automated. Next you'll be thinking on a solar kiln! And then, and then, and then...... Good job!!!
Just some thoughts on your mill. 1st you did a great job! If you weld some angle braces in the upper carriage and base, you can make it more rigid! Also the guides, if you use a guide that has a top and bottom to it, it will help hold the blade flat and true.
bob mccann in part 2 I rebuilt the saw 180 degrees.. there is no way at all to put braces in there that doesn't interfere with the log passing through or they raising mechanism. I've tried every conceivable way. In part 3 you can see that I'm selling some nice Cedar.
You do good work. Everything looks straight , square, and pretty well thought out design. The welds look good as well. The video is from 2 years back so I figure you solved the self-loosening screws...I have 2 or 3 suggestions for that problem. The quickest and cheapest is probably LocTite, or you could go with nylon inserted lock nuts, or double nut it...tighten the nut and run another against it and tighten them against one another. Left handed nuts and bolts are available but will they be the day that nut drops into high grass and disappears forever? Great project.
In part 2 I completely rebuild the saw 180° which also allowed me to put in left-handed threads on the bolts and that kept them tight. I'm part 3 I saw some red cedar which was really nice.
Very impressive, nice build. If I may make a suggestion, On your elevation motor, use a larger sprocket if possible to change your ratio causing the chain to move faster.
Don't be too discouraged,,, you designed and built your own working saw mill, anyone who comments negatively most likely has never built anything EVER in their life, you did 😎 awesome
It's a nice unit! I notice that the Gantry racks back and forth from side to side. If you add a shaft across the bottom with a sprocket on each side with a stationary bike chain on each side it will stop all that then you can true it up by adjusting the chain at each end with threaded eye bolts.
The problem with cross bracing is that it gets in the way of the log. I tried a million different ways and nothing works real well. I did finally come up with a method that work pretty good. I don't really go into it much I don't think but check out Parts 2 and part 3
@@RosaStringWorks Look at the way a drafting table's straight edge is cabled. Another solution to tracking is to use either pipe for tracks or angle iron set point skyward with pairs of wheels at each corner of the carriage set perpendicular to each other. This uses the precision of the bearing in it's bearing direction to maintain track on both axis (up/down and side/side). That alone should negate any need to run cables to maintain perpendicularity of the blade since perpendicular isn't as important as just a stable run. I'm also thinking that keeping sawdust buildup off those tracks would help and I'm anticipating fabricating skirts to hang over the wheels and tracks, one on each side and mounting brushes to clear the tracks as the carriage advances. I'm waiting to start my build until everybody else screws theirs up and uploads the videos so I can see everything I'll need to injure near butter and avoid cutting the neighbors' pets and kids in half. Maybe I'll luck out and just take out the neighbor and the orphans won't ever think to lawyer up... Crap! There's still the wife! And I was almost ready to start cutting material!
Very good video and great work. I have started my build on my unit and I will be using a lot of your design, especially the raising of the unit for cut size. much better than the cable stuff I have seen on other researches I have done. I will be watching as you progress to your final product. Great job sir.
Awesome mill. My only tweet I can recommend is to make a cross brace horizontally above the engine just about where that handle is where u push from. Ur guide bearing that fell off could perhaps use a flat washer to the back and “lock-tite” on the threads to prevent it going loose again.
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Nice saw...maybe a few cross braces on the head to help keep it from racking as you push it. My buddy has a home built one as well, he rigged up a water/soap drip on it. slowly drips water with a little dish soap on the blade, cuts better, easier to push and saves the blade from gumming up. Loctite 620 will keep that bolt in place.
40cleco thank you very much. I have scratched my brain out trying to find a way to put cross braces on it but they are all get in the way of something. I definitely will be putting a drip on it. I just haven't had time yet. Plus the Walnut log was absolutely saturated with water.
I had the same thoughts as 40cleco, but could also see the issues that were a problem for you. I'd noticed the wobble of the frame & thought it needed some diagonal bracing to stabilize the traveling frame, but where could you put them to not be in the way. I've used short pieces of EMT conduit to make short, diagonal braces. Just cut it to a size which may not interfere with it's operation, flatten the ends a short distance with a press, then drill holes in the flattened part & bolt diagonally across a corner that, hopefully, won't be in the way. They do not need to be that long. Just long enough to stabilize the corners. Otherwise, your machine looks like a piece of art. Well done, and good luck, Sir.
change the drive so it pulls the blade thru the wood not push, big difference. i bought a used diy mill and fought the same problems....reversing the drive pulley to the other side fixed everything. look at all commercial mills.
Rosa String I thank you for sharing your ideas and by the way very good ideas I say that I love the background place you have in your video I guess it is part of the field of your home congratulations
It is a lot of work to build your own mill and working the bugs out afterwards is a little stressful but you did great job building yours. Mine is still a work of progress . If I can be of any help give me shout. Great job
Larry Downes thank you very much. Part 2 and part 3 show how it works now after I completely rebuilt it. I reversed everything a hundred and eighty degrees. Thank you for watching.
+Glenn Sparks I have a part 2 Anna part 3 out and in part 2 I completely rebuilt the whole saw 180 degrees. And it works even better. In part 3 I have it pretty well perfected and it's swollen some real nice Cedarwood. Thanks for watching.
I like your saw its a strong built i see that you need a longer base towards the front and the back so your saw will not wiggle right and left (i see when you cut its wiggling...the cut will turn smoother you wont see aggression,and become easy on the guides,you'll need screws with more teeth per inch for the guides with spring lock for vibrations,your work is very good after all good luck
Really love this design. It's the closest I've seen to the one that's still in my head :D I've finally got all the stuff together this weekend so I will be posting my own build soon. Some of the challenges that I have tho are that I live on a hill in Tennessee so there are NO flat spots. Also I bought a mostly put together rig from someone in the hopes of expediting my project but after I got it home and looked at it closer, I came to realize I'm going to have to do a lot of repair and redesign. The only thing I'm trying to add to mine that you don't already have is some kind of side ramp/lift since I don't have a big tractor and can't afford one. Good job! I liked and subscribed. Looking forward to updates.
Eddie Mckie thank you very much. Believe it or not. I took it completely apart and completely rebuilt it 180 degrees opposite of everything you'll see in an update down the road that it works much better.
Building stuff cuz you can is great. Your work and ingenuity amazes me. But I would argue that the time, tool costs, materials and construction setbacks end up costing more than just buying a well engineered and built bandsaw mill. But that's just my opinion. I'll do my thing and marvel at you doing yours!
She parked to where I completely rebuilt the saw 180 degrees. And see part 3 where I cut some really nice Cedar. My son has been using it as of late to cut a lot of white oak.
Again, I'm amazed. I'm pretty good but I can't see myself taking on a project of that complexity when I have the resources to just buy one. I expect you got pleasure and satisfaction out of successfully building one, because why else?! Thanks for the video. There is definitely something to be gained by just seeing it done and applying those thought provoking ideas to my own fabrication projects.
Cool. I will be sure to watch. I fell a tree or two (including Cedar; see video on my channel) and have taken to a local guy with a mill. I want to build one myself so I can saw my own lumber.
They're nice to have. I will warn you they're more expensive to build than you probably would expect. And it's a lot more work than you would imagine cutting your own Lumber. In hindsight I will tell you it's definitely cheaper and easier to take it somewhere and have it sawn. But I have a large farm with more than 200 Acres of woods and I'm always sawing trees down so it seems to make sense but it is a heck of a lot of work. Thank goodness I have a bobcat to lift the logs.
Boudreau Guitars yes it is great wood. We are very lucky because we have a bunch of huge walnut trees on the farm. We've also got some very large Cedar. We have some very large Sycamore. And tons of various kinds of Oak as well as Hickory and a few other types.
Every one should own a sawmill at least once. No sense in going through life completely happy.Seriously. That looks like a good sawmill. Every thing has a few bugs at the beginning.
And that my friend is how you do it, nice work great vid. Welcome to the ( I built my own sawmill club) Feels almost as good as building that first guitar and hearing it for the first time.
Southeastern Ohio Homestead thank you very kindly. It does work pretty well. Believe it or not, I tore it completely apart and am reworking it so that it'll be better. Hopefully!
I understand completely. I want to do away with my cable lift and change to lead screws like yours. Mine is fine for making barn slats and bridge boards but its far from where i want it to be accuracy wise.
Southeastern Ohio Homestead the screw works pretty good. It is kind of slow. But the biggest problem I ran into was that the screw wasn't straight enough. So be sure to get a very straight screw, or be able to straighten it yourself.
That's very cool Jerry. Takes a while to work out the bugs. I've been thinking about building a resaw but that's a far as it's gotten. Was thinking I'd need four corner adjusters but you've proven two would work.
From what I could see your carriage need stiffening up which is easy to do, the other thing is getting some lubricant/ cooling fluid to the blade, after much research and trial and error I find transmission fluid to the best, I'm talking about a drip every few seconds. Just my two cents worth !! Good luck !
Boy that is a dandy!! now my question is this. where is the video of you cutting the thread's on those lift rods!!! :) nothing wrong with the slow up and down, as you gain experience you could always put a different thread on it, say an acme or the like, I am wanting to make a saw mill and your design looks great. Now can you send me some sassafras root out here to New Mexico!! I love making sassafras tea. Keep the videos coming I really enjoyed watching them
as I was watching you pushing the saw through the log I saw some wiggle waggle, left to right. I suggest some cross bracing so you can push from one side and it stays square.
So what your saying is that your going to start the engine, with and electric starter motor, and your going to use and winch motor, to raise the whole assemble up and down, but does the winch motor not have a reverse reverse already build into it. Did you buy your blade wheels? Also your engine is going to offset the front heavy weight is it not. Keep up the good work love it see come together. And I think the engine size, is just right as a motor, would have to be a little bigger, I think to run that saw.
+Paul Koomen I don't know if you've seen part 2 and part 3 yet but in part 2 I rebuilt the saw 180 degrees around. In part 3 I'm sewing some real nice cedar boards. Thanks for watching.
Nice build.. I made the same pushing the blade mistake instead of pulling the blade through on my initial build... I see you corrected it though in your other videos...
another thing.. that half rotten walnut is amazing stuff..when it sits a few yrs like that..the color normalizes and bleeds all together..very pretty stuff.diesnt hurt it a bit sittin 2 or 3 yrs.it kindv replicates steaming.. my favorite is spalted maple..or spalted wormy hard maple..youll save a ton of money on inlay stock owning a mill.. next project...solar kiln..lol
We've got quite a bit of Walnut here on the farm. We also have some good Sycamore, alot of Oak, and some pretty big Cedar. There's also various other kinds that might turn into some decent wood. I will be making a debarker. I will also be making a Kiln.
Looks like the blade tension needs to be much tighter. The balde should have specs on optimal tension, should help cut faster and cleaner. Nice work on the build!
I never tire of watching good old American ingenuity at work! That's an awesome sawmill, Jerry, and you made it yourself. I'm very impressed with this sawmill, and I hope that it serves you well for many years to come! Bravo, Jerry!
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Bless You for showing us your build! I don't care what anyone says...your build (DIY) is the perfect example of utilizing the gifts that Our Creator put into You!! Blessings!!
Jerry, I think I've seen most all the homemade mill videos out there, till now. You have a nice way of explaining your process and thankfully don't edit out the mistakes or errors. You aren't embarrassed by them, nor should you be. I'm in the process of designing a portable trailer and will incorporate some of the things I've learned here. Thank you very much for the video
It's really awesome you didn't edit out issues. So we can all learn, find solutions and rethink adjustment & designs
Congratulations! That is a real accomplishment. Debugging and design revisions will always be a part of machine building.
Jim Grewe that is for sure. Thank you for watching.
That is the best home built saw I've seen so far, as far as simplicity and functionality.
Great build and will suit most home millers.
Check out Matthew Cremona's mill. Of course it's probably 10 times the cost of this machine.
I've made a bridge out of ebony for my cheap ukulele. Couldn't have done it without your videos. Thanks!
I'm amazed with the knowledge and talent you have my friend. You are a prime example that if you put your mind to a project you can get it done. God bless.. Till next time.🇺🇸🌹❤️
Looks like a good home built sawmill. I am getting ready to start building my own sawmill. You give me a lot of good ideals on how i want to build my sawmill. Hope you have good luck sawing.
Any progress? Did you get a sawmill built?
You're a man of many talents or just a lateral thinker! The enjoyment I get from watching you repair guitars is immense but this is just proof that you can turn you hand to anything, sadly a trait that seems to be lacking in todays world!
ozmid40scouple when you grow up without much money I figured out how to do what you got to do. thank you very kindly.
Rosa string works, great job on the mill. I'm not sure if you're having any more problems with blade drift but I noticed that you have your drive belt on what usually is the free wheeling pulley (left side), I did the same thing on my first build and realized that the saw blade is being pushed into the log instead of being pulled through the log. when I changed the belt to the other pulley (right side) and now it really doesn't drift at all. Nice video and mill.
Jay Pee thank you I realize that now, but I don't know how I'm going to change it because the other side is the movable side. It would be a pain to change at this point.
I use to build portable sawmills in Ellington missouri, company is baker products. It was my most favorite job. I've moved on to better paying gigs but I sure do miss fabrication of metal to work wood. Very satisfying stuff. Good video
I have relatives in Ellington, MO. Spent a lot of time there as a child. Killed the first deer ever taken in Reynolds county with a bow there (according the cons. agent anyway). probably abut 1968. I was only 14 years old. My great grand parents, both sides, my grandmother, and my great uncle all lived there, not to mention a cousin or two.
@@RosaStringWorks interesting, I may know your relatives. It's a small community as you are aware.
Your a get up and go sort of a guy, glad I can watch you doing interesting things while I breakfast on toast and coffee ... keep up the good work, good to see you tackle all the trials and tribulations and make this thing work ...
rab woody thank you very much.
I noticed a left and right dance of the whole square frame which holds the engine, on back . It seems like you need an x-shape structure on the top, to keep the structure from shimmy-from twisting back and forth, as you’re cutting the log. You’re doing a great job, engineering and designing it!
Boy, you're a real jack of all trades. I'm quite similar myself, and have a small machine and woodworking shop. I've done many things from restoring an old baby grand piano, to building log splitters and cars. This is way better than watching the boring stuff they have on T.V. these days.
Be sure to watch part 2 and part 3 of The Sawmill. Part 2 I completely rebuild the saw 180 degrees to improve the performance. In part 3 I saw some really nice to Eastern Cedar
Yes, I've watched them all, and it sure is working better now.
That’s really impressive , even for Batman .Nice work Sir .
If we were neighbours we'd have alot of fun . I think your doing a outstanding job
burton landkaster I'm sure we would. Thank you very much for watching. I just cut a bunch of large Cedar Logs. I plan to mail them up right away.
Awesome, as usual, Jerry ! Glad to see the polarity switch worked out for you.
Holy smokes. a man of many talents! Enjoy your videos.
My 2 yr old grandson is fascinated watching all this :-)
Despite the setbacks, it's a nice rig. No doubt by now you have made all the necessary refinements to ensure its use is superb.
+Kevin Cossentine thank you very much. In part 2 I completely rebuilt The Sawmill 180°. In part 3 I saw some very nice red cedar.
Will have to check that out. Thanks and you're welcome. :-)
This is a project I'd love to tackle....simply cant afford it at the moment...Have had the same idea for a few years ... I'd probably never go in the house again if I had a bandsaw mill.....I have 62 acres that would rather quickly become void of trees....lol....OK maybe not the entire tract but I guarantee you I'd thin the woodlands quite a bit around the homestead here....Thank you for sharing this.... this video will surely be a great asset if and when I ever get to my own project !
Thank you very much.
I think you have done a great job with the mill so far..
ncautoman57 thank you.
Great job on your mill build! I also build my mill from scratch and I have posted videos of building it.
I came across one of my videos a few weeks back posted form a guy that goes by Jeffrey Fernandez.
He was taking credit for my video and building my mill, I filed a complaint with youtube to take my video off his page and they did, When I was looking at his page I noticed one of your videos that he had copied along with many other home build mills videos from youtube. The guy even took my video and re edited it a little bit and wrote a new description about it.
I just wanted to let you know because you should be getting the views for your hard work building your mill not Jeffrey Fernandez. Thanks Michael.
Patience seems to pay off for you and your band saw. Pretty cool operation. Love it.
+Joe Romo thank you very much. In part 2 I completely rebuild the saw a hundred and eighty degrees. In part 3 I saw some nice red cedar. Thanks for watching.
I'd give multiple thumbs up if possible. I look forward to following your mill progress. I've plans of building one myself and appreciate you sharing your experiences, good and bad.
In part to I completely rebuilt the saw 180 degrees be sure to check that out. In part three I cut some very nice Cedar.
Thank you. I will.
This is great. Good on ya.
I can't think of a way to stop the rotational "wobble" but I'm sure you will with enough time with her.
There are two more videos on this machine. In the second one I completely rebuilt the machine 180°. On the third one I'm cutting some really nice red cedar.
no guts no glory.thank you for your courage
Karl Knapstein thank you for taking a look. Part 2 and part 3 are out now. The mill was completely rebuilt.
another person that weld with out removing rust and millscale. WOW!
I just love saw mills. Some locktite on those threads will keep them from vibrating loose. You will need to turn yourself some metal "v" groove wheels for in cold weather hauling a bump will crack that hard plastic. Great project and great video, thanks for sharing.
I tried Loctite several times. It wouldn't hold. I rebuilt The Sawmill in part 2 180° and I recut those threads to left handed. The wheels are not plastic. They are steel V groove Wheels. Thanks for watching.
You should move the motor closer to the center. Put on a drive belt that hangs loosely. Then add a tensioner pulley with a control arm to engage and disengage the drive belt. It will give the drive belt more power to the blade wheel and give you more control. It will also balance out the entire rig.
man ur making me emotional jerry this old guy i knew he enjoyed making mchines and and repairing them but this for some reson just hits me right
red rum thank you.
I learn lot from watching a project like this. Thanks
for a home made saw ............. I like it. Nice job. Wow .... that does move down SLOWLY
What a talented bloke you are mate that's some machine.thanks from Darlington uk
mozzajayjc thank you.
Hi Jerry ! As Cat Stevens and Rod Stewart once said : "The first cut is the deepest" !!! Congrats.
That’s quite a project. I’m sure that will come in real handy.
Dale Palmer thank you. I've already got more projects planned than I can shake a stick at.
Wow! Mr. Rosa you are just amazing! You are a Gentleman Farmer/ Engineer now. Were you an engineer in your professional life? You must have been!
Good video. Jerry you are a man of all trades. Is there anything you can't make? lol. You are blessed to be so talented
Thomas Tommy thank you very kindly.
Something to be proud of and i am certain you have the skills to make the small improvements. What a great creation though. TY for showing
Gettin er done. It’s all trial and air. Beats sitting at the kitchen table talking about buying one.
Reel McCoy mentioned your site for us to come over to and check out. I'm glad he did. Very interesting. Thanks.
+Ghil Reese thank you very much.
Wow! Caught this video as I was flying through the kitchen...always have to check to see if I am missing something...sure enough! Jerry, what a huge, but great project for you. Don't be discouraged with the little 'final touches', it will iron out and come together just fine. Then you will be getting it more automated. Next you'll be thinking on a solar kiln! And then, and then, and then...... Good job!!!
BarbedStar yes a kiln his in the near future that's for sure. Thank you very much for watching.
Just some thoughts on your mill. 1st you did a great job! If you weld some angle braces in the upper carriage and base, you can make it more rigid! Also the guides, if you use a guide that has a top and bottom to it, it will help hold the blade flat and true.
bob mccann in part 2 I rebuilt the saw 180 degrees.. there is no way at all to put braces in there that doesn't interfere with the log passing through or they raising mechanism. I've tried every conceivable way. In part 3 you can see that I'm selling some nice Cedar.
I love it! I’m in the ozarks too. I’m about to build my sawmill, scouting parts out now.
You do good work. Everything looks straight , square, and pretty well thought out design. The welds look good as well. The video is from 2 years back so I figure you solved the self-loosening screws...I have 2 or 3 suggestions for that problem. The quickest and cheapest is probably LocTite, or you could go with nylon inserted lock nuts, or double nut it...tighten the nut and run another against it and tighten them against one another. Left handed nuts and bolts are available but will they be the day that nut drops into high grass and disappears forever? Great project.
In part 2 I completely rebuild the saw 180° which also allowed me to put in left-handed threads on the bolts and that kept them tight. I'm part 3 I saw some red cedar which was really nice.
Great build! I am about 3/4 thru with mine. It seems simple until you start to build one!!
1rustytree that is a fact. Good luck to you my friend.
Very impressive, nice build. If I may make a suggestion, On your elevation motor, use a larger sprocket if possible to change your ratio causing the chain to move faster.
Don't be too discouraged,,, you designed and built your own working saw mill, anyone who comments negatively most likely has never built anything EVER in their life, you did 😎 awesome
There are several other videos on it and I improved it as I went it works great now
It's a nice unit! I notice that the Gantry racks back and forth from side to side. If you add a shaft across the bottom with a sprocket on each side with a stationary bike chain on each side it will stop all that then you can true it up by adjusting the chain at each end with threaded eye bolts.
The problem with cross bracing is that it gets in the way of the log. I tried a million different ways and nothing works real well. I did finally come up with a method that work pretty good. I don't really go into it much I don't think but check out Parts 2 and part 3
@@RosaStringWorks Look at the way a drafting table's straight edge is cabled. Another solution to tracking is to use either pipe for tracks or angle iron set point skyward with pairs of wheels at each corner of the carriage set perpendicular to each other. This uses the precision of the bearing in it's bearing direction to maintain track on both axis (up/down and side/side). That alone should negate any need to run cables to maintain perpendicularity of the blade since perpendicular isn't as important as just a stable run.
I'm also thinking that keeping sawdust buildup off those tracks would help and I'm anticipating fabricating skirts to hang over the wheels and tracks, one on each side and mounting brushes to clear the tracks as the carriage advances. I'm waiting to start my build until everybody else screws theirs up and uploads the videos so I can see everything I'll need to injure near butter and avoid cutting the neighbors' pets and kids in half. Maybe I'll luck out and just take out the neighbor and the orphans won't ever think to lawyer up... Crap! There's still the wife! And I was almost ready to start cutting material!
Very good video and great work. I have started my build on my unit and I will be using a lot of your design, especially the raising of the unit for cut size. much better than the cable stuff I have seen on other researches I have done. I will be watching as you progress to your final product. Great job sir.
Perhaps drilling and safety wire would do the trick on anything prone to working loose with vibration. Thanks for the video and the honesty.
Nice job, you're a talented man .
Curious George thank you very much.
Awesome mill. My only tweet I can recommend is to make a cross brace horizontally above the engine just about where that handle is where u push from.
Ur guide bearing that fell off could perhaps use a flat washer to the back and “lock-tite” on the threads to prevent it going loose again.
This guy is amazing.. sure wish he was a neighbor of mine. LOL . Great fun here and enjoyed your project !
Thank you very much.
Obviously much better than chainsaw mill, thanks I want to build my own with this ideas.
Hermoso una obra de arte garcias muchas gracias por compartir tu sabiduria. Hermanos un abrazo gigante sige dando a conocer al mundo tus conocimientos.
Nice saw...maybe a few cross braces on the head to help keep it from racking as you push it. My buddy has a home built one as well, he rigged up a water/soap drip on it. slowly drips water with a little dish soap on the blade, cuts better, easier to push and saves the blade from gumming up. Loctite 620 will keep that bolt in place.
40cleco thank you very much. I have scratched my brain out trying to find a way to put cross braces on it but they are all get in the way of something. I definitely will be putting a drip on it. I just haven't had time yet. Plus the Walnut log was absolutely saturated with water.
I had the same thoughts as 40cleco, but could also see the issues that were a problem for you. I'd noticed the wobble of the frame & thought it needed some diagonal bracing to stabilize the traveling frame, but where could you put them to not be in the way. I've used short pieces of EMT conduit to make short, diagonal braces. Just cut it to a size which may not interfere with it's operation, flatten the ends a short distance with a press, then drill holes in the flattened part & bolt diagonally across a corner that, hopefully, won't be in the way. They do not need to be that long. Just long enough to stabilize the corners. Otherwise, your machine looks like a piece of art. Well done, and good luck, Sir.
change the drive so it pulls the blade thru the wood not push, big difference. i bought a used diy mill and fought the same problems....reversing the drive pulley to the other side fixed everything. look at all commercial mills.
Rosa String I thank you for sharing your ideas and by the way very good ideas I say that I love the background place you have in your video I guess it is part of the field of your home congratulations
It is a lot of work to build your own mill and working the bugs out afterwards is a little stressful but you did great job building yours. Mine is still a work of progress . If I can be of any help give me shout. Great job
Larry Downes thank you very much. Part 2 and part 3 show how it works now after I completely rebuilt it. I reversed everything a hundred and eighty degrees. Thank you for watching.
Are those cooks blade guides? Mine My homemade one's keep burning the bearings out
Larry Downes no I made them myself.
Great design great build. Very impressive.
Gil Lamb thank you very kindly.
That's going to be a nice outfit Jerry! Man, you've been busy!
Kent Owens yes sir. Thank you very much.
your a very smart man to build a machine like that very nice
+nick diaz thank you very much. In part 2 I completely rebuild the saw 180 degrees. In part 3 I saw some very nice red cedar.
Seems to be a very good setup. Congrats
+Glenn Sparks I have a part 2 Anna part 3 out and in part 2 I completely rebuilt the whole saw 180 degrees. And it works even better. In part 3 I have it pretty well perfected and it's swollen some real nice Cedarwood. Thanks for watching.
The proverbial "Jack of all Trades." Now I understand why and how you analyze those guitar repairs.
you do it all Jerry,and thats some pretty lumber
michaeladam caira thank you very much. I've cut quite a bit of lumber with it since. It works real well.
I like your saw its a strong built i see that you need a longer base towards the front and the back so your saw will not wiggle right and left (i see when you cut its wiggling...the cut will turn smoother you wont see aggression,and become easy on the guides,you'll need screws with more teeth per inch for the guides with spring lock for vibrations,your work is very good after all good luck
Thanks for taking a look. In part 2 I completely rebuilt the saw a hundred eighty degrees. In part 3 I cut some really nice red cedar.
Nice job on that saw. Little thing here or there is expected.👍 Impressive
Really love this design. It's the closest I've seen to the one that's still in my head :D I've finally got all the stuff together this weekend so I will be posting my own build soon. Some of the challenges that I have tho are that I live on a hill in Tennessee so there are NO flat spots. Also I bought a mostly put together rig from someone in the hopes of expediting my project but after I got it home and looked at it closer, I came to realize I'm going to have to do a lot of repair and redesign. The only thing I'm trying to add to mine that you don't already have is some kind of side ramp/lift since I don't have a big tractor and can't afford one. Good job! I liked and subscribed. Looking forward to updates.
Eddie Mckie thank you very much. Believe it or not. I took it completely apart and completely rebuilt it 180 degrees opposite of everything you'll see in an update down the road that it works much better.
Building stuff cuz you can is great. Your work and ingenuity amazes me. But I would argue that the time, tool costs, materials and construction setbacks end up costing more than just buying a well engineered and built bandsaw mill. But that's just my opinion. I'll do my thing and marvel at you doing yours!
She parked to where I completely rebuilt the saw 180 degrees. And see part 3 where I cut some really nice Cedar. My son has been using it as of late to cut a lot of white oak.
Again, I'm amazed. I'm pretty good but I can't see myself taking on a project of that complexity when I have the resources to just buy one. I expect you got pleasure and satisfaction out of successfully building one, because why else?!
Thanks for the video. There is definitely something to be gained by just seeing it done and applying those thought provoking ideas to my own fabrication projects.
Hllow sir GOD bless you and 18 horse power machine is made in which Country please reply back
Love it when a plan comes together!
Randy Schartiger thank you. It has all kinds of potential.
Great video.......more of these also.
msapostle thank you very much.
boy i enjoyed that, can't wait for video #2 :) fantastic stuff
charlie ferguson thank you very much.
You put a egg on your shoe and you really. Beat it,..carry on. Jerry ...!!!!!!!!!
Super Cool. Nice job and thanks for sharing the video.
Thank you very much. In part 2 I rebuilt the saw 180 degrees. And part 3 I saw some really nice Cedar.
Cool. I will be sure to watch. I fell a tree or two (including Cedar; see video on my channel) and have taken to a local guy with a mill. I want to build one myself so I can saw my own lumber.
They're nice to have. I will warn you they're more expensive to build than you probably would expect. And it's a lot more work than you would imagine cutting your own Lumber. In hindsight I will tell you it's definitely cheaper and easier to take it somewhere and have it sawn. But I have a large farm with more than 200 Acres of woods and I'm always sawing trees down so it seems to make sense but it is a heck of a lot of work. Thank goodness I have a bobcat to lift the logs.
That's awesome! I love walnut, wonderful wood to work with and smells pretty darn good also.
Boudreau Guitars yes it is great wood. We are very lucky because we have a bunch of huge walnut trees on the farm. We've also got some very large Cedar. We have some very large Sycamore. And tons of various kinds of Oak as well as Hickory and a few other types.
Wow amazing work. I am absolutely at awww! of your work. Great job.
Tele Man65 thank you very much.
rats arsed thanks
The intro music is awesome
Nice saw, that’s so cool, you need to cut some electric guitar body blanks and build something
Every one should own a sawmill at least once. No sense in going through life completely happy.Seriously. That looks like a good sawmill. Every thing has a few bugs at the beginning.
Thanks.
And that my friend is how you do it, nice work great vid. Welcome to the ( I built my own sawmill club) Feels almost as good as building that first guitar and hearing it for the first time.
Southeastern Ohio Homestead thank you very kindly. It does work pretty well. Believe it or not, I tore it completely apart and am reworking it so that it'll be better. Hopefully!
I understand completely. I want to do away with my cable lift and change to lead screws like yours. Mine is fine for making barn slats and bridge boards but its far from where i want it to be accuracy wise.
Oh ya never ever cut frozen logs. Had a sawyer tell me that and I didnt listen and it ruined my new blade in half a cut.
Southeastern Ohio Homestead the screw works pretty good. It is kind of slow. But the biggest problem I ran into was that the screw wasn't straight enough. So be sure to get a very straight screw, or be able to straighten it yourself.
Southeastern Ohio Homestead good to know.
That's very cool Jerry. Takes a while to work out the bugs. I've been thinking about building a resaw but that's a far as it's gotten. Was thinking I'd need four corner adjusters but you've proven two would work.
Dane Nichols thanks for taking a look. Good luck with your resaw.
From what I could see your carriage need stiffening up which is easy to do, the other thing is getting some lubricant/ cooling fluid to the blade, after much research and trial and error I find transmission fluid to the best, I'm talking about a drip every few seconds. Just my two cents worth !! Good luck !
1armedguy I put out a video number two and I did those things and more. Thanks for watching.
Boy that is a dandy!! now my question is this. where is the video of you cutting the thread's on those lift rods!!! :) nothing wrong with the slow up and down, as you gain experience you could always put a different thread on it, say an acme or the like,
I am wanting to make a saw mill and your design looks great.
Now can you send me some sassafras root out here to New Mexico!! I love making sassafras tea.
Keep the videos coming I really enjoyed watching them
+Hilleary Brown I actually bought the large rods already threaded. Those were very expensive. Thanks for watching.
as I was watching you pushing the saw through the log I saw some wiggle waggle, left to right. I suggest some cross bracing so you can push from one side and it stays square.
Talisman1957 been trying to think of a way to cross brace it. Every single way causes a problem. Nothing will work that I can come up with.
Go look at a horizontal band saw and that will give you a bunch of awesome ideas
In part 2 I completely rebuild the saw 180 degrees in part three I cut some very fine Cedar. It works wonderfully we use it all the time.
So what your saying is that your going to start the engine, with and electric starter motor, and your going to use and winch motor, to raise the whole assemble up and down, but does the winch motor not have a reverse reverse already build into it. Did you buy your blade wheels? Also your engine is going to offset the front heavy weight is it not. Keep up the good work love it see come together. And I think the engine size, is just right as a motor, would have to be a little bigger, I think to run that saw.
+Paul Koomen I don't know if you've seen part 2 and part 3 yet but in part 2 I rebuilt the saw 180 degrees around. In part 3 I'm sewing some real nice cedar boards. Thanks for watching.
Nice build.. I made the same pushing the blade mistake instead of pulling the blade through on my initial build... I see you corrected it though in your other videos...
another thing..
that half rotten walnut is amazing stuff..when it sits a few yrs like that..the color normalizes and bleeds all together..very pretty stuff.diesnt hurt it a bit sittin 2 or 3 yrs.it kindv replicates steaming..
my favorite is spalted maple..or spalted wormy hard maple..youll save a ton of money on inlay stock owning a mill..
next project...solar kiln..lol
We've got quite a bit of Walnut here on the farm. We also have some good Sycamore, alot of Oak, and some pretty big Cedar. There's also various other kinds that might turn into some decent wood. I will be making a debarker. I will also be making a Kiln.
Rosa String Works ha..
great minds think alike:)
Good work Gerry. The carriage seems to be flexing side to side. Some cross bracing at the top maybe would stop that.
In part 2 I completely rebuilt the whole saw 180 degrees. In part 3 I saw some real nice red cedar.
Sir good luck with that one
Thats a purty nice grain
Very nice work
Looks like the blade tension needs to be much tighter. The balde should have specs on optimal tension, should help cut faster and cleaner. Nice work on the build!
I like it just fine and just like anything else the bugs will work out, Great Build
In part to I rebuilt the machine 180 degrees. In part 3 I cut some really nice red cedar
GREAT WORK
Hugo Peon thank you very much.
Fantastic machine!...But I think you will need to make a Saw Protector in order to avoid an accident when the saw will go break!
Amazing job you did, God bless you
Nice start.
There is a part 2 and a part 3. Hope you have time to take a look.