#44 Homemade Sawmill Build DIY Blade Guides, Locking Height Handle, Belt Tensioner Spencers-Mountain 

Thank you for the gracious comment! It was my hope that others are inspired to attempt their own projects and put their own skills and ideas to the task. Although I had machine tools to my benefit, it is possible to make most things with simple hand tools. Thank You for watching!

Some of my video content is sharing back what I have learned from others. Your videos have been important to my build and had valuable content to my build.

Thank you for the comment!

Thanks, this has been a project sitting on the back burner for a long time. Originally it was just something to use an old motor and predated the Mountain. Now it appears I had simply not recognized we were destine to owning timber and needed a sawmill.

Not an engineer. Been around fabrication and mechanical things for many decades. If you can envision something you want in a scrap piece of material you can greatly reduce cost and change paths in a project where others may be stopped. Scrap material is everywhere once you learn where to look. Social media marketplaces are a good start, scrap yards, junk yards, recycling, metal shops, old machines that are no longer wanted, etc.. There is more than one way to do things. I used ideas from industrial machines, RU-vid videos, manufacturer information and easy to find things to build my mill. You can do the same thing. Share what you learn. Thank you for the comment and thank you for watching!

@@SpencersMountain thank you for replying. Yes, I totally agree with you, I have an area on my small place where I stash just about everything that no longer works originally because I know there’s something I can use from it later. I’ll continue to watch your videos, they are informative and inspiring. Thanks again Joe

Thank you for the comment and watching my video. I viewed several of your videos and saw your ball socket. I considered using your design as it appears others have done. My design was a result of material laying around the shop.

The lift mech is simply a screw jack with pulleys on the push end. I had considered using a trailer tongue jack originally, but challenged myself to use some junk I had collected over the years. The trailer jack would have been much easier! If you look at the video, you can figure out the cables are attached to the saw head (moving part) and the screw jack housing (a stationary location). Operating the jack changes the length of the cables and the saw head moves. Threaded adjusters allow fine adjustment of cable lengths to level the saw head. Similar cable/jack systems are used on Harbor Freight and Woodland Mills saws. You can download manufacturer user manuals for complete schematic, parts lists and assembly instructions...no need to reinvent the wheel. Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment. Let me know if you have more questions. Always glad to help.

@@SpencersMountain hey man thanks for the reply. I did continue the series and seen it explained. I'm a new subscriber. Good video quality too.

@@dustydave9347 I appreciate you taking the time to follow through the build. Thanks for watching. And, thanks for subscribing!

I am sorry, there are not really any drawings for this sawmill. I did an initial drawing to check the band wheels centers. After that, most parts were the result of what was in my scrap pile. The series of videos made for this saw is about the only plan available. Thank you for watching.

There is no buy. Collect parts and build your own. Share a video. Thanks for watching.