Very slick and ingenious. Awesome use of old golf carts and much better use of large trees. Our city had a ice storm a year ago and lost many large trees. It was sad to see them being used for nothing more than firewood.
I can't understand for the life of me all the thumbs down, I think what you did was awesome, I have nine acres and I am going to build one for myself.awesome video. Thanks
@@exercisemyrights Best use i have seen yet for a golf cart, Some people would give God a thumbs down if he come to get them in person,,, Stupid is un-fixable
Lotta homemade sawmills on YT, this is the coolest and most creative in my opinion. I'm new to your channel so I have some catching up to do. 27 thumbs up.
You sir, are a genious! I appreciate you showing the details of your build, while not making it an hour long explanation. I was happy to see this in my suggestion videos. Props for using a easy and cost effective golf cart as your base design. I see too many others try to repurpose a washing machine attached to a coffee grinder welded to a cast iron bathtub as thier DIY method... simple is better. Thanks for convincing me I need a gas golf cart now!
That is surprisingly simple and elegant in design, it just seems to work. I'm impressed, good designs are simple and this one is just that, very nice job.
Mark this is one of the best videos I have seen yet. You are a true American. Like the old saying goes Necessity is the mother of invention. You are a great inventor. Mikko and Eric and lee are right Mark your ingenuity is to be saluted and it will inspire others keep posting your progress. We love it.
great idea. i have a lot of old small engines laying around. never thought of putting the blade around the tires. good idea. also whats great about it is that the log is stationary instead of the other way around. further it seems safer than conventional saw mill because your behind the business end. although i think the guy below has a good idea putting a fender well around the blade just for added safety. thanks for sharing!
mark....you've inspired me to get back and finish the bandsaw mill that i've started. !!! its been sitting formant for a year or so.....have been trying to get another project finished...so i know the bandsaw is next but still no room for both at the moment...great work!!
Great idea; outstanding execution; excellent workmanship! But, the best part is that you thought enough of us (who you don't even know) to share all! May your works reward you ten-fold. Thank you markp0177
This is so cool. I've never thought about how unique the starters on golf cart engines are. There's got to be all kinds of things that could be faster/safer/more efficient with that type of ignition.
Top notch engineering. sure you could've swapped the wheels out and used something purpose built, but you just used what it had, and it works so nice. and you made a great video of it. my hat is off to you, sir.
I have been watching your channel for a long time now, and am very very impressed with your skills and ingenuity! I would love to see more detailed videos/descriptions on the mill superstructure/carriage. I am planning on building a sawmill and so far, your assembly appears to be the most straightforward while producing equal or better results. Great job Mark!!! -Josh
Scott S. Their is no sign of any damage to the tires. I will be uploading a video soon cutting a log with a big knot in it and I will do a close up of the tires.
Put the track on a down slope with and auto shut-off switch (engine kill) at the end of the track. Start it up, ease it into the wood and go have a quick cup of coffee. Let the machine do the work or in this case let gravity have a hand at it. Guaranteed to work every time. It will be like having a free helper.
At first I was lamenting the loss of a nice fixable golf cart. Toward the end i was wanting a sawmill like yours. I was wondering how well your blade guide blocks are holding up? Early large blade bandsaws used wooden blade guides and a thrust bearing rear guide to much success and they were easily renewable.
That was some top class engineering right there. You are very modest with you effort and made it look almost too easy. The layperson out there might want to go and duplicate this and find out after a while that he's just making a mess.
Mark I think you should get some plans drawn up for this thing and sell them, I'd be the first to buy a set. That way you can fund other little projects. Great piece of work it is!!!!!!
This is absolutely BRILLIANT! I am neither a carpenter nor a furniture maker, but just the title alone had me interested and what you've built here is fantastic!
I subscribed to your channel and hit the like button..I built a sawmill myself about a year ago and it was a lot of fun to build and use..I was wanting to put a collection of homemade sawmill builds in one video and was wondering if I could add yours to the collection...
This is Worth every penny nice work ,this is an inspiration for me thank you so much for shearing I just got my cedar 12'x 30" in the yard that I failed 4 years ago
why not both? All that is needed from the golf cart is the motor and wheels to ride on. The cart is already a frame and a manual break or pin in the one side will lock it up; add the guide and water and there it is mount four slots for square tubing to slide up and down and your lift on wheels and your done.. if need be mount a third wheel of any kind in the middle to take up slack, pin the steering. A rail could be mounted at an angle to affix another wheel bearing $12 at Tractor supply or any alternator, old broken tailor etc. When your done doing all the cutting the golf cart which you add extra low gear and maybe front wheel drive and a hitch can tow a cartload full of cut lumber back to the house from the woods on site milling you did. So your golf cart is your transportation to the tree with all the rails, attachments etc and a tailor with long expandable tongue to tow all that wonderful milled wood. I think Id put a few batteries and heavy duty cable or belt winches for moving lumber around best for milling ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VAIs8VLFbls.html ) ... Man you got me going now!! Gonna take an old riding lawnmower and make my own.. too much useful fun!!! For me though I'm using two electric motors and generator for sound reduction. For me less noise is best to enjoy the woods that much more.... Great job!!! and it works so well!!! Well done!! Thank You! one of the best this week!.
nekbiodieselworks. The next project, a golf cart that converts into a sawmill then back into a great looking cart,to dazzle the ladies no doubt. A absolutely fantastic idea mate,you first!
Great job! Look into how to quarter saw wood if you are going to make furniture. It means more rotating of the log but makes a far more superior cut of lumber. Also, build yourself a solar kiln to dry the wood. You'll end up with high quality, stable wood for your woodworking.
go spend four years in a classroom..then they will call you an engineer..but you could build a hell of a lot of good stuff in that time without the title!
I used to build machine controls and we frequently worked for pallet companies. This design is how almost all pallet disassembly saws are made. They usually have a hydraulic jack with a pressure gauge for tensioning the blade. And, the tires were a bit bigger. They also used a 120vac actuator to adjust the table height. Its funny that this is the first time I have seen this design used for a lumber mill.
I admire your ingenuity and resourcefulness. It reminds me of my dad in that he could seemingly build anything he needed rather than buying something pre-manufactured. Keep up the great vids. I appreciate you skipping the boring and the tedious parts.
This looks like something my grandfather would have built. He was born in 1899 and had a strong 6th grade education. However, he was a heck of an engineer. Your project reminds me of a lot of his. Awesome job, Mark.
This is very nice. It looks like you have done a good job. We are thinking about buying a saw mill here in Chile so that we can build our own house here, since wood is the material choice in the South of Chile. We need to do at least 40 feet for our post and beam construction. but It could still be done with your design. Nice!
Hole in one, you duffer you! That is a very clean project, very well done, no stupid parts re-done, looks fairly safe with the operator behind the saw. Good for you, old saw!
That is an awesome idea great steel fabrication im a retired welder fabricator getting into wood working in my spare time, cant wait to see the projects you do next keep the vids comming.
This is brilliant! It just goes to show, you don't have to spend a fortune on these super expensive specialised machines. I admire your ingenuity. Know how and self belief can go a long way. Bravo.!
Genius MacGyver! Great mind and great fabrication. The only thing I would suggest is possibly safety covers for the blades and maybe an adjustable blade guide to adjust to the different log sizes. Just my opinion. But great project!! Thanks for sharing!
Nice job!-You might want to add two more tires above your current band tires. - What kills wide band saw blade are sharp turns and the stress/heat built up in the blade from those turns.There is a recommendation chart you can find at various band saw blade manufacturers that let you know the maximum width blade for running on different drive wheels.-Those tires look to be 10-12"? That would restrict band saw blades to maybe 1/2" width. With the other two wheels making a large circle you open the curve up to whatever you desire. Maybe 24" or 36"? -Great device, I love it!
+Ted Kowalski Thanks for the advice. You are right. I don't cut that much wood a year. Just enough to keep me supplied in making furniture. Check out some of my other videos.Mark
So many times these types of projects are done "because I can" but only done well enough to use once and then they're on to the next project. This one however was obviously done with quality and long term use in mind. Great job.
Really nice. For something that was made from bits and pieces that's an excellent result. And you're right. Having this kind of equipment opens a whole new world of projects.
Nice work, I like the height adjustment system, You can paint a scale on one of the guilds, or maybe Graduations on the crank lever, and it's quick, easy and accurate.... The old Golf Cart has plenty of power, I'll bet it'll cut up an Oak, faster than you can shake a stick..... Now that you got plenty of free wood, you need to build a small roof over it, to keep the weather off it..
Well done. Thanks for sharing. I am surprised the blade doesn't want to wander on the tire. How long do you (or by now, did you) let the boards dry before starting to use them in your table build? Thanks again
