Is This The FASTEST Portable Sawmill?!? 

Yes for sure. I love mine.

Thanks!

THANKS! :)

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Yes it would have! The problem is the market for slabs here in ontario has become super saturated and we don't sell too many anymore. Thanks for watching!

@@SharpeTimber That's the same in my neck of the woods. Seems like everybody and their brother is sawing slabs these days. Your mill is great though!

@@butternuthillfarm1599 yes exactly haha thank you!

That's pretty cool, and yes I agree there is definitely a place for bandsaws. I have a woodmizer lt 15 Wide and its really useful for large beams.

Yes that's true, its a great machine!

@@SharpeTimber Quarter sawn lumber, really? A video on how it performs on Quarter sawn would be really interesting.

What’s a quarter sawn lumber?

@@enchantedmountain5354 Quarter sawn lumber is lumber in which the growth rings of the tree are perpendicular to the wide face of the board. In wood such as oak it produces a ray fleck pattern on the face of the board.

What is something a bandsaw mill can do better than this type? I assume slabs. But other than slabs? Price is substantially higher?

Yes I have heard that, I was doing a timber framing coarse in Wales and they got most of their oak from France.

We can do partnership

Thanks, I really enjoy using it! We used them for strapping on a small timber frame we did.

hey John, thanks! Yes the size of kerf is definitely an advantage on a bandsaw, I think the kerf on my saw is .325? I tried to put narrower teeth on once but it needs the wider ones to work without pinching and warping the blade.

Honestly... I really like having the wood chips of the wider circular blade, rather than the dust produced by the narrow kerf of a bandsaw.... like you said though, they both have their uses 😉

Yes its really easy to move and set up, they have a trailer attachment for it as well, I didn't get it because I'm mainly staying home with my mill. But it's very portable with the trailer.

I think they are 16' if I remember correctly.

Cool thanks

Yes it came with the mill, works really well.

No they were 1.5x3.5. I think it was around 420 bd ft that we cut in this video. I have cut 600 bd ft in an hour before. And sure, I will do that next time, it is very easy and quick to load the log. Thanks for the comment :)

Can usually cut 20 ft long but it comes with an extension to cut 23 ft, thats what I have.

Yes that would be something for one to consider when looking for a mill. Really depends on what you will use it for and what your space is like. I don't find the kerf or sawdust to be a problem for me but it does take a bit of work to keep it cleaned up. Thanks for watching!

Hey thanks for watching! I checked it out, I have seen those mills before. I like the mill but it seems pretty simple. Looks like I could cut 2 or 3 boards per 1 on the MD. You can't really control the speed, looks like you just let it go. I make up for some speed and power not having a second blade.

There is a Distributor in the USA, you can email info@sawmills.co.nz

There is a distributor in the USA, I bought for them and it was shipped directly to Canada from New Zealand, then I picked it up in Toronto.

They were 16', prices at that time were about $13.50 per bd at the lumber yard.

Yes for sure.

Around 46k canadian after shipping.

@@SharpeTimber Wow..quite a price jump in a year from 35.6K (+22.6%). Been wanting one of these bad boys for a long time. May have to find a used Lucas instead, but those are hard to come by too.

I think when I ordered mine it was around 36k USD. We have a lucas mill as well but the Mahoe is amazing.

@@SharpeTimber I agree. It is amazing. The board return and minimal board handling makes my 63 year old back w/ruptured disk smile! Put a roller feed behind it or conveyor straight into a pickup or tractor forks and it’s a win-win and must be such an incredible time saver.

@@SharpeTimber i can imagine . It looks crazy good

CAUSE IT BUILT TO TAKE ON THE OUTBACK...... ON TOP OF A QUALITY BUILD

I have a woodmizer for that 💪 but this mill actually can come with a slabbing attachment.

@@SharpeTimber 2 Sawmills to do the work of one, Hmmm, imagine that, very economical "/

@Sharpe Timber Frames Ltd. I have one mill, that has a lap siding attachment ")

The woodmizer I had before I got the Mahoe and it comes nowhere close to the efficiency and ease of the Mahoe, sure it can slab but I don't need slabs often anyway.

@@cancelchannel3394 That's handy, my dad has a lucasmill and it can do nice lap siding as well.

Yes, look up Mahoe sawmills in New Zealand

Thats fair, it really depends on what type of cutting you are mainly doing and what works for you! Thanks for watching.

Each mill has benefits and drawbacks. It depends on what you plan to saw. I have a Mobile Dimension Mill but recently borrowed a Wood Mizer for a job sawing timbers. The thin kerf bandmills are great for high value hardwoods but I mainly saw pine that has very little value at the big mills so it doesn't matter that I make more sawdust the speed is much more important to me.

That is true house doesn't only need 2x4s, but it cuts any dimension of lumber up to 8x12 without any issue, in my other video about how much can you make saw milling I cut 5000 board ft of white oak into 1x4s, 2x8s,2x10s,2x12s in 2 days. A bandsaw definitely has its place, I have a woodmizer myself. I use it to cut beams bigger than my mahoe, and longer as well because you can put on as many extensions as you want.

I have a mobile dimension. The hardest thing is to bring the log to the mill

My D And L swing blade will do 8x16. Although the kerf is wider, recovery is better than a band mill. It didn't make sense to me, but several universities did this exact study showing better recovery with a swing blade or circular mill. I love that I can get 1x2 or 1x3 trim boards, or get some 1x1 sticker stock out of the corners. There is very little waste. The biggest factor in our decision for a circular saw, was blade and maintenance cost. In 190 hours on the new mill, we have $27 in replacing carbide tips. I about throw up when friends tell me how much they've spent on their band mills in that amount of hours!

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It does look like its based on a similar design, to me it doesn't seem to have the build quality that the Mahoe has. It looks a bit lighter duty.