A friend of mine and I built a Trebuchet and we squared the timbers with his Alaskan Mill. He had a chainsaw that was old and reliable but the muffler was blown out. It got the job done but my ear defenders had a lot of work to do. This thing will be a lot quieter!!
I just came across your electric chainsaw mill build. Awesome job, thanks for sharing with all of us. I have a procut chainsaw mill that I built a few years ago and I always wondered if I could build an electric motor for it instead of the chainsaw. Now I know that it can be done. Thanks man. If you ever see this post I’d like to know what size motor you used.
Great idea and work, kudos, inspired me to finish what I started a few years back. The welds would be stronger and batter if you had a nozzle on that mig gun (unless you’re using flux core wire).
I actually thought about doing the same thing but with a chainsaw mill attachment and a 3/4 HP electric motor. Cause these larger saws are pretty high but you can get a decent length bar for under a hundred.
Hi, interesting project, like the low tech solutions, just wondering about the chain speed, obviously the motor speed is slower than a chainsaw engine, is this a problem? cheers
@@mtarrant3 Thanks for that, I'm thinking a 5Hp motor at 240v will pull about 4 amps per Hp so 20amps is quite some current. No wonder it has some grunt, cheers
Looking at going on a similar journey myself, thank you so much for showing us the details. One point! I don’t think your machine has high enough RPM! The logosol electric mill (e5) uses a 2800rpm motor with a large 24t sprocket. Just done the maths and that leads to 21m/s speed which is about right for a chainsaw. Assuming you're using a 3/8" pitch chain and 2800rpm motor with 7t sprocket, the chain speed is just 6.2m/s.
Мужик с умом, полотно жёстче,да и на цепи зуб крупней и скобами. Не то что лента чуток про.....бал ,всёлента куда хочет туда и режет. А тут в нагляк пихать можно и сырой распустит. На счёт экономичности и мобильности можно китайский Лифан на 5,5квт. Лайк!
Pretty clever. Been wanting to engineer a DC powered sawmill with a motor somewhere between a 37 hp forklift and a 5 hp golf cart. Logosol does *sell* a three-phase motor ready to go that goes 8 kilowatts, or 20 hp. The next step in invention I would guess is making a fold-out photovoltaic trailer housing for such a mill.
@@lonewolftech Yes. Do you understand how batteries already power 10,000 lb forklifts...my alternative motor source compared to a golf cart? I can charge a bank of them all day before going to the transportable sawmill with the battery, or batteries...interchangably.
great build so far, thank you! How did you calculate feet per minute for the chain, or motor RPMs required to know the chain was moving fast enough? did you have data from other electric or gas chainsaws? also, how is that motor breakered at the panel? double 20 amp breakers, or higher? thank you very much!
Hi First, thank you so much for sharing this inspiring build with us. I'm planning to build something similar this summer and hope you may answer a few questions: What rpm is your motor running at and do you wish it was on a pulley to increase the rpm on the sprocket?
the motor is 2800rpm, this makes for ok chain speed with the chainsaw sprocket that i used. It would be better if the sprocket was maybe 2 to 4 times the size it is.
@@mtarrant3 thanks for the info. I'm thinking of using a 3500 5hp motor and mounting it on a horisonttally swinging steel plate with a bolt to tighten against the frame, so I can tension the chain without having to built a complex tightening mechanism.
@@alexanderreuss-ym1yx Wow, that's awesome. But I'm not sure to understand how you would get the tension on the chain. Could you explain this in more details. I'm looking to get the same result! Thanks
@@simonlaverdure9449 I changed plans a little and now intent to mount the plate attached to the motor onto a steel plate. As the backing plate has slots where it bolts on that should allow me to tension the chain by moving the motor.
Great concept, imo isolate failure points such as using wood for motor spindles..take the wood you created and at least sand cast out aluminum or steel with the wooden ones you created. I do it often with plastic parts from tóols I purchase. A few hours could save a person thousands. Anyways, kudos! Welll done.
Great work, I have plans to build one to work on fire wood and recovery of rejected logs at a sawmill, the logs are given to me for free in West Africa Ghana for 3 years every 3 months 6 x 40ft containers. "SHEARING IS CARING" Thanks for shearing,
Hallo, I would like to ask you. What kind of flux core did you use? It weld very well and there is almost no splash and small balls during welding. Thank you very much.
One consideration not addressed by you video is that chainsaws require lubrication of the bar and chain or they overheat causing the chain and bar undue wear. I have used chainsaws most my life and if you skip filling the bar oiler you end up with a chain and bar that will not cut straight even if carefully and accurately sharpened. In addition your chain will not hold an edge as the heat will soften the heat treated saw teeth. I would suggest an oil tank, and line to feed into the bar oiler hole with a cylinder and plunger assembly of some sort that you can use to like the bar and chain.
So miotch after use 18mos later what should be changed made better spocket sizes/quality. Motor rpm, Hp bearings transport feed dust chips vibration???
Hi Andrew. I think 5hp is the biggest single phase motor you can get? A bigger motor like a 10-15hp would be better but these seem to be 3 phase. 3 phase motors can be run on single phase with the use of a VFD but they draw a lot of amps. To run a large 3 phase motor I would probably have to put in a new 30 amp (maybe more) circuit on the hose from the main box, this is a possibility in the future.
@@mtarrant3 Could you tell me how many amps the motor draws and it's rpm please? I'm struggling to find a motor that can run on a uk domestic 13amp/230v socket with even half the speed of a petrol saw. Even with a large sprocket the chain speed wouldn't be ideal. Great video mate. Thanks.
@@mtarrant3 Wow. That's very low rpm compared to petrol saws. I can see from your videos it works fine though and I don't need to worry! Thanks for the insight.
Would a 3/4hp washing machine motor work? My brain says no cuz my 395 has like 7something HP I believe, but id rather not stress out the big baby ya know.
I thought the same thing. I thought I looked up the HP to CC conversation calculator and I thought it would be enough HP. Apparently not, 3/4 HP only converts to 11.22 CC.
The reason no one uses chainsaws for proper mills is if you have an in situ mill you sure as hell can use a band therefore instead of wasting a quarter inch of wood per cut and scratching the shit out of the surfaces you get a nice clean 2-5mm cut with brushed surfaces.
Boa noite amigo eu sou brasileiro moro no Brasil.queria muito fazer uma serra fita de bancada usando corrente de motosserra.mas minha pergunta é qual potência do motor que você está usando nessa serra
