Turning The Jackshaft - Band Sawmill Build #20 

Cheers, thanks for taking the time to watch it. I appreciate it! :)

Thank you for watching!

Cheers, man. I'm sure that building this sawmill from the end of January and watching videos of this build since that time one has to be patient. I've done it over a long period of time but I kinda expected that. It's my first rodeo on these subjects, both building a band sawmill and the portability of it. So I'm learning as I do it. New time consuming experience for me.

I can't wait either, hopefully I can test it next week. That is if I'm productive enough. :D

I'm gonna run it mostly on electricity when stationed at home, but I think having a petrol engine on it is a good idea too when going straight into the woods for an example to cut some heavy big diameter hardwood that I can't drag or haul with the ATV.

As an introverted and usually a quiet person I start talking after couple of beers. And the topics tend to be more on the taboo side of the spectrum. Just saying. :D

I spent an entire morning to get that pulley off of that shaft. It was quite frustrating. Thus the big hammer! :D I bet the steering wheel was on there tight due to salty water?

Cool, I'm sure your motivation will be greatly appreciated in that body shop. I wish you a satisfying career in the steel working industry!

Donn DIY thank you very much !!!!

You and me both buddy!

Yes, I've had the same discussion with my significant other about the scrap heap(s). :D But can't build things without scrap. Thanks for sticking around for that long. Sorry for not finishing this thing up sooner. :)

Yes, that sucker was on tight! But getting the pulley off of there was worth it.

I wish! :D

Exactly! :D

I'm glad you enjoyed it, yes that's my garage driveway. ;) Thanks for watching!

I'm not sure if by that time cutting trees from the forest and milling them on the sawmill is allowed here in Europe. :D So this sawmill will end up in a landfill or in scrap metal melted down for skeletons of A.I. probably. :D

Hahaa! By no means is this the best mill there is, but it's the best mill for me for sure. I like to save money even by not going to the hairdresser and cutting my own hair so that should say something about me and my projects. :D

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As long as it's at black heat and not red heat, it's OK.

any rapid cooling - air or water - of hot welds isn't a great idea if you want to avoid brittleness and distortion. but it does depend on the alloy, more carbon = more risk

What alloy? This was built out of scrap and mild steel welding wire. What about the cold mig gas blowing into the weld pool? Comment on something you know about, and leave the welding to people who actually do it.

You and me both, buddy!

Спасибо. Я тоже не могу дождаться, чтобы проверить лесопилку. Не беспокойся. Я интровертированный человек, поэтому в домашней жизни нет видео. Спасибо за просмотр!

Спасибо! И еще раз здоровья! Жду следующее видео! Напиши модель своего квадроцикла!

Ah, sh*t, that makes me realize I misused the word "crack" again. :D

Donn DIY it's not called a gap or a crack. It's called a seam : D

I hope so too.

Electric motor will be the primary power source when the sawmill gets under the roof. Petrol engine will be for mobile use.

I will use it first and then paint it on the sawdust. :D I will actually use it first since I want to work out the bugs which it probably will have or has already that I don't know of. I will add and remove parts, cut and weld some more and then clean it all up and paint it. In the future. :D

I will try to cut wood without a saw head locking mechanism at first, I will make a height adjustment system but for the crank handle itself which only supports the saw head from top but doesn't lock it to the carriage. The saw head is really heavy so I don't think it will start floating. If it wants to do that then there's something wrong with blade alignment. I will add the locking mechanism afterwards though.

Yeah!

The belt should be fine, it's not the final belt though. Just found some old one and decided to use it for mock-up. I'm gonna slide the engine and the electric motor to tension the belt.

Working on the video as we speak. ;)

Cheers! I'm working on shooting material for the video #21. Hopefully I'll get it uploaded in the end of this week. Stay tuned!

Not in the nearest future, there's still probably modifications to be made and I want to thoroughly test it before any paint.

I have partial plans for it.

How can I get these?

I haven't calculated the overall cost for the materials yet (I do have all the receipts for the purchases etc) but 1200 $ sounds like a good deal if it's the total cost of the sawmill including both materials and labor, especially when new "brand" sawmills cost a fortune.

I built mine as he did , however it was new steel .Even with buying from Amish welding place (was A LOT cheaper getting steel from them then any other place as much as half the cost a foot plus 10% off that even if I got full sections) steel alone can easily run 500-800 just by itself for just a 4ft wide 6 ft tall 4 post carriage.Now I am including steel for my 20ft log bed also.The new 14hp Kohler engine runs about $500 (you can get new B&S 14hp for 400 too but I wanted Kohler) but as much as 1k depending on the greed of seller.Then the clutch is another 70-100. If you buy the band guide rollers thats another $250. The bearings could really cost depending on which brand/type you buy but there are cheap ones out there. I did not use tires I went with 18.75" band wheel pullies which will set you back at least 150 plus the B56 belts to go on them. So its very easy to sink $1500 into a band saw mill before even getting started building it, but then again when you see the prices of woodmizer/Northern/Cooks.... you really feel accomplished having built it yourself and get to use something you've built.It tends to help much better building it yourself when it comes to adjustments and running it. Dont forget about mix gas too if your using mig welder , that was $26 for each bottle swap out. I think I went through at least one and half bottles and 2 - 11lb spools which were about $30 each.

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Hola!

It's been like that in Britain and Europe and Estonia (Donn DIY) since about 1865. It isn't a "hip" or cool way to pronounce it. It's the Way they have always pronounced it, in their culture. He'd sound odd saying it our way in his society. He would surely be allowing an "Americanization" to obsolete and mongrelize his native speech. We're fortunate enough he speaks, and jokes around, in a highly-functional English. The old joke goes-What do you call someone who speaks three languages? Trilingual. And two languages? Bilingual. Well what do you call someone who speaks only one language? You call them American. Just sayin' No Child Left Behind could really help with that.