Saw troll Alaskan mill quick release clamps
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I think saw troll is the brand.
They're for sale at chainsawbars.co.uk
There's even an YouTube link showing them in action.
They also have an eBay store, but they're cheaper ordering direct from their website.
I was seeing if anyone has tried them before buying and testing myself. They look great and might even give a more solid , even grip on the adjustment bar. No more fumbling with gloves on
SawTroll
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I am consdering building a home made sawmill using a golf cart frame qnd transaxle for the drive.
Has anyone tried this method? It looks good on the video,but all is not always as it seems.
Thanks in advance for all replies and help.
I use cam, locks on one of my mills
The vertical is adjusted using crank handles attached to all thread rods and locked using these cams.
These lock one of the horizontals rails
The cross section looks like this
The vertical is adjusted using crank handles attached to all thread rods and locked using these cams.
These lock one of the horizontals rails
The cross section looks like this
Boogedy_Man
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I saw them and thought they looked pretty cool. Haven't seen them sold on this side of the big pond yet.
I was hoping that saw Troll had actually came up with it.
Just came out of Loew's. The eye-bolts they have aren't gonna work. Wish I had already gotten around to building forge that has been in planning for a few years
. A better option may be available @ large fastener supply in St Louis county. If it was something simple like a 2 1/2" x 28" bolt with washers and a nut they gots. Even if a wrench and socket for same they have! And they are human enough to let me sit at the counter, tell 'em what I'm trying to do; and too many times they go in back or down the side and bring back something that's more easily functional than my plan. Note to self; "self work on forge plans anyway!" The excentrics aren't difficult, been there done that, but Bobl has access to better polishing stuff.That's a really nice setup. Did you buy the cam locks online?
I designed that mill back in 2006-7.
It's all Aluminum build with the Al welding done by my BIL in 2007 - that's why its called the BIL mil.
Everything else was made by yours truly in my home shop.
It started out with an 076 and 42" bar and now has an 880 and up to 60" bar on it.
I've milled about 130 logs with it.
Of all the gizmos, jigs, rigs, and ools I've made this is one of a handful that exceeded my expectation.
The year before I built a conventional all steel alaskan running a 50cc saw and a 20" bar so I had a fair idea what worked well and what did .
The BIL mill was designed over a 6 month of period after extensive trawling through these forums and picking some every experienced members brains. At the time I was attending a lot of boring meetings in my day job and used some of the time to design components of the mill.
I wrote up a very extensive WIP with dozens of construction fotos but all were lost from the forum when they lost the pics back in 2010. Fortunately I had most of the pics and put some of then back into the forums - see my sig for links.
A few pics attached
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Nice work!!!
Thanks for re-posting the pictures. This site took a big hit when it crashed and we lost all the visual references.
I've got to check my old computer HD backup and see if I still have anything I posted.
Little Al
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Derived from Mountain bike Seat post clamps
Good eye. That looks like exactly what they are .
SawTroll
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Sorry - it has nothing to do with me. I have never been into milling at all.
It would be interesting how they came up with the Saw Troll "name" for it though - I wouldn't be surprised if the story is similar to the one behind my username....
