Living with a stationary mill

[foeke]

Hi guy's, last year I started playing with an alaskan mill.
Great fun. We have a lot of european oak standing around, doing nothing. We started off milling a 1m wide oak with a 7900 dolkita.
First learning experience was, sharpen the chain, every run.
Second. A big part of the 6 HP is going to making chips instead of slicing through.
And since you have all the time of the world while cutting, I quickly started meditating about one of those huge bandsaws.
I payed about a thousand euro last year on dryed oak slabs, because we build faster than we can mill and dry it this way.
So the roi is not that long I guess.
Now I see all those probably Chinesium bandsaws in the 55cm till 70cm wide range for about 3 till 5k euro's. Are they any good? Is there anything I need to be cautius about?
And what about building your own? Are there any benifits other than saving a buck (I'm thinking more powerfull better motors for instance).
Cheers!



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[foeke]

Nobody with some feedback on those cheapish 55cm 70cm (22"/27") bandmills?

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[Franny K]

Have you tried to find youtube videos of the "all those probably Chinesium bandsaws in the 55cm till 70cm wide range for about 3 till 5k euro's."

" Are they any good? Is there anything I need to be cautius about?" I guess you do not want real tiny band wheels and the blade guides probably should be understood. I would think the mill part would be sensible to buy, the track probably one could make more robust than something at the price point you mention. A 32 inch mill really has problems with the blade guides hitting the log much past 24 inches at least for me.

 

[foeke]

Thanks for the info!
That may explain why those things exponentially get more expensive after +75cm/+30"


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