Not american, not chinese but a Polish bandmill

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foeke

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I'm close to buying this bandmill.
https://traktasmowy.pl/index.php/price-list/
8 meter rail (26ft)
11kW motor (upgrade)
96cm width (38")
With the auto height adjustment and feeder.
I'm milling mainly oak arround 30"
Here are some video's he sent.
The guy is the engineer.


Seems like a simple rugged design.
Seller is a friendly young bloke that does this with his father.
I like:
It's european
Fair price
Supporting small businesses

I know it's no lt70 with it's hydrolic log feeder and turner.
But it's not a lt70 pricewise

Any feedback, is very welcome before I take the plunge.
 
In this setup, 4300 euro plus VAT and shipping.
Just the bandmill with 6m rails and 7,5kWh motor is 2900 euro.
 
Brand name does not mean squat to me.. If it ticks all your boxes , go for it......
Since a bandmill is a relatively simple piece of machinery you should be looking at the wear parts and the details of how it is put together and finished. Wear parts as in bearings /chain/pulleys,motors, are they over the counter items or some strange part that you will never see outside poland? (I'm guessing easily locally sourced for most everything). As to how its finished /put together, see if you can get a vid with close up of the frame parts so you can see the welds and also how its been finished paint wise... No use buying something that's going to fall apart is a year or two..
I always try to buy local and from the small guy if possible. Poland -- Germany, you guys are neighbors...
Happy Milling
 

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