One retirement project is to build a 24" or larger bandsaw mill, 2" band min. .
Pretty much have all parts in the back junkyard, (v-6 sfi engine, solid tires, hydraulics, etc) and have machine shop and welding equip.
Did a web search on homemade bandsaw mills and there are some good ones but pretty much just folks wanting to sell you plans, which am not interested in, rather DIY 100%.
Question is if anyone here has built their own mill from scratch and how many hours do you figure you had into it? I'm guessing about 120 hours for design thru first operation? ( I know, much more cost effective to buy a used 'mizer or such, but just using one is not the purpose)
2nd question is what was your worst design/build problem.
Pretty much have all parts in the back junkyard, (v-6 sfi engine, solid tires, hydraulics, etc) and have machine shop and welding equip.
Did a web search on homemade bandsaw mills and there are some good ones but pretty much just folks wanting to sell you plans, which am not interested in, rather DIY 100%.
Question is if anyone here has built their own mill from scratch and how many hours do you figure you had into it? I'm guessing about 120 hours for design thru first operation? ( I know, much more cost effective to buy a used 'mizer or such, but just using one is not the purpose)
2nd question is what was your worst design/build problem.