Lynn Kasdorf
04-24-2003, 10:09 PM
Well, now I've gone and done it. Not being contented with a 20" bandsaw and a 12" table saw, I just closed a deal on a Mobile Dimension sawmill!
http://www.mobilemfg.com/frames_company.htm
Here are a couple pics of the type of machine (not mine):
http://www.curlykoa.com/logstolumber/pictures/umumamango/Umauma_Buttlog7.jpg
http://www.curlykoa.com/logstolumber/pictures/pauilomango/mangocut01.jpg
http://www.curlykoa.com/logstolumber/pictures/sawmill/mill02.jpg
Mine is on a trailer (about 24' long!) so it is theoretically portable. We'll see. The saw has a vertical 30" blade, a 12" horizontal blade aligned to the bottom of the big vertical, and a 3rd 12" blade coaxial to the other 12", and adjustable in height.
The blade carriage runs along the rail and is powered by a 67hp VW engine. The rail can be adjusted precisely left to right and vertically.
You set the top edger to give you the width lumber you want, and set the left/right posn for the thickness, and let 'er rip. It cuts 3 sides at once and hands you a dimensioned board.
Since you don't cut all the way through the log like a band mill, there is pretty much no limit to the diameter of log you can mill. Mine comes with extensions that will let it do a 36' log.
I'm in Leesburg VA, if anybody needs anything sawed up! I pick it up tomorrow, and it is going to take a bit of restoration and familiarization. This sucker looks pretty scary, but not nearly so as a traditional circular mill with the huge exposed blade. Mine looks like Paul Bunyan's skil saw on rails...
http://www.mobilemfg.com/frames_company.htm
Here are a couple pics of the type of machine (not mine):
http://www.curlykoa.com/logstolumber/pictures/umumamango/Umauma_Buttlog7.jpg
http://www.curlykoa.com/logstolumber/pictures/pauilomango/mangocut01.jpg
http://www.curlykoa.com/logstolumber/pictures/sawmill/mill02.jpg
Mine is on a trailer (about 24' long!) so it is theoretically portable. We'll see. The saw has a vertical 30" blade, a 12" horizontal blade aligned to the bottom of the big vertical, and a 3rd 12" blade coaxial to the other 12", and adjustable in height.
The blade carriage runs along the rail and is powered by a 67hp VW engine. The rail can be adjusted precisely left to right and vertically.
You set the top edger to give you the width lumber you want, and set the left/right posn for the thickness, and let 'er rip. It cuts 3 sides at once and hands you a dimensioned board.
Since you don't cut all the way through the log like a band mill, there is pretty much no limit to the diameter of log you can mill. Mine comes with extensions that will let it do a 36' log.
I'm in Leesburg VA, if anybody needs anything sawed up! I pick it up tomorrow, and it is going to take a bit of restoration and familiarization. This sucker looks pretty scary, but not nearly so as a traditional circular mill with the huge exposed blade. Mine looks like Paul Bunyan's skil saw on rails...