I Wanna Build Something

[Bob Hallowell]

John,
While your at it you might as well make a mighty big bandsaw with that motor to round you blanks aliite before you turn them

Bob

[John Hart]

John,
While your at it you might as well make a mighty big bandsaw with that motor to round you blanks aliite before you turn them

Bob

That's one that I did get figured out. I've designed a chainsaw cradle that mounts to the ways.

Mount the piece of wood to the headstock, and using a handcrank, rotate the wood into the chainsaw. It'll take several passes and kind of a slow process.....But a heck of a lot better than dealing with a 200 pound gnarly chunk with a roughing gouge!!

And I already have the handcrank!

Here's a conceptual drawing I just did in my office, since my cad drawings are in my other computer. Please pardon the presence of the other picture. I didn't want to erase it because it is vitally important to another project.

[Christopher Zona]

Looking through some old threads. What became of this project. I’d be interested to see how it turned out.

[Pete Staehling]

Charles...It's a diesel engine that was/is used to spin a shaft...not make juice.

Yeah, probably no electric power involved.

I have seen shops with a long shaft that ran the length of the shop. The machines were run with belts off of the shaft. The shaft was either run by a water wheel or a diesel engine. The whole shop was run off of the shaft.

Similarly I have seen diesel farm equipment pulled by a team of horses or mules.

[Eugene Dixon]

I'd start with life insurance.

[Ron Stadler]

I'm just wondering how long the shaft is and how true it runs for turning?

[Reed Gray]

I may be crazy, but I'm nuts..... Anyway, I am not sure if it was the Amish or not, but some used to use the motors to power a hydraulic line which ran all the machines. I had never heard of it, but my dad said it used to be fairly common.

robo hippy

[Robert Henrickson]

I may be crazy, but I'm nuts..... Anyway, I am not sure if it was the Amish or not, but some used to use the motors to power a hydraulic line which ran all the machines. I had never heard of it, but my dad said it used to be fairly common.
robo hippy

I visited an Amish or Mennonite sawmill in southern Kentucky several years ago. All machinery was run hydraulically. I think it was the chop saw which sounded exactly like a dentist's drill. They're still in business as far as I know.