Sawmill video ..interesting

[hddnis]

There is, or at least was, a commercial version available. It used the swingblade design and had a 3hp 220v 1ph motor.

He is limited in this homebuilt version by the blade. Far too many teeth for ripping and likely tooth geometry is wrong for ripping also. Blades are available with as few as 3 teeth and would work much better. Short of that he could take that blade and chop off all but a few of the teeth and then have a blade service shop put on ripping tips for him. I would guess that his speed would quadruple using the same motor.



Mr. HE

 

[forgeblast]

I was impressed that he though the thin metal roofing would protect him from a spinning 10'' blade if it self-destructed. The camera swinging back and forth did me in.