Portable Sawmill

   / Portable Sawmill #11  
ok, pic1 here is the booklet and the plans that came with the $50. Also looking at the legs and my chop saw.
 

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   / Portable Sawmill #12  
here's pic2 looking at the front of the frame. The green painted channel on either side is the sloted channel that the 3/4" acme screw sit's in.
 

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   / Portable Sawmill #13  
here's a pic of one of the axils welded to the plate ready to bolt onto the table. It's just sitting on the rear cross piece right here.
 

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   / Portable Sawmill #14  
here's a picture of the rear looking at the unistrut channel with the screw in it. Just trail fitting it here.
 

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   / Portable Sawmill #15  
here's a picture of the 70" table that the motor and wheels will attach to. This is the underside with some of the cross bracing
 

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   / Portable Sawmill #16  
Thanks for the pics. Looking like a great project. Will you please post more when you have it finished?
 
   / Portable Sawmill #17  
That loooks like a Dewalt chop saw, Do you like it? I have been looking at several but I am leaning toward the Dewalt.

Bob K
 
   / Portable Sawmill #18  
Bob, yes it's a DW872 carbide 14" saw. About a month old. Love it.

gary
 
   / Portable Sawmill #19  
ok, I've gotten my first test cuts with my saw. Here's a pic from the first 12' pine test log. I had one loose bolt to tighten, but all went well. I didn't have my track set up yet for it so I just ran the "wheels" on the concrete. It didn't roll too well that way, but with a little practice I got it to go down the log ok.

Anyway, I made one cut, in the picture it's on the bottom, to get a flat surface, then turned the log 180 so the flat side was on the bottom and made one cut to get the bark off, then two 2" cuts. One was a good 6" and the next closer to 10" with bark on the outside edges. They're not in this picture.

Next, is to build a track to run the rollers down. The cuts where very good and with a brand new blade and soft wood there were very few balde marks on the 2"Xs.

We've got very cold temps right now, so it may me into next week before I get to make a few more cuts.
I'll post a few more pics then.

gary
 

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  • Thread Starter
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Gary,
If you don't mind me asking, up to the point shown in the photo, how much $ do you have invested in everything, excluding your time?

Keep the photos coming.

Shawn
 

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