mobile dimension sawmill any advise

[cooks]

Had a look at one today.

 

Got a chance to use it and it worked brilliantly. It different to a swing mill as it has a large vertical blade which is fixed and 2 horizontal blades with the top blade movable so you can cut 2 pieces of dimension timber in one cut or one large board or beam.

 

Does any one know about them any advise would be great.

 

Cheers.

[agg221]

I know nothing about them, but the maximum dimensions look pretty decent so long as you're not into beam sawing. There aren't many things in reality that need a plank over 12" or a section bigger than 8"x12".

 

Only limitations appear to be the common ones to all circular saws (cf. bandmills) - wider kerf and can't make big wide slabs or big beams. The former can be more of a disadvantage than is often assumed as with manual sawing you can pick your lines when ripping down a slab to cut out any defects. If you cut the section directly you get what you get! This trades off against accuracy, potentially portability (how light are the parts to carry in through narrow access?) and the ability to handle a log of almost unlimited diameter.

 

Alec