Sawmill Wanted

[Squaredy]

On 25/04/2018 at 19:49, Big J said:

I'm going to be in the market for a small mill later in the year, so I'll avoid the Norwood mills. I used a Lumbermate 2000 about 8 years ago and found it to be very poor. 

 

I altered the guides on my mill too. They were originally sandwich guides, which were prone to loosening off (and you'd lose alignment) so I switched to big roller guides and welded a sandwich guide onto the inside of the guide arm roller. Works well, but the thicker blades we are now running make the biggest difference. 

Big J, I meant to ask you what are the thicker blades you referred to?  I have had a lot of trouble with blades (mainly trying to find a good sharpening service) but am now happy with Ripper 37 blades sharpened by Stephen Cull Blademaster.  Have you had success with a thicker steel blade?

[Squaredy]

3 minutes ago, Big J said:

Thicker the better. I have been using Hakannson M42 blades for the past 4 weeks and they are amazing. They are 1.62mm thick and there is little deviation. You need a bit more power to push them through the cut, but I have 30kw, so that's no problem. You also need large band wheels with thick blades otherwise they fatigue prematurely turning around what is quite a tight corner. 

 

We sharpen our own blades.

Thank you Big J that is very interesting.  

[Ghilley]

On 22/04/2018 at 18:54, Anthony H said:

Hi all anyone selling a sawmill ..static or mobile

 

Please email me [email protected]

I’m going to sell my trekka mobile I need to sort it out a bit but it’s a fine mill 

[Anthony H]

10 hours ago, Ghilley said:

I’m going to sell my trekka mobile I need to sort it out a bit but it’s a fine mill 

Im interested as it is let me have more details pls  [email protected]