Wanted-Bandsaw Mill

[trigger_andy]

9 minutes ago, Stephen Blair said:

I know of 2 mills in the Inverness area up for sale, 1 band saw, 1 blade.  Good value for money.  

‘More projects as they are older but certainly built to last.

Graham on here is selling them.

Typical! I just buy one and then there's two on my doorstep!  

[topchippyles]

On 22/12/2018 at 08:33, Big J said:

Looking at generators on eBay, you'll get one that'll run the little Trak met mill for about £1200. Worth considering as you'll save £10-20 per sawmilling day in fuel and it's very much more pleasant to use an electric mill with the power source a little way away (no fumes or noise).Big j the saw will run all day for about £4 in fuel 

 

 

 

[topchippyles]

15 hours ago, trigger_andy said:

Typical! I just buy one and then there's two on my doorstep!  

You did right to buy new andy as the older ones can take so much work to get running right.

[topchippyles]

On 22/12/2018 at 08:33, Big J said:

Looking at generators on eBay, you'll get one that'll run the little Trak met mill for about £1200. Worth considering as you'll save £10-20 per sawmilling day in fuel and it's very much more pleasant to use an electric mill with the power source a little way away (no fumes or noise).

 

 

I would not advise anyone to get a trakmet for the simple reason there is no uk dealers as such,Believe me i have tried all these saws out and in no way am i calling the trakmet saws over as they are a great saw but only 1 uk dealer as such in hereford,The chap who runs one is pual who is polish and a very helpful guy but you have to pay up front and its a 3 months waiting time for delivery so can one imagine if you were to need any parts.

Edited December 23, 2018 by topchippyles

[topchippyles]

15 hours ago, John Shutler said:

My woodland mills 126 has got a second frame beneath it, certainly makes it more solid and easier to level. I could also potentially pick it up with my roof mount and move it on my low loader trailer if I needed to take it to a job 

Fully agree with you on the frame,You need a solid platform to set any saw up so it stays nice and solid,Any slight movement and the saw will not cut straight.

[Big J]

39 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

I would not advise anyone to get a trakmet for the simple reason there is no uk dealers as such,Believe me i have tried all these saws out and in no way am i calling the trakmet saws over as they are a great saw but only 1 uk dealer as such in hereford,The chap who runs one is pual who is polish and a very helpful guy but you have to pay up front and its a 3 months waiting time for delivery so can one imagine if you were to need any parts.

I had the first Trakmet machine in the UK, I believe. Before the dealership in Hereford was set up.

 

They are good machines. Not great, but good. Solidly built and will last a lifetime, as well as being good value for money. From a design point of view they aren't that clever (having worked with a Serra sawmill the other day, that is apparent) and the engineering precision isn't amazing. But, you get what you pay for and I was generally happy with all my machines. We had a sawmill, log deck, frame sawmill, firewood processor with log deck and edger. Only the edger was substandard.

[topchippyles]

3 hours ago, Big J said:

I had the first Trakmet machine in the UK, I believe. Before the dealership in Hereford was set up.

 

They are good machines. Not great, but good. Solidly built and will last a lifetime, as well as being good value for money. From a design point of view they aren't that clever (having worked with a Serra sawmill the other day, that is apparent) and the engineering precision isn't amazing. But, you get what you pay for and I was generally happy with all my machines. We had a sawmill, log deck, frame sawmill, firewood processor with log deck and edger. Only the edger was substandard.

Its not a dealership as such in hereford,Its just one machine operated by pual a polish lad and he runs it like a dream,You go and view the saw operating and he will let you try it but that is about it as far as it goes.You then have pay for a new saw and wait 3 months for delivery.

[Big J]

28 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

Its not a dealership as such in hereford,Its just one machine operated by pual a polish lad and he runs it like a dream,You go and view the saw operating and he will let you try it but that is about it as far as it goes.You then have pay for a new saw and wait 3 months for delivery.

I didn't even have that luxury. I went to the factory in Poland, saw some of the machines and ordered on spec. Mostly fine, though some teething issues

[trigger_andy]

On 22/12/2018 at 19:34, Stephen Blair said:

I know of 2 mills in the Inverness area up for sale, 1 band saw, 1 blade.  Good value for money.  

‘More projects as they are older but certainly built to last.

Graham on here is selling them.

How do I contact Graham? I managed to fine one 'Graham' but it was the wrong one.  

[Graham w]

12 hours ago, trigger_andy said:

How do I contact Graham? I managed to fine one 'Graham' but it was the wrong one.  

Got me today though!

 

Theres 5 mills forsale, two circular rack benches and three bandracks (and all our older woodwork machinery)

 

The yankee circular in the photo is built on a steel chassis with a sawdust blast fitted and a 100hp perkins 6cly. weighs around 4 tons and theres a road tow kit for it somewhere but very out of date! sat outside for 3 years

 

two others are a large circular rack bench and a stenner 42 spares 

 

unfinished project is a forestor 900 resaw on a stenner bench, pto driven and semi portable. unfinished because we got the Guilliet instead. can finish the build if required. on a steel chassis so no pit needed.

 

Next photos are the Guilliet that replaced the yankee. A very good old school stationary bandrack on plenty of steel so no blockwork just a pit. still installed and fully working. our best saw yet cuts 16' x 3' with 5'' saws.only forsale due to a new mill that replaces everything 

drop me a PM 

 

Edited January 1, 2019 by Graham w