Small bandsaw Mill recomendations

[Shiny steve]

It's arrived and I have found a bit of time to build. 

[trigger_andy]

3 hours ago, Shiny steve said:

It's arrived and I have found a bit of time to build. 

I assume that not its final resting place?

[Shiny steve]

Nope dry storage until a trailer is made. It will get test run in there. 

[trigger_andy]

9 minutes ago, Shiny steve said:

Nope dry storage until a trailer is made. It will get test run in there. 

Ah cool.

 

Did you not fancy just buying their own trailer? 

[Shiny steve]

I'm being tight and have access to an engineering workshop. 

[Johnsond]

10 minutes ago, Shiny steve said:

I'm being tight and have access to an engineering workshop. 

That will be nice once mounted on a decent trailer for sure. 
Looking online there are a few decent upgrades on that model ie the auto on water blade lubricant facility and the raising/lowering handle locking method. Any chance you could put up a few images of these,  It would be interesting to see if there’s a possibility of retrofitting any of them.  
cheers 

[Shiny steve]

No problem putting some pics up when I start running it. The water/ lube Vale works from the throttle set up, the whole machine seems very nicely thought out/ refined. 

[Shiny steve]

On 19/02/2020 at 08:48, Johnsond said:

that will be a decent set up once done. I find the limits regarding what you can do are dictated by the ability to move the log/cant onto the bed and the rotating positioning of it once on. Ideally some form of loader/telehandler on site would be a huge help. Wide throat will definitely be an advantage at times. I’d say build the trailer to be way over strength as the size of logs that it will take will not be light. The log in the pics was 28 -30 inch diameter and working on my own that’s about he max I can do anything with, as previously said I’d be getting things done in a fraction of the time if I had a decent loader as the cutting is quite quick but the moving and handling is pretty slow when done manually. 

Sorry to be a pain. What size box did you use for your trailer. Do you get any flex in it

[Johnsond]

9 hours ago, Shiny steve said:

Sorry to be a pain. What size box did you use for your trailer. Do you get any flex in it

I’ll measure up for you Steve but if you hunt around the posts I think there is a lot on here already about it. Possibly on the woodlands section of the milling forum. No she doesn’t flex much but it’s a tad weighty if you are moving it by hand. Tows well though. 

[Johnsond]

10 hours ago, Shiny steve said:

Sorry to be a pain. What size box did you use for your trailer. Do you get any flex in it

120x60x5mm ? probs a bit ott but no worries about it’s robustness.