Sawmill wanted.

[Johnpl315]

Hi all. 

I am looking at buying a portable sawmill. I am open to suggestions of new mills, at the moment the two contenders are Norwood and woodland mills. 

I would also be interested to hear of any second hand saws for sale. 

 I previously had a swing blade sawmill made by turbosaw, however I think a bandsaw makes more sense. 

Any input welcome. 

Many thanks, 

John

[trigger_andy]

Loads of info on here. Try searching and reading a few threads.

[Big Beech]

Always fancied one of them turbo swing blades. Out put for dimensional timber would be far faster than anything else I’d of thought

[Johnpl315]

1 hour ago, Big Beech said:

Always fancied one of them turbo swing blades. Out put for dimensional timber would be far faster than anything else I’d of thought

I dunno I think this may be a case of the grass is always greener because I always though a bandsaw would be quicker 🤣 I think for the turbosaw the assembly time was a killer, and the one I had had some design flaws, like it was powered by a chainsaw power unit and in my opinion it wasn't very good, it used to snap the bar studs regularly and it was a right pain in the tits trying to keep the band from the power unit to the saw tight enough. 

 It also took two people to lift the carriage on to the rails, at the time I was a one man band so it wasn't ideal. 

That said, if I saw a second hand one now I would definitely consider it just because I know how it works 😝

[Johnsond]

Hi John 

Where you based !!. 
Might be worth getting a look or even a try  on some of the members bits of kit before making a decision. I used to have a Woodlands 130 and have nothing but good to say about them for the money they cost. I know Trigger Andy has the logosol bandsaw and can confirm having seen it cut that it’s a cracking machine. No experience of the Norwood but I know one guy whom runs a heavily modified 36 in Inverness, he’s put roller guides on rather than the ceramic blocks and a pile of other mods to get it to perform.