Vertical Band Resaw in South West

[Adam Bl]

Good Morning,

 

I wondered if anyone knew of a sawmill in the South West (Somerset area) that had a vertical band Resaw? 
 

many thanks, 

 

Adam 

[Squaredy]

2 hours ago, Adam Bl said:

Good Morning,

 

I wondered if anyone knew of a sawmill in the South West (Somerset area) that had a vertical band Resaw? 
 

many thanks, 

 

Adam 

Maybe you should say why you want a sawmill with a bandsaw.

 

 Are you hoping to buy it?  Are you hoping they will do some re-sawing for you?

 

 If that latter perhaps put details on here as there may be other ways.  Or it might be what you are hoping for is unlikely to happen.

 

I run a small sawmill, but we very rarely take on re-sawing jobs.  Not because we don’t get asked but for commercial reasons.

[doobin]

2 hours ago, Squaredy said:

Maybe you should say why you want a sawmill with a bandsaw.

 

 Are you hoping to buy it?  Are you hoping they will do some re-sawing for you?

 

 If that latter perhaps put details on here as there may be other ways.  Or it might be what you are hoping for is unlikely to happen.

 

I run a small sawmill, but we very rarely take on re-sawing jobs.  Not because we don’t get asked but for commercial reasons.

Why not? 

[dan blocker]

1 hour ago, doobin said:

Why not? 

Exactly, work is work?

[Botty Cough]

36 minutes ago, dan blocker said:

Exactly, work is work?

This is captain squierdo that's sawmill Mr universe asking tho so.....

[Botty Cough]

7 hours ago, Adam Bl said:

Good Morning,

 

I wondered if anyone knew of a sawmill in the South West (Somerset area) that had a vertical band Resaw? 
 

many thanks, 

 

Adam 

Valley Sawmills

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[trigger_andy]

51 minutes ago, dan blocker said:

Exactly, work is work?

Depends on the profitability of the work though. If you can make £150 an hour with your own work and someone wants something re-sawn they dont normally want to spend more than £50 an hour. Even then they scoff. Plus the hassle of stopping what you're already doing or planning to do is not always that straightforward. Is there metal in the junk they're bringing in? They're not gonna want to spring for a new band plus your down time. You spend more timer dealing with messers and dont make a penny out of them. 

[Squaredy]

4 hours ago, doobin said:

Why not? 

Well, Trigger Andy has summed it up quite well.  By the time you have faffed about understanding the customers needs, explained about what happens if you hit metal and then get your head round how you will actually do the resawing; you often find that is an hour or two gone.  The customer sees that the cutting took ten minutes so expects a bill for two and six.

 

Plus, in any case my kit is set up for sawing logs, which are wet and easy to mill.  A board or two that a customer has been drying for years and years and is now dry, twisted and super hard is the last thing I want to mill.

[Adam Bl]

Evening, thanks for the info. Have spoken to Valley and they can’t help unfortunately. I am not looking to waste anyone’s time. I just want to get a 7.4m length of Opepe resawn. I get it’s a hassle for a lot of people and no problem. Hoping someone out there might be able to help. I think a vertical bandsaw might be better as the timber could move as it’s pared down the middle. The timber was order for the renovation of a bridge but never put in. I need to get two sections of equal size at its full length. I understand that in an ideal world you wouldn’t cut the timber in this way but unfortunately it’s tricky to find this timber at this size and in this manner. If it bananas I believe I can still make it work as I am tensioning the lengths together using steel bars. So hoping I can straighten it out. Probably too much to explain here but if you think there is a mill I might just chat to appreciated. I don’t fancy my back up plan but sometimes needs must. 

[topchippyles]

25 minutes ago, Adam Bl said:

Evening, thanks for the info. Have spoken to Valley and they can’t help unfortunately. I am not looking to waste anyone’s time. I just want to get a 7.4m length of Opepe resawn. I get it’s a hassle for a lot of people and no problem. Hoping someone out there might be able to help. I think a vertical bandsaw might be better as the timber could move as it’s pared down the middle. The timber was order for the renovation of a bridge but never put in. I need to get two sections of equal size at its full length. I understand that in an ideal world you wouldn’t cut the timber in this way but unfortunately it’s tricky to find this timber at this size and in this manner. If it bananas I believe I can still make it work as I am tensioning the lengths together using steel bars. So hoping I can straighten it out. Probably too much to explain here but if you think there is a mill I might just chat to appreciated. I don’t fancy my back up plan but sometimes needs must. 

A proper bandsaw mill will be far better than a vertical one if you can find someone locally.