Homemade Chainsaw Mill

[welsh wood]

Just a few snaps of my ongoing project powered by a Husky 298:

 

 

 

 

[Big J]

Very nice piece of kit that. Should get lovely straight boards, albeit slowly!

[welsh wood]

Thanks big j,its not finished yet I need to fit a

7ft extention

walk way and safety rail

log loading ramps

jacks on each corner

larger chainsaw

lights

finish the doggs

and a ferrari on the ball hitch to overcome the lack of speed .

probably loads more that I have not thaught of yet

[Big J]

These things are never finished - always modifications that can be made.

 

What really interests me is chainsaw milling with a more powerful motor (as in 20hp or thereabouts). I like the flat boards from chainsawmilling, but the speed of cut is painful. Could a vertical shaft large mower engine do the trick?

[delabodge]

top effort,,hope it works,,,

[welsh wood]

These things are never finished - always modifications that can be made.

 

What really interests me is chainsaw milling with a more powerful motor (as in 20hp or thereabouts). I like the flat boards from chainsawmilling, but the speed of cut is painful. Could a vertical shaft large mower engine do the trick?

 

That's what I have in mind for the next project I have an enginer down the road that's happy to help all I need now is to sort the parts and finish this one:confused1:

[agrimog]

vertical shaft 4stroke of around 10-15 hp is the ultimate way to go, you can use a 3-1 step up in the drive and this gives a drive sprocket speed of around 9k, depending on your engine rpm, and the torque off a large 4stroke, well, youll chicken out before it will !! theres quite a few good threads on some of the american sites, though most of them tend to go for bandmills, supose its 'cos theyve got a better choice, but you cant beat a csm for flat and true boards

[MikeTM150]

I reckon a three phase motor is the way forward if you don't need it mobile, quieter and you can easily get the revs and plenty of torque......... its the next project as the alaskan is good but its hardwork!

[welsh wood]

I reckon a three phase motor is the way forward if you don't need it mobile, quieter and you can easily get the revs and plenty of torque......... its the next project as the alaskan is good but its hardwork!

 

this is a bit of a learning curve I just wanted to see how this worked first,I intend to power one with a vertical shaft engine, either build a new carriage for this or try and sell as is and start a new one

[agrimog]

logosol have a 3phase electric chainsaw option for there mills, they reckon its twice as fast as a conventional chainsaw, its the most popular option on the ones they sell in scandanaviun countries