Logmaster LM1 manual bandsawmill

[muttley9050]

Out of interest Johnathon, have you any idea what it would cost to import the trailered version?

[Big J]

I think that the difficulty with the trailed version is that you won't get many into the container. I can't see you getting more than 4 into a 40ft container. At a rough guess, it's going to cost about £6700 for the trailed LM1 with a 14hp Kohler engine. Bear in mind, it weighs about 1130kg, which is a good chunk more solid than the competitor mills.

[difflock]

Hmmm,

An there I was near ready to order a Logosol after talking to Agrimog a week past.

Still swithering.

PS

The Logosol is still sooooo much sexier looking

that LM1 looks wile "plain".

Sigh

[Big J]

Hmmm,

An there I was near ready to order a Logosol after talking to Agrimog a week past.

Still swithering.

PS

The Logosol is still sooooo much sexier looking

that LM1 looks wile "plain".

Sigh

 

Used the Lumbermate LM2000 and didn't like it. Hard, physical work, low production rate and bands kept snapping.

 

Perhaps you should go the whole hog and get the LM2 if you want something sexy! Hydraulics are fabulous too.

[difflock]

Sorry "J" you misunderstand

(i) Was an M8 Logosol, I were considering.

And

(ii) As a Scots emigrant offspring bred with hungry Co Antrim farming stock.

Sexy can only really be really sexy if affordable=inexpensive.

So the all hydraulic LM2 is oot.

In seriousness I bought into the argument in favour of the higher diminsional accuracy afforded by the chainsaw set up.

Probably of more intrest to me than higher volume production of the bandsaw mill.

cheers

marcus

[difflock]

What width blade does the LM1 run

I think? I searched the linked site reasonably througherly.

But could not see it listed?

cheers

marcus

[Big J]

Chainsaw milling isn't really a sustainable option for anyone wanting to do much general milling. There are some great applications for a chainsaw mill (like today, where I chainsaw milled a lovely pippy yew tree that was in a back garden - would have ended up as firewood otherwise) but the level of wastage (10mm kerf, rather than 2mm) is awful.

 

I know a couple of people with the M8s predecessor and they weren't impressed. Very high vibration and extremely limited in terms of the size you can mill. A lot of money for not much.

 

With the bandmill, you will cut far more. A chainsaw has at most 8.8hp removing a 10mm kerf. The lowest power LM1 has 14hp, removing 2mm kerf. That should theoretically mean that the band mill will cut 8 times faster, but in practice that isn't the case due to the band wandering if you go too fast. Either way, it's much quicker, and you have a much smaller pile of saw dust to clear up at the end of the day.

 

The LM1 runs a 1.25 inch band btw.

[agrimog]

big J, running with the stihl pmx chains Im only getting a 6.5 mill kerf, and like you cutting some real nice pippy oak today, with no deflection on the knots, and the wood will finish with a sanding, not even require a pass through the planner, chain preperation is the key!, Im still looking at bandmills, but till someone comes up with one running at least a 3" wide band, I'll still be concerned about blade deflection over imperfections in the structure of the timber, ive seen to many ripples caused by seemingly nothing, an 1/8 to be planned off each face kind of defeats the 2mm kerf a little bit, does it not. Yes the chainmill is slower, but its portability is its big advantage for me, I can get it into places I could never get a bandmill into and get some stunning timber that would normally end up as firewood. I'm waiting with interest to see your new mill in action and would love to come through and see it for real

[agrimog]

hey difflock, did you have a good holiday!, the forresian is almost stripped now, just the basic rack framing left, all the "extra" stuff is gone, looks naked now, another couple of evening shifts will see only the chassis left, the two saw arbors will live again, theres already a plan forming for them...lol..some mad processor thing

[agrimog]

ps sorry to hijack your thread a bit Big J, hope you accept my humble apology