Everyman Sawmill.

[Big J]

Codlasher,

Per the ebay listing "Fred" is the seller.(& hopefully owner??)

(& Fred could talk two legs off an Irish donkey)

He is picking me up Sat am from Stansted.

And,

Thank you for those useful tips Codlasher.

Fingers crossed

Ps

I wisely had bought the plane tickets before I told Senior Managment

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Good luck with the sawmill, and indeed the Management! Look forward to hearing how you get on.

[codlasher]

I'm hoping this exercise is a success, wishing you luck too.

The last time the old Guillet made any money was on a set for Midsomer Murders! Center stage too :-)

codlasher

[difflock]

As to what I found, not a lot the wiser, certainly only recently removed, and appears to all be there, 3 Ph motor looks very fresh, all adjusters appear to turn, move and slide, a couple or 3 dents in mild steel guards, and minor damage due to the rushed removal (divorce settlement)

Rollers for the sliding bed all turning freely with no play or rumble in the bearings

I have no idea as to the state of crown of the bandwheels, they look very flat, but so did the bandwheels on the Stenner that was up and running in the same yard, I was assured? both mills had recently had the band wheels re-crowned.

Not entirely sure it is the best/optimum/correct mill for me but recalling the best defination of a bargain I have ever read.

"A bargain is something one does not need at a price one can afford"

On which basis I was more than happy ;D to be out-bid by someone who knows more about this Mill, its hertitage or proper value.

The vendor did suggest that it would be the perfect Mill to set up on a 40' flat bed trailer, for use or show.

Couldn't argue with that idea.

regards,

Marcus

PS

Not put a bid on yet:confused1:

Edited February 2, 2014 by difflock

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Not entirely sure it is the best/optimum/correct mill for me but recalling the best defination of a bargain I have ever read.

"A bargain is something one does not need at a price one can afford"

On which basis I was more than happy ;D to be out-bid by someone who knows more about this Mill, its hertitage or proper value.

PS

Not put a bid on yet:confused1:

 

I can tell you why I haven't bid on it, which may help in forming a view.

 

I think it's a great piece of kit and will probably be a really good deal for someone. It's a production-capable saw at a price where you can afford it to stand idle some of the time, ie it will do all that is asked of it without holding you up but you won't feel it must be working to pay off the investment.

 

I wouldn't mount it on a trailer - for rigidity I would want a fixed installation and getting the pit in the right place relative to the structure of the trailer may also be trickier than it first appears. A fixed installation works really well if you either sell timber or are milling from your own local source. I sell very little timber, do more milling for other people at their own site and would rather not bring everything of my own back here for preference as eventually I will annoy the neighbours! If you are doing what I do, you tend to end up with oversize or difficult access stuff. I can tackle difficult access but if I upgrade it would be to a trailable horizontal bandmill with a 3'+ capacity as that would best suit my situation.

 

If you are pretty much only milling your own timber of a size which goes through this, and already have the handling gear, I reckon this mill would be an excellent option. Maybe Fred can be prevailed upon for a reasonable consideration to help set it up and demonstrate its operation?

 

Alec

[difflock]

thanks

[Ollie]

So did anyone on here buy it? I've been offered a similar Stenner mill so would be interested to see the set up of this one

[codlasher]

I can tell you why I haven't bid on it, which may help in forming a view.

 

I think it's a great piece of kit and will probably be a really good deal for someone. It's a production-capable saw at a price where you can afford it to stand idle some of the time, ie it will do all that is asked of it without holding you up but you won't feel it must be working to pay off the investment.

 

I wouldn't mount it on a trailer - for rigidity I would want a fixed installation and getting the pit in the right place relative to the structure of the trailer may also be trickier than it first appears. A fixed installation works really well if you either sell timber or are milling from your own local source. I sell very little timber, do more milling for other people at their own site and would rather not bring everything of my own back here for preference as eventually I will annoy the neighbours! If you are doing what I do, you tend to end up with oversize or difficult access stuff. I can tackle difficult access but if I upgrade it would be to a trailable horizontal bandmill with a 3'+ capacity as that would best suit my situation.

 

If you are pretty much only milling your own timber of a size which goes through this, and already have the handling gear, I reckon this mill would be an excellent option. Maybe Fred can be prevailed upon for a reasonable consideration to help set it up and demonstrate its operation?

 

Alec

 

You do write well Alec! Totally agree with your view there.

 

@difflock. I hope you don't feel your time was wasted though, as Alec says at the end of his note Fred may be amenable......Well.... thats all in the future!

I hope you had a good trip anyways and learned a little about these old machines which, no doubt, you will file carefully away for the future:001_smile:

 

It was good to chat to you too.

codlasher

[difflock]

Yep Codlasher,

Apart from the 03:30 rise, a good trip, apart from the un-salted snow covered roads, which I had not bargained on, but the Continental Winter tyres are a joy in those conditions.

A very dissapointing afternoon hanging about Stansted too, entirely the wrong time of year for scantily clad holiday bound females.

Another advantage of being in my mid fifties, anything under 45 now stands a chance of being considered "hot".

Sigh.

I simply could not "warm" to the Mill, yes it looked complete etc, perhaps I have just been ogling shiney new American stuff too much.

I did not even bid, but certainly did not resent going to look and scratch that particular itch.

Perhaps if the saw had still been set up and I could have seen it working and overseen its takedown, I would have formed a different oponion.

regards,

Marcus

Edited February 2, 2014 by difflock