How do you like your woodland mill?

[AndyChalmers]

I am thinking about purchasing a woodlands mill, are you still happy with yours etc, would you reccomend buying 1?

[Dizzer]

Yep still using it great bit of kit for the money

It has paid for its self from the work I've do but I'm still saving for a lucas mill

[AndyChalmers]

What do you class as downsides to the Woodlands mill compared to the Lucas? Why are you going to buy a Lucas? Very interested thats all.

[Dizzer]

I think the lucas mill would suite us better as we clear alot of sites for people where we could set the lucas up and beam alot of timber up and take out of hard to reach areas whereas with the woodlands you have to pull all logs out also the thing i find with the woodlands which is probably the same with all bandsaw mills is the wave you get on the blades cut when they are get blunt can be annoying.but i am a complete newbie to milling and ive found the woodlands very easy touse and i use it alot for slicing up oak beams to make furniture out of it. Ive also made alot of money cutting up pine and larch for live edge cladding which is easy ans the wave on the cut isnt a problem when doing those. But for the money it is awesome and it always starts every time even in cold damp weather

Your always welcome to come and play with it if you want to pop down to help you make up your mind

[richy_B]

Is the Lucas Mill comparable in prices?

[delabodge]

shouldnt think so,no idea how much the woodlands mill is, but a lucsas is around the £15k mark new for the 8" great bit of kit though,,

[delabodge]

and there at the top of this page was a banner answering my question and yours, the woodland mill is from £2599 guessing this is basic electric model ,,

[richy_B]

and there at the top of this page was a banner answering my question and yours, the woodland mill is from £2599 guessing this is basic electric model ,,

 

It looks like it's petrol engine only.

[Dizzer]

I got the petrol version. The woodlands mill is worth every penny I've made my money back on it over and over I just think if i was going to go into milling as a trade I would fork and get better piece of kit. But for what I need it for it's doing just fine and we get a lot of wood come our way and instead of chopping it for firewood we get to make it more useful especially for all the wood turners that come in for wood

[Wendelspanswick]

It looks like it's petrol engine only.

 

Both the electric and petrol versions are £2599 + vat @ 25% (Swedish sales tax) = £3248.75.

If you are VAT registered you can claim it back but as its from Europe I did read that this is not quite as easy, extra forms to fill in.