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Hi, CJ, have built my own 'mill several years ago, still use it, by myself mostly, doesn't take a lot of repair, or money to keep it going, use a forklift to move logs from the stump to the mill. this is a 48" circular head saw type, with "hard" teeth. Two of my neighbors had the band saw type mills, and both agree that the biggest expense with them are the band saw blades. Not saying every one is the same, but these particular ones used a lot of blades. The one fellow [comercial], was buying his blades in bulk, now uses a circular sawmill. There are several different ways to build a mill; one I ran accros last summer really caught my eye, this was a circular saw, 18"?, attached to the crankshaft of an eight HP air cooled motor, that was moved down a track by a hand crank. The log was "dogged" to three head blocks, and was moved manualy up to the saw for each cut. This would be great for small logs, could probably cut up to eight inch wide lumber, if done correctly. Depending on the size of the saw and HP of the motor, one could saw some decent size timber, length dependant on the lenght of the track. Might be a bit time consuming, but time used against price of lumber, still leaves a lot for other expenses. Hope this is of some help, if you want more info drop a note here and I will e-mail you. Have a gooder, R.E.L.
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