I am needed to machine for run cutting Timber. Plse provide me contact number as well as earlier.

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Thanks for your feedback. Maybe the version with the chainsaw would be enough for you if it's just for one job.

Hi James, thanks for your feedback! Really an interesting idea. I've also heard of that it should bring benefits. But the cutting width is getting smaller and we need the full width more often. If the sawmill is no longer used that often, we try it out. To try it out, we could just put the wood at an angle. So we can see directly whether it brings any advantages.

A diagonal length cut is longer than a 90 degree crosscut. I see an angle cut as requiring more power since it's longer. Am I wrong?

@Patrick Yes I agree with you. The chain has to saw more material. I could imagine that the angle at which the chain enters the wood requires less force and is gentler on the chain and you can therefore make more feed.

@@Patrick-kc5ur Patrick It is all about the structure of wood. With my chainsaw I cut into a 2 foot piece of log from the end as Ben's sawmill does. It was hard sawing and made fine sawdust. Then I put the log piece on its side and made the cut with the bar parallel with the length of the log. It was easy sawing and produced long "excelsior" strands of wood. What I understand is that the darker part of the growth ring is denser and harder to cut. When you saw directly into the end of the log the saw tooth must repeatedly cut through all the growth rings. When sawing with increasing angles into the wood think if a triangle _____i ( in your mind connect the dot on the top of the i with the start of the line). The base of the triangle is the saw cut advancing straight into the log, the hypotenuse of the triangle is the longer saw cut when sawing at an angle - also the line is soft wood the i is the hard growth ring. When sawing at an angle the tooth spends more time in the softer wood and cuts across the the hard growth ring less often and courser sawdust is produced. Less stress on the chain so the chain can be advances into the log faster. I expect this is all set forth in a very scientific paper at the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Lab in Madison, Wisconsin and elsewhere. For Ben's mill this would only be practical if the saw setup were mounted on a plate that rotated on the carriage so change from straight to angled cuts could me made seamlessly between logs. But who knows if it would be worth while? James

Thank you! Yes, we decided on an electric drive because our first attempt with the chainsaw was not ideal. The fuel consumption was very high and a cut took a long time. I think a chainsaw would not have withstand very long. The oil for the Chain comes out of the blue tanks mounted on the sledge. An oil pump from a chainsaw delivers the oil to the chain.

If you had a 15+ HP VERTICAL SHAFT 4cycle motor instead. Electric in North America 3 phase has to be in a mill. I want to go portable.

Thank you. I think a longer sword would work too. But because of the greater cutting forces I would use a thicker chain. It is also important that the chain is sharpened evenly, otherwise the sword will run up or down.

@Yoshi Ben Exactly, all the holes allow me to adjust the trunk in 5mm steps. From 1:24 you can see how I adjust the height.

The frame is similar to that of a Logosol sawmill. Instead of the ratchet with automatic locking, we simply use a bolt for locking . The slide is self-built and the lubrication in particular was not that easy to implement.

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Thank you. We took the 10hp engine because we still had it in stock. I think a 7hp motor would be enough. At 10hp the chain determines the feed speed because it will eventually break at the power of the motor.

We also worked on the oil pump for a long time until it was perfect. However, we also have a CNC milling machine at home. This was very helpful when adapting the oil pump. I have an exploded view of the sled. Write me an email and I can send you the drawing. You can find my email address in the channel info.

@@bensch7530 Hey Ben! Thanks for replying. Searched for your mail id but wasn’t able to find. Could you please mail on my email id : triveshhans@gmail.com Thanks & Regards

@@triveshhans I forgot to say that you can only see the email address if you call up youtube on a PC and then go to the channel info. I sent you the email with the drawing.

Are we talking bout an oil drip? I'm curious bc I'm bout to build this myself

@John Pullman Thank you for your Feedback. The chain is driven directly by the motor via a V-belt. What you see in the video is the oil pump for lubricating the chain. I also think that you get problems with too hot oil if you make the drive hydraulic.

@Sapphire Wood Crafts Thank you! I watched your video. Definitely runs better than we used the chainsaw. We only have a sharpener for the saw chains. It is important that all teeth are the same length and have the same angle, otherwise the saw blade runs and then jams. With the file you can not do that exactly. I would not buy the cheapest device. Otherwise we have no extra accessories.

@@bensch7530 Hi Ben, how did you connect the chainbar/chain to the motor please? are you able to share list of parts please? I ordered a chainsaw sprocket and clutch drum to start with but any help with this I really appreciate it.

@@sbantu The chain is driven directly via the V-belt. There is no clutch installed. For more details please use the email in the channel info.

Great saw. Can not see an email in the channel info. Did I miss it?

Thank you. Speed of the chain is 10500rpm. That's the RPM of the sprocket.

Hi, thank you for your feedback. You can write me an Email than I can send you some detailed fotos from the sawmill. You can find my Email in the Video description.

It is always different. On average i would say after 15 cuts. It is sharpened with an extra sharpening device and not by hand.

Thank you! The pulley on the motor has a diameter of 110mm and 30mm on the sprocket.

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Hi, I did not expect that there would be so much interest in my sawmill. Since the email address is not easy to find on my channel, I wrote it in the video description of this video.

Logosol make the mill's frame, and they sell a saw very similar to this saw (Logosol ES8)

Works without problems. A cut oak takes a little longer than spruce. The speed is limited by the chain and not by the motor. Because the chain gets very warm with hard wood, I use water cooling.

Is there enough power with that motor? I'd love more info, I want to build one like yours

The power of the engine is more than sufficient. A 5kw motor would also be sufficient. The chain breaks before the engine reaches its performance limit.

How did you gear it to the chain drive? I have so many questions lol

The engine power is transmitted to a shaft with a belt, which then drives the chain and the oil pump. Can also be seen in the video.

Once sawed into a nail. After that the chain was blunt. I often remove the bark before the cut when there are many stones in the bark.

@@bensch7530 A guy I know hit a horseshoe once.....Lots of sparks

Ohh wow. I think the chain was broken after that, right? How does a horseshoe get into a tree 🙈

@@bensch7530 It was a giant buzz saw and they figured someone had put a horseshoe on a branch when it was young and the tree grew around it. Ruined a very expensive saw blade

Hi, in my opinion the 7.5 kw is exactly right. The engine has already stopped on a wide oak trunk. I could imagine that the 2kW motor is not enough for a 40cm wide saw cut. Maybe it's very slow and the engine warms up quickly. Normal chainsaws are not as powerful because they will never operate at full load for that long. The chainsaw I had on a sled at the beginning of the video has 7.5 HP. It was also very slow. Of course you can just test it with your engine. You just have to keep in mind that it will take longer and make sure that the engine doesn't get too hot.

@Dale Sloan We use a special chain for longitudinal cutting. The exact model is called: Stihl PMX Pitch: 3/8 Zoll picco 1,3mm

@@bensch7530 DAle sloan 0° hook angle chains.

On average I would say after 15 cuts. It is sharpened with an extra sharpening device and not by hand.

@@bensch7530 how long does it take to sharpen that way

@Aaron Mcfee Sharpening once takes about 10 minutes

Yes, a 5.5 hp motor is also sufficient. But of course it depends on which bar and chain you use

Yes there is a gear system. Large pulley on the motor an a small pulley on the chain side.

Hi, how can i help?

@@bensch7530 i need help to make a eletric saw mill im 60 years old and on ssi

You can write me an email and then I can send you a couple of pictures. You can find my email address in my channel info. You have to call up the channel info on the PC, otherwise the email will not be displayed.

Any segregation. In the planning stages.

@@davewelch1932 Hardwood, for example, oak, we have also often sawed. But it should not be too dry. Speed when sawing oak is not much slower than with spruce. Carbide teeth we have not yet tried because we have no sharpening device. But would still know how it works.