What? No bandsaw milling threads?

[Mastermind]

My grandson and I bought a bandsaw yesterday. The Woodland Mills HM122 with an extra section of track. I was wondering who else here had bandsaw mills. I'm gonna need sharping tips and stuff.

 

[Woodpecker]

 

[Mastermind]

Exactly. LOL

 

[PA Dan]

Guess you could start one...

 

[Ketchup]

My dad has a bandsaw mill. He’s been stockpiling blades to sharpen for years but so far he just buys new ones. I think they’re about $25 each and he can usually get 500BF before they dull. I think the place he gets them is in Tennessee or Georgia. He’s up in WV.

 

[dall]

My grandson and I bought a bandsaw yesterday. The Woodland Mills HM122 with an extra section of track. I was wondering who else here had bandsaw mills. I'm gonna need sharping tips and stuff.

get woodmizer blades
most usually not worth the time sharpening unless you have the setup

My dad has a bandsaw mill. He’s been stockpiling blades to sharpen for years but so far he just buys new ones. I think they’re about $25 each and he can usually get 500BF before they dull. I think the place he gets them is in Tennessee or Georgia. He’s up in WV.

what part of wv

 

[Ketchup]

get woodmizer blades
most usually not worth the time sharpening unless you have the setup

what part of wv

Southern end of Pocahontas County. 30 minutes up 219 from Lewisburg.

 

[farminkarman]

most usually not worth the time sharpening unless you have the setup

That’s what I thought…I thought a lot of them have the heat treated teeth that don’t take too well to sharpening.

 

[beaglebriar]

My neighbor has a home brew band mill. Couple old car tires for the drive wheels and not a guard in site. I really should get a picture to share... it's special. He'd prolly fit right in around here.

 

[Mastermind]

That’s what I thought…I thought a lot of them have the heat treated teeth that don’t take too well to sharpening.

A fella on the YouTubes has a video on touching them up with a chainsaw chain grinder. He thinks it helps. LOL

 

[JIMG]

 

[Mastermind]

Dude is a genius.

 

[JIMG]

Agreed. I have not made one of these yet but it's on my short list as my dull blades are piling up.

 

[farminkarman]

A fella on the YouTubes has a video on touching them up with a chainsaw chain grinder. He thinks it helps. LOL

If you can rig up a way to do it with a grinder, you would likely have some success. I think you would ruin a file trying to sharpen those hardened teeth.

 

[farminkarman]

definitely gotta have some extra blades handy if you start finding metal.

 

[Ketchup]

If you can rig up a way to do it with a grinder, you would likely have some success. I think you would ruin a file trying to sharpen those hardened teeth.

Diamond file works but there are a lot of teeth on a BSM blade.

There are several sharpening tools similar to this available from BSM manufacturers. Dad has one collecting dust in the loft of his shop. He’s going to set it up someday…

I’ll ask him where he gets his blades. Seems like a heck of a deal.

 

[bretts]

Dad has a bandsaw mill. Just a cheap (if 6g's is cheap) from one of our hardware tool stores. He set it up with a tractor and put it on the ground at first. He then made a trailer for it so he can tow it around. It's much easier than using a Granburg chainsaw mill and less waste.

 

[Czed]

My grandson and I bought a bandsaw yesterday. The Woodland Mills HM122 with an extra section of track. I was wondering who else here had bandsaw mills. I'm gonna need sharping tips and stuff.

I have this same chain sharpener
If I get a mill I'm going to make a channel for the bands to slide though to be sharpened

Hud-Son 2 IN 1 BAND BLADE & CHAINSAW SHARPENER

Sharpen both your Bandsaw blades and Chainsaw Chains! • Easy to set up• 120v motor perfect for household electric• only draws 230 watts, perfect for inverters and generators. Making this sharpener ideal for remote off-grid locations. • Compact size easily bolts to workbenches, tabletops, and...

www.thelogox.com

 

[Mastermind]

I have this same chain sharpener
If I get a mill I'm going to make a channel for the bands to slide though to be sharpened

Hud-Son 2 IN 1 BAND BLADE & CHAINSAW SHARPENER

Sharpen both your Bandsaw blades and Chainsaw Chains! • Easy to set up• 120v motor perfect for household electric• only draws 230 watts, perfect for inverters and generators. Making this sharpener ideal for remote off-grid locations. • Compact size easily bolts to workbenches, tabletops, and...

www.thelogox.com

I have a chain grinder....I figured I could find a way to use that.

 

[Mastermind]

Now I'm thinking about a shed for the mill that I won't hate in a couple of years.