Homebuilt Bandsaw Mill

[Firewood Hoarder]

Thought I would share some pictures of my Father's homebuilt sawmill. It is built around a Briggs 16hp V-twin, and will cut logs 14' long and up to 24" in diameter. He began building it about 2 years ago, and has been milling logs for about the last 14 months on it. I saved an ash tree crotch that had 5 branches coming out of one area, thinking it would have some interesting grain. Now to go stack my slabs somewhere and get the sealer on them...

 

[Firewood Hoarder]

Hopefully I can get this to dry properly without a ton of cracking...

 

[Firewood Hoarder]

A few more pictures.... it isn't a very refined machine yet, but we are making usable products with it. My older son was even persuaded to put his tablet computer down and make some lumber with me.