heimlaga
Established Member
For sawing logs lets say 10 cm in diametre your small wheels would probably do well enough..... so yes...I was probably missunderstanding.
I know that I have a slight tendency to overbuild things but I am sick and tired of the amount of blade drift that occurs on a woodmizer cutting 30-40 cm diametre spruce logs and I would like my boards to vary less than that. It is pretty frustrating to a frame together when the band sawn 2x4s vary from 96 to 104 mm in width along their lenght. A straighter cut would require a wider and thicker blade which in turn requires bigger wheels regardless of the demand for throat size. Not quite as daft as it seems.
The stiffer the blade the greater the wheel diametre has to be. That is a rule that applies to all band sawmills and resaws. If you look at a Stenner rack table saw mill or a Stenner resaw with it's wide blade you will find that it has some pretty big wheels.
Just my oppinion....and though i have done a lot of offbearing at various sawmills and happen to know many both hobbyist and professional sawyers I am not a sawyer myself.
I know that I have a slight tendency to overbuild things but I am sick and tired of the amount of blade drift that occurs on a woodmizer cutting 30-40 cm diametre spruce logs and I would like my boards to vary less than that. It is pretty frustrating to a frame together when the band sawn 2x4s vary from 96 to 104 mm in width along their lenght. A straighter cut would require a wider and thicker blade which in turn requires bigger wheels regardless of the demand for throat size. Not quite as daft as it seems.
The stiffer the blade the greater the wheel diametre has to be. That is a rule that applies to all band sawmills and resaws. If you look at a Stenner rack table saw mill or a Stenner resaw with it's wide blade you will find that it has some pretty big wheels.
Just my oppinion....and though i have done a lot of offbearing at various sawmills and happen to know many both hobbyist and professional sawyers I am not a sawyer myself.