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Sawmill Build. Head Lifting System.Part 2

In this video, I show how to build one of the simplest and most reliable band sawmill head lifting systems using minimal parts and a practical design. To raise and lower the sawmill, I will use a 2500 lb winch with a 6 mm steel cable. On Amazon, I found U-shaped aluminum rollers with bearings, 90 mm in diameter. A total of three rollers, a winch, and three bolts — that’s all we need to build the lifting mechanism. Most homemade sawmills are built using a square-inside-square or tube-inside-tube design. I decided to approach this differently: I made the uprights from round pipe, and built the moving carriage as a square frame welded from angle steel. Inside a 600 mm section made from 63 mm angle steel with a 5 mm thickness, I placed a pipe wrapped in 0.2 mm paper. Then, I welded two 50 mm angle pieces at the ends. As a result, I got a carriage with a 0.4 mm clearance. This way, I ended up with excellent slides with almost no play, and they don’t bind. I will mount the entire sawmill on these two slides. I routed the cable along the outside of the uprights and installed the engine exactly in the center, which balanced the sawmill head well. I didn’t bother with a complicated winch mount and simply welded it to the upright. One click of the winch moves the blade by 0.5 mm, which is more than enough for my needs. One full turn of the handle moves the blade by 5 mm. This is probably the simplest lifting mechanism in the world, and it works very well. It requires minimal cost for parts and very little time. If the sawmill head is properly balanced, everything works perfectly. You can see the rest of the components and how I built the sawmill on my channel. #Sawmill #BandSawmill #SawmillBuild #DIYsawmill #SawmillHeadLift #Woodworking #HomemadeSawmill #DIYWoodworking #WorkshopBuild #WoodMilling