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[Don Bowen KI6DIU <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 10/3/2007, you wrote:
> Have you considered building a mill, either chainsaw
> or band-saw.  It is doable but I haven't decided if it
> is worth the effort.

Like many things building your own is one way to get something cheaper but 
you are usually trading time for money.  Chasing down cheap parts and 
materials takes a lot of time and it often gets to the point of buying a 
new part just to get it done.

That being said, I like a unit I saw many years ago that used a VW air 
cooled engine on an angle iron carriage.  The blade was bolted directly to 
the VW crank.  I cannot remember how they started the engine but outside 
the engine, which were cheap at the time, the whole thing was cheap and 
easy to build.



Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up                       KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com