I am planning on using 25" wheels so I can use a thicker blade .050" and hopefully won't break.

I am drawing my own plans, YouTube plans and designs were a little "weak" so I went to the bandsaw mill websites and got some ideas from them. I saw a lot of design flaws especially with the log clearance. I am interested in being able to quartersaw the logs and most of the mills I have se...

Still in the planning stage, I do have 4 - 2" pillow blocks that I can use. So I guess I will order 2 of the drive wheels, should be the best way to go. Thanks

The idle wheel comes with 2 bearings, I could buy a second drive wheel it comes keyed with a 2" shaft, then I could possibly use pillow blocks on both drive wheels. That would make replacement easier.

I was thinking about running the shaft thru the 8 x 8 when I was uploading the pic of the assembly. There are some die springs needed for tensioning the blade that sit behind the plate. I will rework the model and see if they would work with the shaft inboard of the plate. Thanks

I have access to both tig & mig Miller welders 300 amp, the plate will need to be flat when done. pic attached I could weld the plate to the 8 x 8 tube first?

Hi Guys, I need to weld a 2" dia shaft to a 1/2" steel plate. It will be used for a Band saw mill. The 16" long shaft will be laying flat on the 12" sq plate hanging out 4" holding a 25" dia band saw wheel.