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In
early 2000 we bought a Foley-Belsaw sawmill model M-14. It has a
40" circular blade and a 10' carriage for the logs to sit on.
It is powered by a PTO shaft from one of the farm tractors. It is
set on 8 railroad ties, each buried 4 feet into the ground to get below
the frost line up here in Minnesota |
In
late July 2002, we acquired another blade for the mill. The one on the left is the
40" blade that came with the mill with 24 - B style teeth and the one
my brother is holding is the new one. A 50" blade with 48 - F style teeth. |
This was the mill setup in 2003 after the building is completed and some
major reworking on the mill has been done. The old mandrel drive
pulleys broke so we engineered a new belt system. We also moved the
sawdust blower to a better location and it works outstanding. |
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