About 25 years ago I purchased an old Frick sawmill for $2000. It included the carriage with 3 headblocks, the ways with track, main shaft with a multi v-belt pulley, 48" blade, and the main part (forget what it is called) with the carriage cable drum and pulleys to run the carriage back and forth. It did not include the needed flat belts, any power uint, and there were some babbot bearings missing. It was an old unit, probablly early 1900's but was solid and good shape. I bought it on a whim without knowing much about mills, it laid in the barn for a couple years and decided to sell it, and an Amish fellow bought it for what I paid for it so I think I was lucky. Several years later logged a bunch of trees from the farm and hired in a bandsaw mill. It did excellent sawing, got it done now, at the time I think it was 12 cents a board foot for bandmill sawing. With the circular mill I would have needed an engine or tractor big enough with some way to hook it up, was going to build a building to set it up in, plus I never did find all the needed vintage parts. I recomend that if it is just needing to saw lumber that you need to not bother with a circular mill. If you desire to experience working with vintage equiptment and go in knowing the needed costs and time to do it then that is a different story.
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Today's Featured Article - Restoration Story: Fordson Major - by Anthony West. George bought his Fordson Major from a an implement sale about 18 years ago for £200.00 (UK). There is no known history regarding its origins or what service it had done, but the following work was undertaken alone to bring it up to show standard. From the engine number, it was found that this Major was produced late 1946. It was almost complete but had various parts that would definitely need replacing.
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