We absolutely love your channel. Your parents must be so proud of you. My husband is an engineer and does everything himself, whether it be landscaping, electrics, plumbing, decorating, putting a bathroom or a kitchen in, servicing the car, etc. I’m so lucky to have a hubby like this. Unfortunately, I do think we put too much on him, as he’s always the first one we ask for help. It’s lovely to see someone so young, that’s so talented, and watching you is always a pleasure. I really wish yourself and Dot have a lovely, wonderful life in your paradise. You two deserve it so much 💓😊💓

@Chr.U.Cas2216

3 жыл бұрын

Dear Rachel M. 👍👌👏 Very well said Ma'am. Congrats for having such a good and talented guy right by your side. Best regards, luck and health to all of you.

@rachelmayes298

3 жыл бұрын

@@Chr.U.Cas2216 thank you. Hoping you and your family are safe and well during this pandemic 💓💓💓

@Chr.U.Cas2216

3 жыл бұрын

@@rachelmayes298 Thx. Here are some 💚💚💚 in return (of course in my favourite colour)! Sincerely yours.

@knobhed4

3 жыл бұрын

what of Wales do live?

@rachelmayes298

3 жыл бұрын

@@knobhed4 ???

11:28 “...from a jet engine I made years ago.” Sometimes I forget just how vast your experience in engineering is Kris. Great video! Made my week!

@Richie8a8y

3 жыл бұрын

And did you notice when you turned her on the sun shone! Or was that from your smile?

@bryantull7596

3 жыл бұрын

The second he said that I was like "Let me scroll down cuz I know that's going to be the best comment". lol

Favorite part of the week settling down to watch kris, seriously could watch you all day and not get bored. Another great video 👍👏👏👏👏

You make everything seem easy to do, when in fact anyone who ever tried to build anything knows how hard it really is.

@danaholt1720

3 жыл бұрын

That did not look easy to me at all ! Lol!!!!🤣😬😳

Dude! You're a complete renaissance man! Stupendous!!!

@Kobe29261

3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly - he could repopulate the world with 60-80% of the most seminal engineering discoveries if the 'lights go out' again!

How do you know how to do these things?!?! No wonder you get excited when all these things you build work . Borderline Mr practical genius ......It is fascinating to watch ! 🎉👍

Very pleasant to hear the birds chirping! Well done mate💪

The beaming smile when you brought your creation to life sums it all up 😬....another great inspirational video of what can be achieved by yourself if you take time to research and then actually get off the sofa ago and try it/tweak it and make it work! Brilliant stuff as usual Kris....look forward to the next part..

well done Kris you must be so proud of yourself i thought the electric hydro was good but am amazed at how this mill is coming along and your self thought too what an amazing achievement how many off us here sat on our arse with only mere fantasise to try accomplish such things. your willingness to fail and learn from them is really inspiring . there is no doubt a bandsaw mill will prove to be an excellent addition to your homestead. keep safe mate regards Dave

Enjoy your take of a video What do I know about what you are doing but I enjoy every minute Thanks you are great!

Hi Kris, i'm in the process of watching all your videos on this channel...all I can say is wow you must have the mind of a genius with all your endeavours. Fascinating watching you overcome obstacles. Please keep up the good work.

Great to see this project coming along nicely Kris, thanks for the update.

It's coming together! I really enjoyed seeing how you designed and then overcame flaws. Very cool!

This is the best part of the week

@clypeum5063

3 жыл бұрын

yeah for me too... kinda sad but also nice to have something to look forward to!

We are very happy to have found your channel. You are so creative and demonstrate the concept, the first iteration and then complete the repeats without making us watch the same process multiple times. Than to you and Dot for sharing your lives. God bless.

Building it up from scratch is absolutely amazing!

What an excellent entrepreneurial guy you are Kris! I just love it!

Pretty cool! Safety! Safety! Safety! Looking forward to see how the blade functions.Great job! Nice to see the smile of satisfaction on your face!👍

That's such a great piece of home engineering. I am getting more and more inspired by your builds. Looking forward to the next installment. Stay safe J.

I wish I had a third of your drive, patience, organization and vision! Great work! Wish we were on the same continent...I’d volunteer on a daily basis 🤣😀

Pivot your idler with a pulley to engage and disengage for startup. Can always add a pulley in top if belt slap becomes a thing. Great looking machine!

Always good to see a video update from you. Thank you for sharing with us Mate- Cheers!

Next video Kris brings out a four legged pod ... just something from my moon lander I made a few years ago! ...

Your joy at getting this working is truly infectious. Your the best man :)

Really enjoying the band saw mill build Kris. I like your trial and error process, and showing how you're going about developing your saw mill on the fly. You're gonna be sawing logs in no time.

Yeehaw! Looking forward to seeing this ripping through some logs. :)

@nicolettedorfling9788

3 жыл бұрын

Me 2!!!!

All I can say is yet again you have awed me with your skill. Respect ✊🏻

Kris - Saturday morning here and what a great start to my day watching your video on the development of your band saw!! I am really looking forward to the next installment. 😊

I like watching your shows the reason is because you talk sense and your honest, there are only a few people that are on you tube that are enjoyable to watch, i have no complaints mate only praise good on ya mate👍

Another inspiring video Kris.... You never cease to amaze me as I'm sitting here in my pants.

this thing is going to be unstoppable!! great choice with that engine!

Oh lord love the thought processes whilst building

Lovely bit of metal work there can’t wait to see it cut!

Congratulations! Can't wait to see it cutting!

Cant wait to see this cut!!

Great! I'm sure that your bandsaw will do everything you want it to do when it's done. A bit of advice from someone that has worked a few years with steel. I sometimes remove my angle grinder's guard to get it in to weird positions. But I always put it back on when I'm done with that task. I often rest my thumb against the guard to do precise cuts, so for me it is an advantage to have it mounted anyways.

Love your videos thanks. I have a lot of experience with sliding gates which uses the same rollers and tracks, I found if you weld a length of 14 or 16 mm round stock on the angle it glides with much more ease and prevents any dirt buildup

Great build Kris another sawmill I've seen built. As I watch this video I can see one of Mathew Cremona's in the play list. It was he that I first watched building his own sawmill, I have seen him cutting slabs from trees as big as almost 5' across. He is now about to move it to his new property. That post hammer was also a great build, both tools are time and efficient without wearing you and Dot out. You've never been still in all the time I have watched your videos. I wish you all the best in all of your projects.

Well done, you accomplish some of the most amazing things.

Looking good this will save so much time, so the trees can be cut in situ. Keep up the good work.

This is one of the best videos I've ever seen. Absolutely awesome Kris. Well impressed. 👍 Love the way the tape measure took cover at the first steel cut😅

Brilliant Kris, maybe add another jockey pully above the belt tensioner - just to pull the belt down and away from the blade. {less wear on belt}.........carry on sir !

@Henning_S.

3 жыл бұрын

I think the belt acts as a rubber tire for the blade on the wheel(like the woodmizer sawmills), so it doesn't matter if it touches the blade, because the blade gets pressed on the belt with a lot of force anyways

Little tip: those kind of pulleys work because of friction, if you use this type of belt you are loosing surface area and therefore friction. I'm afraid the system might slip when you introduce forces from the blade. Cheers, keep up the good work!

Looking great so far. You've been doing your homework i see. I wouldn't recommend using wood slats on top of the log bed as they will create friction and wear fast when loading and dragging logs onto it. The beds on my mill and almost all others are painted steel and will always stay true. I believe mine are powder coated. I couldn't see the cable ends in the video, but you might want to add an eyebolt or a turnbuckle for cable adjustment at the end of the cable. Being heavier on one side can cause the 2 cables to stretch at different rates causing the blade to track downwards on the heavy side in time. Keep up the great work there Kris.

"A jet engine you made a few years ago?" LOL, we all made jet engines when we were younger! There is a story here you must share sometime :)

@FloydBunsen

3 жыл бұрын

Pulse jets are a fun time!

@richardcole9558

3 жыл бұрын

That made me smile as well ...I’m nearly seventy and still haven’t made a jet engine ..😂...brilliant videos ..

The smile on the start - worth the whole video!!

Thanks for posting and sharing! very impressive set up. curious to see how the water cooler works.

Great stuff saying hello from very deep south of the South Island New Zealand

Amazing as always. Just the thing to start my weekend.

Keep us posted mate on everything you do!!! Makes me so jealous!!

You know so much about so many things and that’s why you figure out what you need to do and just do it! I love that!!! Thanks for a wonderful video!!

Good stuff Dr Harbour! Can't wait for the body parts to come in and you start building The Monster!

Love it kris, well done.

These days when everyone is MIGing and TIGing, its cool to see someone building something with good old stick welding.

Hello from Virginia! Good to see your progress!

The details are making this video fantastic!

Fantastic! Methodical i Like that. Good Luck Kris. cheers.

Awesome job! Really enjoying your videos.

Hi Kris, Good to see it working... Take care. Paul,,

Fantastic work! It's really coming along, and great job adjusting to design constraints on the fly. I'm a sawyer by trade, and a few things that may help you out if it's not too late already- I saw it mentioned elsewhere in the comments too, but an extra wheel pushing down on the slack between motor and flywheel would be a good safety feature to prevent the vibration of the drive belt from hitting the blade. Assuming that the blade will ride the drive belt on the transmission side (and another tyre on the other wheel), the blade will be going the same speed as the belt so the chances of the teeth catching it are minimized, but there is also a significant amount of vibration in the drive belts and the way yours is setup, if it breaks the saw blade will be almost guaranteed to fly off. Also, consider a downward tensioning system to hold the carriage head steady while milling. The weight of the motor and water add up, but may not be enough to counteract the motor vibrations. Looking at the footage it seems to be visibly moving the carriage up and down while running, and even that much movement can cause some funky cuts as well as introduce a fair bit of stress to the blade on cut entry before the log stabilizes it. Possibly some springs in the system or even a second ratchet that can provide positive downward pull once the cut height is set. Looking forward to seeing you milling on something other than the alaskan mill! I run an 8 foot bar and know exactly how slow and painful it can be!

Can't wait to see this beast milling some lumber!

Looks brilliant. I bet you can’t wait to make your first cut 😊 Hope you’re putting a roof on it to protect your engine...maybe some clear corrugated plastic 👍

awesome to see your progress!

You never cease to amaze us!

Congrats Mister!! Enjoy your well earned proud joy! Greetings

congratulations on not detonating :) bet you cant wait to start milling, same as us i reckon. The light has changed, spring is on its way, hope fully the rain will die down for a few minutes.

Hello from Los Angeles California , as usual I am amazed! 👍

that was so very satisfying. great work hun!

Outstanding Brother ... problem solving at it’s finest

Kris the grin on your face is priceless

Super Chuffed for you - is there nothing you cant do? lol Seriously well done, you are an inspiration

What an amazing individual.

You are going to need a machine port or barn to store all this equipment. I can't wait to see the saw at work.👍

Heath Robinson would be proud of you!

I strongly recommend a half decent 2nd hand radio lapel mic. They do require some discipline regarding plugging, switching and changing batteries but once you’ve got the hang of it the difference in sound quality will be total! Great episode though, thank you!

Just ......so ......clever! And, inspirational!

Great video, and great build. Thanks for sharing. Leaving the mistakes in the video then explaining and fixing them is much appreciated. Keep up the good work!!

Quick Tipp for perfect lowering and raising with the winch: get the cable from the winch to the right Side of your carriage and mount IT there Solid, Not with a pulley. Then from that Point Go down with the cable and 'under' the mill with two pulleys and then Up on the Other Side and down with a pulley to the of the carriage where you mount the cable Solid. This way If you Raise the right Side with the winch your 'pulling' the left Side Up aswell without the possibillity of moving it crooked!

@clypeum5063

3 жыл бұрын

Its hard to explain but with that configuration your pulling both Sides Up at the same rate. The First Side directly with the winch. If the winch goes Up your pulling Up on the carriage which then Lifts the Other Side via the pulleys. In total you need Four pulleys (plus the extra one you used directly after the winch). One in each Corner of the mill. Then the cables goes from winch to upper right pulley. From upper right to the right Side of the carriage(mount the cable there Solid). From the right Side of the carriage to the bottom right. From bottom right to bottom left. From bottom left to top left. From top left to carriage left where you mount IT aswell. Man. Its hard to describe this stuff in english

@KrisHarbour

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. I will have a go at drawing that so I can get my head around it. I will see how this works first. If it is uneven then I will make changes

@clypeum5063

3 жыл бұрын

@@KrisHarbour yeah drawing it would help i could imagine ;)

@andycollins3978

3 жыл бұрын

Kris, check this vid out. The fella makes a metal casting foundry, but his mechanism for raising/lowering the lid is similar to what you need I think. kzread.info/dash/bejne/g4Oapa2igc25lNY.html

@clypeum5063

3 жыл бұрын

@@andycollins3978 many paths lead to rome BUT that version youve linkes is way to compicated with way to many ropes and pulleys. you really just need 4, maybe 6 for convenience (to route the cable nicely out of the way) because its impossible for the mill application to go "under" the mill. ive used 4 to not make it any more complicated and just get the point across, the rest is just direction changes). no double or tripple pulleys not a thousand ropes. simple is the way to go here!

Always look forward to you posting your videos.

Kris Harbour natural building and jet engines ! LOL! a man of many interests

This series might be as popular as hydro once the youtube algorithm catches up. This is really, really good.

Fuel tank ?! Jet Engine !!. this is Rocket Science..! just found your channel and it's up there with the best...keep it up and Good Luck !

Good job showing, I thinking about building me one that one you got there looks nice. Well see ya on the next one man have a great one.

Are you an engineer by education? Or are you just VERY handy and have a bright brain?? I am really impressed!!

This is amazing to watch

That grin when it fired up was classic. Can't wait to see it slabbing out some wood. What's next for your processing line -- a drying kiln? :D

@monabale8263

3 жыл бұрын

solar style...

@69Buddha

3 жыл бұрын

@@monabale8263 Holy cow, I didn't even know that was a thing, then this vid poppped up in my recommended: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pIydsayDgdjIpLA.html That'd fit right in on the Harbour Homestead!

That’s just amazing 🤩

Hello Kris, like on my opinion, it would be good to install one roller for the top side to tight the belt from the top too, to ensure more stable belt movement. Like on some motorbykes, when the rollers are installed on one plate ends in diagonally, thus you will have the ability to tight the belt more precisely.

Absolutely love your channel and your ingenious mind.............. I would like to see the PUWER assessment for that band saw though ;)

A true jack of all trades!

Hi Chris, looks good it will be an invaluable tool I built mine 7 years back cuts 3 ft dia x 27 ft long two 4.5 HP electric motors one on each sheave , old drill raises and lowers the head on trapezoidal threaded rods and motorbike sprockets & chains , will cuts pine with one motor oak needs both , one thing I changed guide bearings have to be slightly lower than straight makes a big difference , I have never used a lubrication system either , always thought I can add it if its needed just didn't get round to it doesn't seem to make a difference cuts beautifully , another tip wide blade { mine is 1 1/4 inch or 1 1/2 inch } has to be parallel with the bed , I clip a long piece of straight aluminium onto the blade and adjust so equal measurement above bed both ends , oh and I sharpen my blades on the machine with an angle grinder blades can be sharpened about 5 or 6 times I have found although they are only 22 quid each mine are 16 ft long , will follow with interest cant wait to see your face when you cut that first log lol , also make sure teeth stick out beyond the edge of the sheaves as the tooth set is flattened and brade will wander up & down .

always fun - thanks for the video !

that will be a helpful addition to your work.

A bicycle chain guard would work perfectly to guard the belt from the blade. I suggest the chain guard used on the Schwinn Stingray bicycle 😁

Fair play Chris. Been watching your vids since day, your always Teg! Much love from a fellow Welsh. Link up one day hopefully. Got lots to share. Peace. Oli and India xx mid Wales

Been waiting for this! Nice.

Well done Chris it's looking awesome!!! Just don't forget to build a guard for the bandsaw blade as the last thing anybody wants is the blade to snap and remove somebodies head !!!.

Das wird eine tolle Säge, da bin ich mir sicher 💪👍

Man I’m super stoked to see this thing in the future. I do hope you have plans for a brake system. Cheers

nice progress mate!