How to make a sawmill from a circular saw with your own hands? Pro Tips

A sawmill from an electric saw is made on the basis of a ready-made device, which must be installed on a structure with a tabletop. It is assembled from metal pipes or a wooden box covered with laminated plywood. Step-by-step instructions for each method with a detailed description of the actions can be found in the presented material.

Materials and tools

Before you carefully study the instructions on how to make a sawmill from a circular saw with your own hands, you need to familiarize yourself with the design features, as well as prepare the available tools. A chain (tire) type sawmill fundamentally consists of 2 parts:

1. Mobile is a carriage that moves with the saw.
2. Stationary - a fixed structure on which a beam or wooden slab is placed for further cutting.

Thus, a do-it-yourself circular sawmill is no different in design from a professional one. Moreover, for its manufacture you will need not only tools and fasteners, but also mechanisms:

• steel plate (length from 60 cm);
• steel channels - 2 units, each length 8 m;
• pipe blanks;
• metal corners;
• metal pipes (minimum diameter 40 mm);
• fastening elements – bolts, self-tapping screws;
• chain mechanism - thanks to it the circular saw moves;
• drill, drill bits;
• welding machine;
• actually an electric chain saw.

Step-by-step instruction

A DIY power saw can have a design of different shapes and sizes. You should first draw up a drawing and transfer the dimensions to the channels. The sequence of actions is as follows:

1. From 2 channels 8 m long each, 4 racks are made, welded together or secured with bolts. It is clear that welding is the most reliable method, so it is better to use a machine.
2. A DIY chainsaw circular saw consists of a movable cart, which is made from a steel sheet. Moreover, its thickness should be at least 5 mm. Each clamping plate is equipped with gaskets with which they are bolted together.
3. A homemade chain saw must be equipped with fastenings based on metal corners. They are placed in the upper and lower parts of the carriage, and again it is better to weld the upper corner.
4. Now the parquet sawmill is almost ready, all that remains is to make a fixed support, for example, from metal pipes with a diameter of 40-50 mm or more. Movable rods are threaded through them, which are fixed at a certain height.

Sawmill made from a hand-held circular saw

There is also a way to make a sawmill from a manual circular saw. This is a simpler option that can also be implemented independently. In this case, they take a ready-made saw and make a table for it from wooden blocks with a cross-section of 40*40 mm and plywood.

The main steps are:

1. Assemble a square box 80*80 cm.
2. Fix the tabletop from a square sheet of thick plywood of the appropriate size. It is best to take plywood with a laminated or varnished coating.This is one of the best ways to make a power saw with your own hands, the carriage of which will slide freely over the surface.
3. A cut is made in the center of the tabletop corresponding to the size of the disk (it should ensure free rotation).
4. A circular hand saw is attached to the structure from below; this is done using bolts, recessing their heads.

When the electric saw attachment is ready, you can test its functioning. As a rule, if the gap has the correct dimensions and shape, the disk rotates properly, and the smooth surface ensures smooth operation. With the help of such a device you can solve almost all everyday problems.