Modification Lumbermate Bandmill

Modification Lumbermate Bandmill WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 28-6-36 Douglas J. Hart, Bethel, Vt.: "My 1996 Lumbermate Bandmill was originally powered by a 20 hp Honda engine which ran too slow and was underpowered. I solved the problem by replacing the Honda with a Suzuki 3-cyl. fuel-injected, overhead cam, water-cooled gas engine. I did the job myself and got the power and speed that I needed. "To put up a low-cost building to work on my equipment during below zero weather, I sawed out some 2 by 4's to frame up a gambrel roof-style shop and then covered the frame with inexpensive blue tarps. I used spring clamps to hold the æplastic' doors together. A wood stove and small kerosene heater, along with the sun, kept me warm enough to work out of the wind. It was a cheap but effective solution."

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