K, you have probably already made a decisionâŠsorry to be late to the show, but it seems to me that you need triangulation, shock absorption, and splining of some sort.
In a hurry, I think I would find a 1/4" steel plate that I could cut a circle out of that I could weld securely to the rim âŠhaving many inches of good weld. This would be relatively balanced for weight.
Then I would probably make a collar that I could weld (if not being able to mill a keyway into the shaft) to the shaft and then attach to the steel plate. Maybe make the collar as long as possible with holes in it so you can get welds (or pins) through it many places.
And then I would try to gusset it . I also thought about shock absorption. Is there a way to put a clutching system in line somehow so it is not actually a direct drive?
I built a sorghum mill once using a tire-to-tire mechanism that helped it to stop sheering the driveshaft pins. The two tires run tread-to-tread and tension (friction, and thereby torque) was adjusted by airing up the tires more or less tightly together. This allowed the tires to slip over each other when the mill got jammedâŠonce by my brotherâs hand actually. his arm got pulled into the mill, but the tires broke loose and we were able to extract him even with the tractor PTO still running by grabbing the mill wheel and turning it backwards against the tires. To be sure, a mill is going to require more torque than we had for a cane mill, but same principle can work. Same thing might help you to stop breaking driveline parts, if there is somewhere for that extra torque to go on startup, blade binding, etc. .
Did a few modifications to the mill. Added the new cart moving winch, wich works both directions. Before l had to push it back. Also, how do you like my new water drip vessel 
l asure you the only reason l bought the keg of beer is for the nice container 
How does the belt to the motor adjust when you raise and lower the mill?
Kristijan, are those boards meant for siding? (Outer wall?)
Un-edged boards up here translates to something like âwilderness panelâ. They are more expensive than regular boards. Probably because all the motor fuel still remains 
Don, requires its own video.
JO, correct. 17mm, happend to be just one turn on the head spindle so it works for me.
Ha, l find similar things regarding price for raw things all over here. Its a trend. Good for me, l plan to sell wery raw things
Thatâs a big market here to, they call it live edge slabs and popular for counter tops tables and night stands for a ârusticâ look
The same overhere. Used wood is more expensive than new. And hot! Since 15 years wood from construction sites it used to make garden furniture. Now, after 15 years its a species like willow oak meranti etc. Grazy. Some construction company was giving new wood to brick layers every month so they got the used ones. Upside down
When I was still building houses we had one customer that we build four houses for. He wanted them all sided with the slabs from the saw logs. Had a deal with some mill to cut from the side before they squared the tops and bottoms. Came with a semi load of them all six inches thick. At first I was reluctant to mess with them since it required setting them with long 5/16 lags that were hidden in the chinking joints, but once we got to doing them they looked just like natural logs. It was kind of a pain to get the corners mitered right. Houses came out great. It was before we had digital camera so I never got pictures. He did all the chinking himself with something that came in large caulk tubes.
Don, this is for you.
The engine slides back and forth, on a track. This serves as a clutch. Else is spring tension.
Nice! Thanks. That is slicker than snot.
A real simple system, I like it
Great KISS design. You will never be out of wood to retort, and wood to build with or sale. When the word get out you might be like Wayne cutting wood for other people. Lump charcoal and making monies cutting wood getting free wood scraps. I call this a win win for you.
Bob
Sounds self sustaining and independent to me, total win
Bob, the word alredy got out but l turn all milling services down. Except few exceptions. Its hard work. Yesterday l milled about 2 cubic yards of oak for a neighbour, took 2 men about 6 hours. Wresling big logs on the track is hard. Financialy not justifyed. I built this mill for my personal needs and will not run much once l finish with the house.
Althugh l have quite some land, its mailny young forrest. 30 years back it was a hayfeald, and it will yeald usefull lumber in at least 20 years for now. I got enaugh for my self but nothing more. I envy JO everytime l look for a suitible tree to use for construction, he has so many he burns them
But this young growth IS ideal for the charcoal operation! I need to clean the woods anyway, clear the weeds if you will. Worth almost nothing as raw wood but makes premium BBQ charcoal!
Thatâs what I feel when I see you make firewood or chunks of oak. I could just as well start wiping my butt with dollar bills
Point taken plus 20
How did you solve the problem with the shaft that broke out at the wheel?
Starting to think about building a sawmill.
Jan, l mounted the whole wheel hub and wheel from a Polo on the left side and Tone gave me the wheel, hub and power shaft of an old Subaru. Works ok now but the bearings do suffer greatly, its great force there on the wheals⊠I need to tighten them from time to time and l alredy replaced the ones on the Polo wheel