Bandsaw mill info needed

[suther51]

Looks like you have a good start. (I have an Easy Board Walk mill, 14' 6" blade, about 40 " between guides, 1 1/4" blade with 7/8 pitch teeth, 7/8" from point of tooth to point of tooth if I remember correctly on the pitch) first I would take a look at the info from timberwolfblades.com. They have much good info on blade speed and other adjustments such as tensioning of the blade. I would not be worried about the power of your motor from the sounds of what you posted. What little experience I have with other mills (my mill has plenty of power with a honda gx670 motor) the less power you have the slower you feed the blade through the wood. With occasional use this should not pose a problem. The band wheels on my mill are 19" v-belt pulleys with a v-belt as a tire. Sounds like with wood band wheels better safe that sorry, I'd put a tire on both. If I have a chance I will try to post some pics of some details of my mill, adjustments ECT. Band mills are simple in concept but attention to detail is needed for functional safe operation.
A question, will you be ripping with the grain or crosscutting? You may need a non typical blade to crosscut, a rip blade may be to "grabby".
What attracted me to the Easy Board Walk was the simplicity of design and execution of the build so it may be a good reference point to base your design off of.
Happy building.
Eric