Abstract: An improved bandmill tilt and strain apparatus of the type in which there is a bandmill having a frame support, a driven wheel mounted on the frame support, tracks attached to the interior of the frame support, bearing assemblies received within the tracks, an idle wheel mounted on an arbor which is rotatably received in the bearing assemblies, wherein there is provided a first bearing assembly, a second bearing assembly, a tilt means located directly in one of the assemblies, a tilt control means associated with the tilt means, a common pivot shaft mounted on the support frame, a pair of tilt arms, each arm being pivotally connected at one end to the common pivot shaft, and at the other end bearing the weight of the first bearing assembly member or the second bearing assembly member, the tilt means being disposed between a selected one of the tilt arms and the selected bearing assembly, a strain producing arm rigidly connected to the common pivot shaft at one end, a strain means pivotally connected to the st