New sawdust - old mill

Bibbyman · February 07, 2018, 06:56:37 AM

Yes, we're still alive and kicking. Just doing other things. We fire up the old mill a couple of time a year to make a little lumber for special projects. Maybe produce a bushel of sawdust in the past three years.

I kind of reflected on how old the mill is - we installed it about this time of the year in 2002. We upgraded from the first Accuset to Accuset 2 a couple of years later.

When we fired it up to saw out a few wide boards for a farmer who does a lot for us, the head wouldn't rise. I checked and tried everything. Finally I had to contact Rick aka Sparks. He stepped me through a couple of tests of the Accuset system and determined the H-bridge was failing. He sent out a new one. That fixed it. Should be good for another 16 years!

Chuck White · February 07, 2018, 07:12:35 AM

Bibby and Mary, good to see you two making a little sawdust again! 8) 8)

Magicman · February 07, 2018, 07:19:31 AM

Good to hear from you Bob.

WV Sawmiller · February 07, 2018, 07:53:38 AM

Good to hear y'all are still alive, kicking and making sawdust. Keep us informed on the fix and how that works out.

Southside · February 07, 2018, 07:54:28 AM

You have been missed Bibbyman.

slider · February 07, 2018, 07:55:22 AM

Good to see you back.

paul case · February 07, 2018, 08:25:49 AM

Did you clean the mill off some. It looks cleaner than I remember.

Glad you still get some ~~therapy~~ sawing time.

Tell Pro sawyer Mary Hi from us.

PC

Bibbyman · February 07, 2018, 08:31:07 AM

I check in from time to time and make a post here and there. I'm just not active here on the Sawmill section.

I know, a lot of people think it odd, but we started sawing in 1994 and made it our only income business from 2005 for 10 years. A lot of folks here on the FF start sawing near or after retiring. We retired from sawing. We had neglected the farm and the house needed some work, we took up hobbies, and travel a bit to keep to busy.

https://youtu.be/O9KqK1laIpw

Here is how I'm spending some of my retirement time. The old sawdust pile is rotting down and serves as a backstop at my range.

Kbeitz · February 07, 2018, 08:36:50 AM

Quote from: Bibbyman on February 07, 2018, 06:56:37 AM

When we fired it up to saw out a few wide boards for a farmer who does a lot for us, the head wouldn't rise. I checked and tried everything. Finally I had to contact Rick aka Sparks. He stepped me through a couple of tests of the Accuset system and determined the H-bridge was failing. He sent out a new one. That fixed it. Should be good for another 16 years!

Was your H-bridge a relay or integrated chip ?

Bibbyman · February 07, 2018, 08:42:33 AM

Quote from: Kbeitz on February 07, 2018, 08:36:50 AM
Quote from: Bibbyman on February 07, 2018, 06:56:37 AM

When we fired it up to saw out a few wide boards for a farmer who does a lot for us, the head wouldn't rise. I checked and tried everything. Finally I had to contact Rick aka Sparks. He stepped me through a couple of tests of the Accuset system and determined the H-bridge was failing. He sent out a new one. That fixed it. Should be good for another 16 years!

Was your H-bridge a relay or integrated chip ?

H-bridge is what Rick called it. I'd call it a PLC or motor control unit. It's about the size of a paperback book and is fed by a wiring harness from the command control box and has the power in and out to motor cables connected.

Kbeitz · February 07, 2018, 08:47:10 AM

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H-bridge is what Rick called it. I'd call it a PLC or motor control unit. It's about the size of a paperback book and is fed by a wiring harness from the command control box and has the power in and out to motor cables connected.
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Thanks.

The H-bridge is a devise that reverses the Pos/Neg wires to the
motor for Fw/Rev. It can be made different ways.

GDinMaine · February 07, 2018, 09:22:25 AM

It is good to see you on the old FF again, Bibbyman. You shared lots of knowledge and experience here over the years.

By the way. That muzzle flash is not easy to catch on "film". Here is flintlock rifle I shot (with a camera) a few years ago.

Bibbyman · February 07, 2018, 09:32:03 AM

Here is a link back to a review I posted on the new LT40HDE25-RA back in 2002. When it was new and clean!

http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,680.msg7377.html#msg7377