Maintenance and upgrades for the M6 Warrior

mad murdock · February 18, 2018, 02:09:53 PM

With snow and freezing temps in the forecast, I took the mill to the shop for some maintenance and an upgrade. Going to remove the 6" depth of cut blade and retrofit the saw as an M8 chainsaw powered mill. Will be able to cut 8" by 16" when completed. Pics to follow... 8)

mad murdock · February 18, 2018, 03:30:54 PM

After grinding the weld bead, I cut the weld with a hole saw, as the new larger vertical blade guard will be welded to the same mounting pins.

mad murdock · February 18, 2018, 05:31:22 PM

Removed the 6" blade and guard and stripped the carriage to prepare for mods.

mad murdock · February 19, 2018, 11:45:43 PM

Frame extension welded on and arbor and drive shaft in place for new blade

mad murdock · February 19, 2018, 11:48:42 PM

Maintenance access modification. Added access hole to grease the outboard pillow block bearing without having to remove covers.

mad murdock · February 19, 2018, 11:57:57 PM

Bigger blade finally added. This is the newer turbokerf blade that is supposed to make a kerf like a band blade. I shall report on performance when the current deep freeze passes

mad murdock · February 20, 2018, 12:32:40 AM

Guard in place almost ready to make chips again!

mad murdock · February 20, 2018, 12:34:44 AM

Both guards on, ready for the powerhead again! Will get it done hopefully tomorrow and into some more wood maybe wed afternoon.

mad murdock · February 26, 2018, 12:57:02 AM

The waiting game is no fun! I should have the clutch drum pulley and have the saw back to power the mill hopefully by this next weekend if not sooner. At least the snow is gone and it is warming up slowly!

thecfarm · February 26, 2018, 06:33:33 AM

That sounds like that will be an improvement.

mad murdock · February 26, 2018, 12:06:50 PM

Twill be a definite upgrade. I will be able to cut single side up to 8"x8" x20' and double cut 8"x16" or any size in between that dimension. I got a little package slip in my PO box this morning. Says it is from Kiwiland! Big thanks to Jake Peterson at Turbosaw for sending me the replacement piece! Their service after the sale and support has really been very good. I should be into some more chips tonight. Have some black locust to cut for grape arbors.

mad murdock · March 04, 2018, 01:45:00 AM

Black locust on the menu for this afternoon. Weather finally broke for a bit and got a little over 2 hrs in. Hard stuff, but the turbokerf 8" cut blade is working nicely. Cuts smooth!

Ianab · March 04, 2018, 03:29:19 AM

Forget the myth that swing blades only do well in softwoods. The carbide cutters handle very hard woods as well. You probably have to slow down, but you can mill it better than most other style of mills. Might need to sharpen a bit more often, that's all.

Black locust wouldn't be considered "hard" in Aussie.

dgdrls · March 04, 2018, 05:31:02 PM

My Lucas has had no issue with Locust or Ash.

Nice thread, thanks

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ButchC · March 06, 2018, 10:51:17 AM

Yep,
100% hardwood here and 90% Ash and Locust also. Guess somebody forgot to tell me or the JP mill that it would only work in softwood ;D

mad murdock · March 22, 2018, 02:07:26 PM

Some WRC my bro and I cut the other day. With the mill dialed in on a nice log, we were stripping a board off every 45-50 sec. Our production run in 2 hrs of that was 750 bd ft of cedar 1x6's 8)