Chain log roller.

Kenny.jenkins · November 17, 2020, 08:07:07 AM

I have a 2006 LT 40 Wood Mizer. I have added hydraulics and log turner.I would like to have a chain log roller/turner. I was wondering if anyone has plans on how to build one. I have searched the forum and found some, but none that tell me how to build one.
Thanks, Kenny

Iwawoodwork · November 17, 2020, 11:11:36 AM

Piney Woods put some drawings in a post on this forum a while back.

Iwawoodwork · November 17, 2020, 11:12:45 AM

Woops my mistake , his were a claw turner, sorry.

Kenny.jenkins · November 17, 2020, 01:14:42 PM

No problem, I already made that one. looking for a little more speed.

kelLOGg · November 18, 2020, 12:19:55 PM

Find someone with a Cooks mill - they use roller chains.

longtime lurker · November 18, 2020, 03:03:04 PM

I wouldn't mind a set of drawings for a good chain turner either

PAmizerman · November 18, 2020, 05:47:34 PM

Interesting style of chain turner.
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SAWING LINE WRAVOR HI-TECH PERFORMANCE WRC 1250 AC - YouTube

longtime lurker · November 19, 2020, 06:34:18 AM

Quote from: PAmizerman on November 18, 2020, 05:47:34 PM
Interesting style of chain turner.
2:25
SAWING LINE WRAVOR HI-TECH PERFORMANCE WRC 1250 AC - YouTube

Simple, effective, pretty much bulletproof if you build it strong enough. me like!

mike_belben · November 19, 2020, 09:12:46 AM

Quote from: PAmizerman on November 18, 2020, 05:47:34 PM
Interesting style of chain turner.
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SAWING LINE WRAVOR HI-TECH PERFORMANCE WRC 1250 AC - YouTube

Note the CNC style cable raceway chain and sawdust vacuum gutter layout. Very sleek packaging concept.
A log turner is just a big hydraulic barsaw. Clone that and size it up for a standard AA mount hydraulic motor with your favorite flavor of AG chain. Agri supply and surplus center.

Banjo picker · November 19, 2020, 09:22:22 AM

I don't know where you are in Tenn. but you can come to northeast Mississippi and get dimensions and pictures of mine. Got a Cooks AC36 has chain turner. Tim

boardmaker · November 19, 2020, 10:03:05 AM

That log turner works slick. That design has been in use by several companies on large scale resaws to turn cants on a runaround. Very fast.

My only concern with most standard mills: The log would have to be on a sawmill that cuts in the center of the deck and not clamped off to one side. I have a feeling that if you turned the log in the center of the deck and then tried to clamp it against the backstops(side supports), it may roll on you.

Vautour · November 20, 2020, 04:48:35 AM

I have yet not found any homemade hydraulic chain log roller myself.... i will be building a Manually powered chain log roller for my manual mill this winter,

Satamax · November 20, 2020, 07:48:26 AM

Guys, i've always wondered about chain rollers.

Having just two powered sprockets is enough i think! ;D

pineywoods · November 20, 2020, 10:28:33 AM

When I built the original pineywoods hydraulics, I did consider a chain turner but instead opted for a modified claw turner. A chain turner is good for one thing only, rolling logs or cants. The modified claw is a bit slower but also serves quite well as a 2 plane clamp. Two functions for the price of one. The scottish ancestry again.

Cruiser_79 · November 20, 2020, 03:40:37 PM

I have two chain rollers. Can make some pictures. It looks quite simple. But if I will ever buy an other mill I would like rollers like these; https://youtu.be/HayLF5kS7Ig

Ed D · November 20, 2020, 05:49:32 PM

Here is one that was added to a Frick circle mill if it is any help.
Lower cylinder is disconnected but was connected into the eyelet just above the pin.
Hydraulic motor was reversible.
Hope it might help.