Sawmill Maintenance/Repairs

[Old Greenhorn]

You can never have enough wrenches, you jut cant. I can't imagine how folks keep track of 'sets' and get a little lost when one is missing. Over my 50 years I have accumulated more combination wrenches than I know what to do with. Yes, I have sets all over the place, but they get moved around and lost, dropped inside machines to never be seen again by a human, or whatever. I gave up trying to maintain sets decades ago. Now I just have some nails in the shop wall that I hang on them by size.



 It's kind of like the penny dish by the cash register "Have a wrench? leave a wrench. Need a wrench? take a wrench." I do need longer nails on most sizes and more nails for the odd sizes and I still have a 15 pound box of wrenches I don't have room to hang. I have little idea where they all came form but I got 'em. So if I need 'set, I just go down the line and grab one of each.

[doc henderson]

"Cut the end off a wrench, drill a hole for a thong, and hang next to the thing that needs frequent tweaking."
Larry, what color of underwear do you recommend for hanging these wrenches? 

[SawyerTed]

Don't Google that!  

[Old Greenhorn]

Gee, I dunno. The google results were kind of interesting.

[rusticretreater]

As an avid tool collector but also saving time and steps, I have bought tools I already have to keep in certain areas.   These tools are for the sawmill only, these tools are for the tractor garage only, garden box area only, truck set. You can use a lot of time tromping around buildings on an acre or two. And if you forget something?

I am also in the buy two of everything camp.  Lending, losing(my wife is an expert at that), breaking tools can really hold things up.

If I remember, I will go to my shop and tool box and make a list of the tools that I need, went missing etc.  Another thing I try to do is keep a list of the tools I always feel/think I need to get but already have 10 of, like needle nose vise grips, etc.  I email that list between two accounts that I have and its then on my phone while shopping.

Maybe I should go for color coded thongs on these things so I know where they go.

[doc henderson]

color code for metric vs sae.  @Larry, for things like pliers and vice grips, can the thong just go in the crack?   can be used to store nuts and bolts?

[Magicman]

Cut the end off a wrench, drill a hole for a thong

I am still looking for dat lost thong. 

[LeeB]

can the thong just go in the crack?

[barbender]

Larry, using "thong" with a wrench gave me a mental image I didn't like 😬😂

[TimW]

color code for metric vs sae.  @Larry, for things like pliers and vice grips, can the thong just go in the crack?   can be used to store nuts and bolts?

I put red paint on the side of my metric sockets, opposite of the size marking.

[SawyerTed]

Larry, using "thong" with a wrench gave me a mental image I didn't like 😬😂

Like spandex sawyer...

[Magicman]

My SAE are sprayed with Red paint.  The Metric are sprayed with Gold.

[Larry]

I'm impressed that you guys liked my thong idea!   Doc, I like the bright colors for my thongs.

[doc henderson]

[Sixacresand]

The Simple Set display on my mill has been dim for months.  I have searched a few key words on the forum , but have not found much info about the display.  Probably because I have not used the correct key words.  And I have not contacted WM.  Has anyone worked on or replaced one?  

[rusticretreater]

Here are a couple of things to try that I found on the forum:

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With my 1998 LT40 Super with Simple Setworks, I have a similar problem about once a year.  I have to open the setworks box and remove the ribbon cable connected to the display, spray the connections with contact cleaner, and re-assemble.

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My mill is a 2001 accuset 2. Not sure if the same or not.  When first powered on shows splash screen for a few seconds. While that splash screen is on press up or Down to adjust contrast.

[Magicman]

My Glow Plug Relay failed a couple of times yesterday, so Monday morning I will do some investigation. 

My full time voltmeter clued me because the voltage did not make the normal drop when it was supposed to be glowing.

[Rhodemont]

Six,  my display is dim until I blow the sawdust off.

[Sixacresand]

Rhodemont,  I did clean it off a couple months ago and it went dim again.  Ain't falling for that, again.

[doc henderson]

I do demos every so often.  sometimes once a year.  it has been 3 since I last did Ketchikan Alaska as a stop at a local camporee.  about 300 scouts (some girls).  It is good to pull it out of the trees and sawdust.  I can flatten and really clean up my area, and find and make repairs on the mill, maybe even a bath.
I am working on reducing pic size to add.  My lube was frozen and the hydraulic oil cold in am sat morning.  My toggle to run the idle side roller in and out quit.  hard to find a DPDT (on) off (on) momentary toggle in town so on order from somewhere in the amazon.

[doc henderson]

had a few tough bolts that the blue creeper helped out with. got the fender off and repainted, and the brackets straightened out 90 º to the frame.

[doc henderson]

lots of stuff to take along.  enjoyed by young and old.  also did branding.

[Stephen1]

This probably belongs in the "Dumb" topic, but that ain't the way it started.  I sawed yesterday and noticed that my drive wheel brake needed tightening a bit.  It was not bad and well within specs, but since I will have a full day of sawing tomorrow and Saturday and am off today, so git-er-done.

The brake adjustment was easy and went well but when I noticed the turnbuckle I remembered that when I last did my drive belt adjustment I could not find my 11/16" wrench that fits the jam nut on top.  I looked again this morning but it still was a no-show. 

Off to the store I went and of course one individual wrench was not available so I bought the set that had not only the 11/16 but also all of the other sizes that I did not need.  Got back to the sawmill, removed the 11/16 and proceeded to put it where it should be.  Yup, there was my 11/16.  Now back to the store to return the set that I did not need anyway.  She asked "what was wrong with them", "nothing" I said, then "why are you returning them" she asked?  Now I had to admit there in the store how dumb I was.  :-\

Anyway, the brake is adjusted and I still have an 11/16 wrench.  ;) 

Sorry MM, but my 1st thought as I'm reading this....I know where that wrench is. 

[LeeB]

My Glow Plug Relay failed a couple of times yesterday, so Monday morning I will do some investigation. 

My full time voltmeter clued me because the voltage did not make the normal drop when it was supposed to be glowing.

What was the outcome on the relay?

[Magicman]

When I am on a job such as Saturday which was 26 miles away, everything on the sawmill must work.  I have no time to loose with an intermittent issue.  

The newer relays are epoxy sealed so I ordered a new one from an outside supplier.  A web search gave me several Lombardini/Kohler options.