Building my mill...

[Joe Hillmann]

Is this lathe set up something you plan to make items for sale with or is it just for uses on your own projects?

[Kbeitz]

Is this lathe set up something you plan to make items for sale with or is it just for uses on your own projects?

I hope to make something no one else has and that stuff always sells.

[Ox]

I meant to ask - the lever on the zeromax that you move to get more or less speed - does it have detents in it or is it smooth like a hydrostatic lever would be?  You know, so you can match the speed perfectly again for your next trip down the mill rotating the log the exact same speed.  If it has detent clicks it'll be easier - you know, like 3 clicks for this log's twist.  Get to the end of the log, disengage, bring mill head back to the front and click 3 times again and off you go.  Repeatable perfection.  Is this how your zeromaxs are?

[Ox]

And concerning your videos - I saw them work, I kinda get the principle, still don't get it.  :laugh:  I would need one in my hands torn down so I could study it in slow motion for many, many minutes.  The person who came up with that is a certifiable genius.

[Kbeitz]

And concerning your videos - I saw them work, I kinda get the principle, still don't get it.  :laugh:  I would need one in my hands torn down so I could study it in slow motion for many, many minutes.  The person who came up with that is a certifiable genius.

If you take a socket ratchet and put it on a bolt and pull the handle
the bolt will turn so many degrees. Now think of three socket ratchets
all hooked to the same bolt and three different people pulling the handles.
When you finish pulling your handle the next person pulls his handle.
So the bolt never get a chance to stop turning. Adjusting the control arm
changes how far you can pull your handle.

[Ox]

  smiley_clapping

So......about the throw lever.  Is it smooth or clicky?  How are you going to set the speed for precise repeatability?

[Kbeitz]

I meant to ask - the lever on the zeromax that you move to get more or less speed - does it have detents in it or is it smooth like a hydrostatic lever would be?  You know, so you can match the speed perfectly again for your next trip down the mill rotating the log the exact same speed.  If it has detent clicks it'll be easier - you know, like 3 clicks for this log's twist.  Get to the end of the log, disengage, bring mill head back to the front and click 3 times again and off you go.  Repeatable perfection.  Is this how your zeromaxs are?

Zero-max's come with all different kinds of controls. The one I will be using
has a screw control Microdial with index markings on top to get repeated control.



 



 

[Ox]

Fantastic!  I just learned two new things in about 10 minutes.  Glad I'm sitting down. 

Now I gotta get out in the rain and dig a hole with the old hoe and put a pump down in there to get rid of our lake out back.

[Kbeitz]

We are getting our lake today. Expecting one inch of rain today and it rained
all day yesterday.

[Kbeitz]

This is a picture of the one I'm using.



 



 



 

[Ox]

That's awesome.  What a fantastic bit of engineering.  What kind of lube?  I'd guess gear oil.  2nd guess ATF.

[Kbeitz]

That's awesome.  What a fantastic bit of engineering.  What kind of lube?  I'd guess gear oil.  2nd guess ATF.

400 lubricant (Chevron Delo 100 Motor oil SAE 40)

[Ox]

 :D denied...

[Delawhere Jack]

Faceted center posts for spiral stairways.....  ;)

[Kbeitz]

Last night I dreamed up a problem. Most of the things I want to make with
this is twisted table legs. So I will be making 4 x 4's or 6 x 6's. My tail stock
will be at the head of the mill and the head stock at the tail end. I said to
myself how am I going to start the cut with that BIG face plate in my way?
The face plate would be great for large cuts over 12 inches but I wont be
doing much of that. So I made a small face plate for the tail stock and I will
make a small adapter to fit the head stock plate. The one for the tail stock
is all but done. Heavy rains today so all my work is inside. My shop is to full
to work inside... Come on sunshine....



 

This is the bit I will use to center drill the log.



 

[Larry]

Wood turners sometimes use a screw chuck to secure work.  You could replace your center with a lag bolt.  It would be easy mounting the timber.  Un-mounting would be a problem unless you have a Zero-Max with a reverse.

[Kbeitz]

I'm going to use grade 6    4" lags at $25.00 each. Four for each face plate.

[Don_Papenburg]

This is good but we need to know about the gun also.

[Kbeitz]

This is good but we need to know about the gun also.

I forgot that I posted that. It was 50 cal. I added pictures.

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,34007.1900.html

[Kbeitz]

I got side tracked the last couple of days. I had more free logs given to me.
Mostly Hemlock and Ash. Look at the first picture. The back tractor wheels
are not touching the ground. I got it home with the front wheel drive.
I had about two miles round trip for each log.



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 

[Kbeitz]

Tail stock is done.



 

[Ox]

Looks good, bud!
I was expecting somebody to learn you about how you transported those logs and how dangerous it was.  :

[gww]

I was thinking more that you have to worry a little about the tractor front wheel gearing going out.  Had to replace them on dads.  Of course I do things like that and so am surprized I don't have to fix more stuff then we do.
Cheers
gww

[Kbeitz]

Looks good, bud!
I was expecting somebody to learn you about how you transported those logs and how dangerous it was.  :

It's not as dangerous as it looks. I got arch brakes and I had them set on.
Tractor was in a pull at all times. No way would I even try to move it with
out them. I bet it would have jackknifed with out them.



 

[Ox]

Absolutely.  I was thinking to myself, "To an untrained observer that would look dangerous!"  Looks to me like another day on the farm, nothing more.  :laugh: