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Started by Timberline, August 10, 2013, 09:55:47 AM

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Timberline

I'm about ready to buy a set of blade guides for my homemade mill.  Below are a few different guides, I was wondering if some of you could comment on which ones you think are best.  A few things that came to mind for me is I noticed the Wood Mizer bearings are sealed whereas the Cooks are greasable.  Linn Lumbers guides seem a bit pricey so they are at the bottom of my list right now.  Any thoughts/experience?

https://www.woodmizer.com/webgateway/OMshopDetail.aspx?category=wcommon&title=Sawmill_Common_Parts

http://www.cooksaw.com/sawmill-parts/roller-guides/standard-roller-guides/for-1-1-4-blades/1-1-4-roller-guide.html

http://www.linnlumber.com/page17.html

Chuck White

You can still grease the Wood-Mizer rollers.

~Chuck~  Cooks Cat Claw sharpener and single tooth setter.  2018 Chevy Silverado and 2021 Subaru Ascent.  2020 Mahindra ROXOR.
With basic mechanical skills and the ability to read you can maintain a Woodmizer  LT40!

pineywoods

Can't speak for the cooks, but definitely can for the woodmizer guide rollers. Go with the sealed bearings. They outlast the greasy ones many times over. Two reasons. 1 Greasing the bearings blows out the seals and lube water gets in, bye bye bearing. 2 These bearings turn up some rather high rpms. Regular grease just slings off, dry bearing. The sealed bearings are lubed with a high speed lube that doesn't sling off at high rpm's. Calculate the rpm's. It comes out to 12000 to 15000 rpm. Regular old grease just doesn't cut it at that speed.
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Kansas

Cooks. They are top of the line. And reasonably priced, with good service.

bandmiller2

I believe Cooks goes boath ways[on their bearings] you can get sealed or greasable.I agree with Piney the sealed bearings will give you the least problems. Frank C.
A man armed with common sense is packing a big piece

Chuck White

When I replaced my blade guide rollers a little over a year ago I went from the greaseable ones to the sealed ones and haven't had any issues with these.  :)
~Chuck~  Cooks Cat Claw sharpener and single tooth setter.  2018 Chevy Silverado and 2021 Subaru Ascent.  2020 Mahindra ROXOR.
With basic mechanical skills and the ability to read you can maintain a Woodmizer  LT40!

thecfarm

The cooks looks tha same as I run on my Thomas. I just had to replace one, $60  :o
Model 6020-20hp Manual Thomas bandsaw,TC40A 4wd 40 hp New Holland tractor, 450 Norse Winch, Heatmor 400 OWB,YCC 1978-79

frye

I agree on using the sealed roller bearings. Ben using the nonsealed greasable roller guides from cooks for years and if you forget to grease them constantly they seize up and put a flat spot on the roller and bingo there goes another $60 bucks and if you're out on a job and don't have a spare you're done for 4 days to a week until you get a new one. the next set I buy are definitely going to be sealed bearings.

fat olde elf

Cook's MP-32 saw, MF-35, Several Husky Saws, Too Many Woodworking Tools, 4 PU's, Kind Wife.

Chuck White

The High-Performance blade guide rollers that were on my mill when I bought it never had any bearing issues.

I followed the instructions in the manual and gave each of the rollers one (1) shot of grease, every 4 hours of operation!
~Chuck~  Cooks Cat Claw sharpener and single tooth setter.  2018 Chevy Silverado and 2021 Subaru Ascent.  2020 Mahindra ROXOR.
With basic mechanical skills and the ability to read you can maintain a Woodmizer  LT40!

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