Does anyone know how to time the ratchets on a shingle mill? It's cutting the shingles straight with no bevel. I just purchsed this used mill and am trying to get it set up.
It's a Dunbar shingle mill.
Thanks!
I can not help you but Welcome to the Forestry Forum, bhandley.
bhandley,welcome to the forum.
I have no idea what kind this one is,but I like to watch it run at Fryeburg,Me Fair.
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Handly on all the shinglemills I've used the ratchet wheels have unevenly spaced notches you will have two close togather then a larger gap between. Turn one of the wheels one notch feeding then it should alternate giving you thick butt and thin top and next cut reverse that. Frank C.
Quote from: bandmiller2 on February 20, 2014, 06:54:34 AM
Handly on all the shinglemills I've used the ratchet wheels have unevenly spaced notches you will have two close togather then a larger gap between. Turn one of the wheels one notch feeding then it should alternate giving you thick butt and thin top and next cut reverse that. Frank C.
What Frank says is true,however some of these mills were set up to saw box board and the dogs are evenly spaced and will only saw non tapered. Check it out if this is true you will need to get or make the two stepped dogs Whitepine2
Quote from: thecfarm on February 19, 2014, 10:36:17 PM
bhandley,welcome to the forum.
I have no idea what kind this one is,but I like to watch it run at Fryeburg,Me Fair.
thecfarm this is a CHASE made in ORANGE MA. I got his brother.
Whitepine2
The one my Dad had used different ratchet wheels for box boards or shingles.
Thanks for replies! Not sure why I'm not receiving the email notifications when someone replies to my thread??
I figured out the problem. I manually turned the ratchet wheel one notch and then it started working. Thanks Frank C. for the advice.
Thank you whitepine.
Bhandley,go to Profile,that's in the Menu Bar above,starts out with Home,Help,Search,click onto Summary,in the drop down menu,this should take you to your profile,look for Modify,on the left side,than click onto Notifications and that will bring you to a page that you can set up how you want it.