mighty mite blade alignment

[nativewolf]

So we are in process of completing our initial shakedown of this Mighty Mite.  Had to replace the rubber coupling, tapered bushings etc on the drive shaft.  One odd thing is that between test driving and setting up at the farm the main blade and edger blade went out of alignment.  We have been able to shim back into alignment but it seemed odd to have happened in the first place.  Anyone with a dual blade Mighty Mite ever have this issue?  The most logical place to look for the error was the edger shaft as it dropped out of the gearbox but it is still spot on with the shoe whereas the main blade was a good 3/8" above the shoe.  3/8" is quite a bit of mis alignment leading us to think something else is going on but as we are newbies to the mighty mite we were not sure.  We shimmed it into a nice cut and the width is consistent across a 10' log.  Going to put on some old YP logs to test cut on a 16' log and make sure we're getting consistent 1x6 in YP before moving on to the oaks.

Otherwise we really like it, we only have the smallish 65HP Perkins, but do have a deck of sorts.  

[Southside]

Just be aware that pine likes to move, so if you are seeing strange measurements coming off the saw look to see if it's happening due to the log or the saw itself.  

[mike_belben]

Did you hire the delivery or do it yourself?


Im looking at pics of how the chassis is constructed and it wouldnt be hard to tweak that structure by rough handling when it was loaded.  The design forces it to be light weight. That circle blade framework is not designed at all in a way that could withstand the weight of the unit on the rim of the saw, such as being removed from the bridge and getting lowered until the saw rim hits the ground. 

Rough handling seems to be the easy answer.