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Dana

Shipping not included. They list weight as 160 Lbs. so it isn't UPS shipable either. I use a 6.5 X55 Swedish for deer hunting.
Grass-fed beef farmer, part time sawyer

Bibbyman

Quote from: jpgreen on February 14, 2006, 07:58:13 PM
I call it the "JP Clutch"..  :D 

I simply drilled a hole for, and installed an eye bolt...

...and hung a 1978 hood spring under the fuel shelf, and to the engine shelf...


Pretty clever "mod".  Let's see how it works and then post it over on the "Usefull sawmill mods" post.

The only other thing I can think of that may cause a problem is if it strarts to vibrate.

We had a 96 Super with the 35hp Wisconsin engine.  It was cast iron and very heavy.  It'd wear you out pulling the handle all day.  Mary had to lock her elbow and sholder and then kind of do a body drop to pull the lever.  On the new Super that replaced it, we got the auto clutch.

PS. did you check and replace the rubber bushings that the motor mount plate pivits on?
Wood-Mizer LT40HDE25 Super 25hp 3ph with Command Control and Accuset.
Sawing since '94

jpgreen

I looked at those bushings yesterday Bibby.  They didn't seem to have any space or play in there, but might not be able to tell from looking.

How can you tell what kinda shape those are in?
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Bibbyman

Quote from: jpgreen on February 16, 2006, 03:47:14 PM
How can you tell what kinda shape those are in?

If you can't tell there's a problem, then you're probably OK for now.  On the 96 Super, they were all squished out and the plate that the motor sets on had dropped down.  I couldn't get and keep the right belt tension.  I replaced them with aluminum.



Here's what they looked like..

Here's a post on how I changed them out...

Changing out motor mount bushings
Wood-Mizer LT40HDE25 Super 25hp 3ph with Command Control and Accuset.
Sawing since '94

Minnesota_boy

You might want to make a mental note to change the spring and eyebolts when you have sawed between 3 and 5 hundred thousand.  The constant engaging of the belt will wear them where they meet.  ;D
I eat a high-fiber diet.  Lots of sawdust!

jpgreen

Thanks for the tip Bibby.

THat's a good point MB cause I intend to do that with my mill in the first couple of months..  :D.

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jpgreen

Slabs it's a 27 hp.

When you say room for a pillow block do you mean like doing an indirect drive from engine to the block, then to the mill?

I think this engine is every bit as heavy duty as any of the others in it's class.  Maybe not what the old Wisconsin is, but I think for the money it's a step above say a Kohler air cooled for my application.

Obviously, I'm flyin' by the seat of my pants here as I gather no one else has put one of these on a Wood-mizer, but I think it's a pretty good risk.  I hope. Oh pretty please. I'll be good from now on..  :D
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highpockets

Don't worry, Dallas is still in the same place and I can meet you there anytime.  Please make sure the engine is bolted down well before you start this way.
Louisiana Country boy
homemade mill, 20 h.p. Honda & 4 h.p. for hydraulics.  8 hydraulic circuits, loads, clamps, rotates, etc.

jpgreen

Better keep that .22 oiled up and that old dog alive then Dick..  ;D


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jpgreen

OK, I'm back to getting my WoodMizer online..  8)

I had to revisit this thread to get up the gumption to git her done...  ;D

How do align these things again?..  ;D
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highpockets

Well it is about time. I'm getting older and wasn't sure if I was going to see you make that mill run in my lifetime.    8)
Louisiana Country boy
homemade mill, 20 h.p. Honda & 4 h.p. for hydraulics.  8 hydraulic circuits, loads, clamps, rotates, etc.

jpgreen

Got busy stripping down the LT40 today.. 8)



Removed the engine mount plate and pulled the rubber bushings and ordered some new ones.



Took a cutting torch to the gobs of welds to they used to fix the alternator bracket and other junk.  Rusty goobers of weld.  I just love cutting that garbage. There are gobs of wire connectors added here and there also, and all of it's going in the trash.



Pulled the chains, and will be replacing those with the new ones to be ready for the new debarker. Checked the lift sprockets and 1 was about frozen, and the other 3 are rough turning.  All those sprocket bearings need replaced.

Whilst I was in there I found a nasty little stress crack in the box tubing. :o  That's gotta be taken care of.  I think for now, I'm going to drill a tiny hole on the end of each crack, then weld it. If that doesn't hold I'm going to weld in a plate to redistribute the stress.





I don't think this guy ever used a tool..  ::)  Here's the guide adjustment bolts all buggered up. I've got all new bolts for that.



More rats nest...  :o



He needs a lot of work, but it's easy compared to what I've been doing lately.  At least I don't have to design stuff as I go while replacing and repairing.. :D
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tcsmpsi

Cut the RED wire!!

I reckon with all that peripheral stuff going on, it is going to be a while yet  before we see that two banger dance and sing.

Now, if you get to thinking that it might get all froze up before it gets to internally combust, go ahead (con mi permiso) ship it on down here on the next train out, and I'll keep that from happening for you.  No charge.
\\\"In the end, it is a moral question as to whether man applies what he has learned or not.\\\" - C. Jung

red

hummmm

a Wood a sacki

kawamizer......... nope just JP  reinventing the Wheel   ...  again

keep up the good work 
Honor the Fallen Thank the Living

jpgreen

Quote from: tcsmpsi on June 03, 2006, 10:21:54 AM
Cut the RED wire!!

I reckon with all that peripheral stuff going on, it is going to be a while yet  before we see that two banger dance and sing.

Now, if you get to thinking that it might get all froze up before it gets to internally combust, go ahead (con mi permiso) ship it on down here on the next train out, and I'll keep that from happening for you.  No charge.

Why does everyone want my Kawa-Mizer?..  ;D

I thinks you and Dick Highpockets should meet up in Texas and come out to help me finish my mill..  8)
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jpgreen

Fabricated a new control box mount ala new Woodmizer style.  The old one was to close to the rulers, and the wire harness is all cramped up, so I cut her out, and made this one similar to the new models.. :)

The engage lever is back aways now, but this may be OK.  If not, I'll extend it like the new ones.  It would make the lever easier to work too, but I already have my "JP" clutch in so there's really no need.

That bar is cut at a 45dgr angle, then rotated in 90 dgrs. if you didn't do that, the box would stick out in traffic.. :D  Then it took some figuring to get the angle under the box right.  I'm sure a mathematical genius, with a brain for geometry could easily figure it out, but it took me a little while.. ;D









Next goes the bent up ruler bars and mount...  8)
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tcsmpsi

Now, jp, you REALLY think you could afford our feed bill????
\\\"In the end, it is a moral question as to whether man applies what he has learned or not.\\\" - C. Jung

jpgreen

NO Problem.

I've got a 5 gallon bucket of grits... we eat good around here..  :D
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tcsmpsi

Well, you might be eating good around there, but if you think a 5 gal bucket of grits is something substantial, you sure as blazes don't eat very much.

Shoot, man, two or three late nite snacks, and that pretty much eats up a bucket of grits around here.

Looky here, now.  I wouldn't tell just any ol' body about this.

If you want to stretch them grits out and give them a bit more substance, what you do, take you a double naught dolop of them grits, put them on one of them broad, nice and juicy collard leaves, dribble you a little rendered hog fat over your grits,  roll that up kinda like you would one of them burritos (I like them steamed or not)...and bud, I'm here to tell you, two or three of them can take you on through a day, now.
\\\"In the end, it is a moral question as to whether man applies what he has learned or not.\\\" - C. Jung

jpgreen

 ;D........... :D

And Dick eats his Corn Flakes like that..  ;D
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joelmar10

More corn infection?   :o    That stuff get's around, now....

I used to think I could fix DanG near anything...now I know I can...or I think I can...or maybe I can?

highpockets

JP I am leaving Pennsylvanina today. Keep a lookout on the horizon, I may show up. If you could leave me a credit card slip about Denver, I'd appreciate it. 
Louisiana Country boy
homemade mill, 20 h.p. Honda & 4 h.p. for hydraulics.  8 hydraulic circuits, loads, clamps, rotates, etc.

jpgreen

Dick,

By the time you guys get here, I will already be done, and have sawn 5,000,000 board feet.
Can you pick me up some pancake syrup?.. ;D

I just spent part of the day tearing down my blade guides.  Had to heat them DanG near cherry read to get the bolts out.. :rolleyes:

Some of them stripped, but it was the threads on the bolts, so I re-tapped the holes. Put in new bearings and guide rollers.



I installed new spray nozzles so they spray both under and over the blade.  I'll prolly wire in a windshield washer pump to spray.



Installed the new debarker. Installed a new tension gage.



Some more parts came, so we'll see how far I get..   8)
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highpockets

Jp, I installed a windshirld wiper pump on mine. It lasted about thirty minutes.  I went to a Fv-3 fuel valve and let it gravity flow. works better for me. Also with the windshield wiper pump, when I shut it off, I still had water flowing through it.  It was a walmart brand pump. Maybe one off a Kenworth would do better. 

I have my pancake syrup sent in by a really nice guy and his wife. I can not devulge my source, but it is fine.  If you made a visit I'd make an exception and let you have a little.

I haven't seen any corn infection since I was in Hattisburg, Mississippi many years ago.  In Saudi Arabia  several people made it.  They called it sadeeki.  180 proof.  In 1977 Johnny Walker Black was $65.00 fifth when you could find it. 

   
Louisiana Country boy
homemade mill, 20 h.p. Honda & 4 h.p. for hydraulics.  8 hydraulic circuits, loads, clamps, rotates, etc.

jpgreen

I used to use Johnny Walker. Effective date drug..  :D

The best pump would be a sure-flow, but they are pricey.  May have to pop for one..  :o

The Kawasaki is working out nicely.  Got everything laid out, and will be picking up belts, etc tomorrow.

This is a good candiate for an engine swap.  Fits WAY better than the Onan.  Better balance too..  :)
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