A little trouble today

[Magicman]

Lon, I may not be following your train of thought, but are you sure that your trouble with the big SYP log was not stress being relieved as you took boards off?  Sometimes the cant will raise up, move sideways, or stress downward.  That will cause thinning on either end or the center if it bows up.  I've even had cants to pop loose from the log clamp.

Use at least a 4' level to determine if in fact the mill is not level.

[ljmathias]

I'm pretty sure it's the bed bending down- I can actually see it after I finished cutting the two big and heavy logs I described- went from flat to downward curved as I went down with each cut (leaving all the boards stacked up).  The curve was almost an inch- in fact, on the last cut on the last log, I raised the head to bring the blade up just over the end of the top board and as I brought it back, it bottomed out.  Repeated to get an idea of the bend- about 1" from end to the middle...

Lj

[Magicman]

   You must be badly unsupported to actually bend a WM frame.....    I'm just trying to visualize how that would be possible.

[ljmathias]

Not so much badly supported as well-anchored at the other end.  Legs are bolted into the concrete and I just checked again this morning- sure enough the last two legs don't actually touch the pad.  Must be a quarter inch or more under one and the other a little less.  Remember that the combined weight of the log and the head is pretty great so I must be flexing the bed down and then the clamp plus the weight keep it flexed.  I'll put some shims under and that should fix that....

Lj

[Magicman]

You are just a regular Sherlock Holmes.....   Good luck with the fix.....

[customdave]

I also had a little trouble today , sawing away & noticed blade guide power retractable arm doing a jerking motion not smooth like it should be .Shut mill down & operated & it was quite noticable & could hear some snapping. Took off little dust shield & soon found the problem, broken teeth on the drive gear on motor, seems strange these teeth would brake off, anybody else have this happen? . So I guess I get to phone WM in the morning & order some parts, but I was lucky enough to finish the job for the day!

                                         Dave

[customdave]

Gotta love WM , parts were on the bus & here in the next province in 24 hrs later, can't beat that for service!...

                                                Dave       

P.S. Hope you don't mind me adding to your thread Magicman, it was related so just thought instead of starting new one :.. Take care






                                       

[Magicman]

P.S. Hope you don't mind me adding to your thread Magicman, it was related so just thought instead of starting new one :.. Take care                  

That's what threads are for.....welcome.  We learn from each other......

[Dan_Shade]

Did you need a press to push the shaft out of the housing and old bearing?

I'm afraid I'll bend the plate if I use a puller...

[Magicman]

Dan, I don't remember but since I did all of the tear down and reassembly at the job site, I could not have done much more than tapping everything out with a hammer.  Maybe an overnight soaking with Bluecreeper will help.