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[shinnlinger]

Hi,

I was moving my mill when I managed to knock it off my flatbed.  At the time I thought I had only bashed the  guard up, but something wasn't quite right when I went to mill.  First, I bent the rim on the tire and it wobbled but amazingly that didn't seem to effect the cut so in a get 'er done mode I carried on.  More importantly though, the two guides were misaligned and I had to barely put any pressure on the tracking screw to keep the guide from putting too much pressure on the band and causing it to warp.  Again, it didn't seam to effect much so I milled what I had to.

Now with daylight savings, I figured I would pull the mill in and try to fix the misaligned guides and tire.  It wasn't easy to find the problem and I had to remove both tires and guard before I found the cracked weld on the guide support.  It had about 3/16s of a gap and I had to heat it with the torch and get some clamps on it to get it to close up.  Laid a bead on it now the guides look good.

[Tom]

Whew!  I'll bet that drew you up tight.

Hope you got it fixed and lined back up again.

[Magicman]

Sure is a good thing having the tools and knowhow to fix stuff.  If you own a sawmill......you'd better..... 8)

[shinnlinger]

Tom, Yeah, I wasn't too happy with myself after that one...

Magic,  I don't know how to fix much, I just THINK I know how to fix stuff...  Time will tell...

Won't know if I fixed it until the weekend or as soon as I get a new/repaired rim, but I think it is OK.  Heck it sawed fine busted up so even if it is a little out I think it will be workable.

Safety note.  I blew alot of sawdust out of the square tubing prior to heating and welding, but I still managed a small fire.  I had a hose right handy. and it didn't come to that, but do be careful heating up your sawmills.  Losing my barn and the Mill head would really ruin my day....

[shinnlinger]

Good news, the mill is back in action and I sawed a fair bit today.....

[red oaks lumber]

nothing a few mule kicks some duct tape and some well placed weld splatter can't fix. glad to hear she's back eating wood lol

[stonebroke]

Is it good as new or is it better?

Stonebroke

[shinnlinger]

Actually I think it is cutting better,  as during this repair I learned I have some more adjustment with the guide rollers so I fine tuned it. 

When I cut my timberframe some of my 10x beams were out a 16th.  Recently I have only been cutting boards so I didn't really care  if the sawhead was out of square with the deck a bit, but now it is dialed in.

Not that I recommend  dumping a mill off a truck to learn how to adjust it, but in this case, I am a better man for the experience.