Whatcha Sawin' 2025 ??

[Stephen1]

We went to a job yesterday, 1.5 hrs away, in the bush, lots of black flies and no heaver equipment. I brought 2 helpers with me and the owner was there. We got thru have the wack of logs , RO and some large one ones, 24" small ends. I did some quarter sawing on the large logs, using the 1/3 method. It works great on portable jobs.  about 1500 bd ft with 6 hrs of sawing. We are going back Tuesday after the long weekend to Finnish up. It was a rain day today.  

[Magicman]

That is a nice whack-o-logs. 


I also see that you build a corral around the hitch with your fenders which is what I have been doing for years.    

[WV Sawmiller]

  Boy is my face red! I had anther epiphany last night (that's 2 in one week and may be a record) that the jerky forward movement on my mill was totally consistent with a belt slipping. I know another forum member mentioned that at the start of my issues but I told him I had checked my belt and it looked good. I had and it did. I don't want to call any names because if I remember correctly it would give him a swelled up head and ruin his birthday party tomorrow at the Grey Fox thingee.

  Anyway I took the feed belt off and sprayed it down with WD40 as a belt dressing hoping its would soften it and make it grab better. It softened it but if anything it stretched and it just made the slipping worse so I replaced it with my new belt from stock. Night and day difference. I sawed one little upper 45 bf poplar log and no issues at all. I had to quit just ahead of a bad thunderstorm we are having now and could not cut up the other 3 upper logs. If we get a break in the weather I'll finish them tomorrow then on to a nearby mobile job Sunday.

  It just goes to prove you should never overlook the obvious and sometimes you just have to double check yourself. I'm just glad to find it and that it was a simple fix. Of course I now also have a spare working Potentiometer out of the issue.

[Magicman]

Howard, hopefully you have conquered the beast. 

Remember that V belts grip on the sides, not the bottom.  If one ever wears enough to reach the bottom, tightening does very little good.  Also those notches on either the top or bottom are not for gripping, they are for cooling.  Of course most of our belts (with the exception of the drive belt) never travel fast enough to need to dissipate heat, but they were simply the correct length for that particular application.  Our B57 etc. bandwheel belts are also an exception.  They ride on the bottom of the pulley but they are tires and not pulling a load.

[barbender]

Lynn, I was just explaining that about belts to someone. If the sides wear enough, it will bottom out. And then it doesn't matter how much you tighten it, it will still slip. I've had this happen on my triple V drive belt 2 times, both times at 1000 hours. The belt looked fine, but it had worn too much to contact the sheaves. 

[Magicman]

Yes, both the sides gripping and the top or bottom grooves cooling are very widely misunderstood.

[Stephen1]

MM where do you think I learned about the placement of the fenders. 

[Magicman]

   I suppose that even a blind hog will eventually find an acorn.