went to cut with rebocardo

[Fla._Deadheader]

No problema Mark. Appreciate the help. Saturday wood be fine.

  I was more concerned about the lack of braking on the ATV Winch, to hold the sawframe in position without creeping.

  That's why we used the worm drive winch on Homey for the Up-Down.

  How do you view the thickness dial that is over around the corner from the operator area ??

[DonE911]

Harold

the dial is moved to the post at your left shoulder.  Its a different dial mechanism alltogether.  It still rotates via the chain links on a sproket.   As Mark mentioned, you have to get the feel of the power drive and how it moves..... Mark and Craig have it figured out so the boards comming off the log are accurate... even though you don't have the posi stops and the "clicks".

Set the dial to your left on Zero..... hit your down button and watch your dial rotate to the desired drop....  give it a slight bump up or down to make the drop perfect if needed and go to cutt'n... when your ready for the next drop you do it all over again, but never leave the operators position.

[Fla._Deadheader]

Don, that's how we run Homey's up-down.  ;) ;D

[DonE911]

Thats what I thought, but homey was on assignment when I was up to visit.

[Fla._Deadheader]

Just can't keep a good thing down home, on the farm. ??  ;D :D :D :D :D

[rebocardo]

Urban logging with open face cut and high back cut. I wanted to keep the log on the stump so it would not roll or worse, bounce back and hit the house six feet behind it.



Wack of logs fromthree 95 foot high Pine trees, which all lost the first 10 to 12 feet of the log due to urban metal such as joist hangers for swings under the bark, chains, cables, and I found most of the nails bucking the logs for Don :-D



Peterson mill in action

[DonE911]

That last pic is sqished just right.....

thats how tight it felt in the back yard :D :D