LT15 Questions

[whitepe]

I have an LT15 mill purchased in 2002.  Can it be retrofit with the
quicker updown features that were introduced a while back?
If it can be retrofit, what's the cost?

http://www.woodmizer.com/en/articles/pr/lt15new.aspx

[sparks]

The LT15 you speak of with the assisted up/down is a different head design. None of the new features you see on the new LT15's are able to be adapted to the mill you have.   Sorry.

[Bibbyman]

There is a retrofit.  Just sell your old mill and buy a new one!   ;)

[Warren]

Whitepe,
I think my LT15 was made in Jan 2004.  It also has the old style head.  I have tried s couple times to figure an easy way to incorporate an electric gear motor into the up/down chain.  But haven't come up with anything yet.  If anyone else has experience with improving the up/down on an old style LT15, I would also be interested.  At the end of the day, cranking from the deck back to the top of new log gets tiresome.

Sparks,
Would it be possible to buy a new style head frame and swap over moter, band wheels, guides, etc ?  The LT15 at the London Ky expo in 2004 had the new head, but the bed sections "appeared" to be the same bed sections that my old style head runs on.  Something like this do-able ?

Warren