Modat's sawmill

[fat olde elf]

Keep on keeping on..........Reads like a great adventure....

[Modat22]

I retrofited my saw with cooks blade guides yesterday. I need to add a verticle reinforcement on the moveable guide to stabilize the guide. It shakes up and down a little under load.
 



Not sure if its my shaking guide or if I just don't have the guides adjusted properly or even if I have a messed up blade, but the wood is slightly wavy

[olyman]

I went in to get a rear u joint for a '78 granada.  There were two choices so I took both and could bring one back.  I got the shaft out and looked in box #1, wrong one.  I look in box #2,  a well used cross, no bearings.  Luckily it was at a store that I go to often and they know me by name.  They said they should check boxes on returns.

Will

  i have now gotten in the same habit will--some people like to return stuff--with the bad part in the box---sure would like to catch someone at it---cause a slipup--with 3 dol gas--could be a bit annoying---

[olyman]

modat--me thinks your toooo far away from a anchor point--can attach it to the tube that crosses between the two wheels?--i/e--come from the top--intead of from the side??

[Modat22]

modat--me thinks your toooo far away from a anchor point--can attach it to the tube that crosses between the two wheels?--i/e--come from the top--intead of from the side??

I'm leaning that way as well. I plan on adding a brace to the main tube to dampen the vibration.

[mike_van]

Modat, here's a pic of what I used. Originally I had a single 2x3 steel tube, it had too much "slop" in it though, and was welded solid to the head with no way to adjust it. Most of this setup now came from a scrap yard, I'm pretty sure it used to pack Huggies into bags in another life. There are two 1" dia. steel rods, they slide in & out on linier motion pillow blocks, the square tube in the middle has a captive acme nut in it, a reversable AC motor & small gear drive runs it in & out. There are adjustments built in everywhere, in, out, up & down. I use guides from the C.I. Wright Co. - Buckeye Saw used to sell them. These are 15+ years old. 

[Modat22]

Wow I bet that is solid. Good job.