Author Topic: Woodmizer on concrete floor. (Read 2433 times)

petefrombearswamp · « **on:** January 28, 2009, 09:33:16 am »

My Woodmizer mill is on concrete.
WM says that this is a no-no.
Is the alleged problem with support post failure?
If so, how about pieces of heavy rubber, cow mat or old truck bed mat under them.
Too cold here to saw and about 2 1/2 ft of snow.
Waiting for spring

Banjo picker · « **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2009, 09:44:28 am »

I thought that would be the crem-da-la crem. (Spelling might be just a tad off) Tim

DR_Buck · « **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:29:01 am »

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My Woodmizer mill is on concrete.
WM says that this is a no-no.

Never heard that before.

I 've wished I had mine on concrete. If it's got something to do with shock from truning / flipping cants transfering to the support posts, then the cow mats should do it. At about $46 each I'd buy one and cut it into six pieces and put one piece under each post.

WH_Conley · « **Reply #3 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:33:55 am »

Never heard of it. Know a guy that started with a gas LT40 and udgraded to a super, after several thousand hours went to another super, put several thousand hours on it. Never knew him to have a problem. Just in case though, the cow mats wouldn't hurt nothing.

Cedarman · « **Reply #4 on:** January 28, 2009, 01:23:52 pm »

Ours is pushing 11,000 hours on concrete. Works like a champ.

sparks · « **Reply #5 on:** January 28, 2009, 01:27:04 pm »

The problem is with the adjustable legs. They have a tendency to slide on the concrete when logs are moved around. There are staionary legs you can buy to anchor the mill to the concrete floor.

adrean louis · « **Reply #6 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:19:06 pm »

I have a woodmizer on concrete, works great but when you roll on a large log it will slip up to a foot, so i put a large eye bolt at each end of the concrete slab and roped the mill to it. it could tip over with a large log

Banjo picker · « **Reply #7 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:13:25 pm »

I drilled 8 one inch holes (two on each end and two on each side) put a small pieces of #6 rebar in each hole. No more movement. Tim

cheyenne · « **Reply #8 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:14:39 pm »

Check with an Industrial Supply house for vibration absorbers they use on lathes & milling machines if your mats don't work..I'm a firm beleiver in eliminating all the vibration possible.......Cheyenne

petefrombearswamp · « **Reply #9 on:** January 28, 2009, 09:37:20 pm »

thanks all,
I have sawed some fairly large logs, 1 elm 36"
Had no movement, so I guess I'll keep on as I have been.
Pete

TheWoodsman · « **Reply #10 on:** January 29, 2009, 05:28:24 pm »

I've used the pads listed towards the lower part of this page for heavy woodworking machinery.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#machine-mounting-pads/=di3ny

petefrombearswamp · « **Reply #11 on:** January 29, 2009, 07:51:35 pm »

Thanks woodsman
found an old 3' square piece of cow mat, will use this if i need to
Pete

bandmiller2 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 30, 2009, 08:09:07 am »

I use a LT70 on a polished concrete floor it will move a little with loading and turning.Every so often we'll hook the skidsteer on and pull it straight,not really a problem.Frank C.

Cypress Man · « **Reply #13 on:** February 01, 2009, 06:17:51 pm »

Your worries are correct about the legs on a concrete slab. I have a 2006 model Super E-25 on a slab and after approx. 600 hrs the holes wollowed out on the adjustable legs and began to saw uneven. To solve the problem we drilled a 5/8" hole through the legs and put in hardened bolts. It would be best to get the statioary legs from Woodmizer, but no more problems yet.

CypressMan

dad2nine · « **Reply #14 on:** February 02, 2009, 09:45:06 pm »

I'm glad to see this thread - I always thought a cement floor under the WM would be the cats meow, now I guess it's more like a cats behind $:-\$

Meadows Miller · « **Reply #15 on:** February 03, 2009, 07:22:05 am »

Gday

Ive put in a fair few hours on an old Lt40 15e super on a concrete floor breaking down large oversize logs to 4' dia at a mill i worked at on and off in the past this one started off std

then they bent the frame

a fair few times

then they welded a 16 ibeam to the underside of it

Now its been 10 yrs since i first got on it when it was new

she use too runn real sweet

and its sad to say every time i go back ther it looks and runns worse every time it is'nt even be able to cut in a strait line any more

i spose dumping logs strait onto the mill bedd with the loader didnt help things

the boss was abit of a ruffnut

Chris

LT40HDD51 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 03, 2009, 09:04:46 am »

We have a few guys up here running mills on concrete, with little problems. I believe most have the stationary legs (solid) on them, and some have them bolted down through the foot to the floor. I have seen people weld the regular style of leg too, if you do it carefully you still have the option of cutting the welds and going portable again...

tcsmpsi · « **Reply #17 on:** February 03, 2009, 09:33:52 am »

Mine is on a wood floor, rather than concrete (which is more pleasant to me

), but is anchored every other leg, staggered, with 3/4" lagbolts into the joist. Undo those, and I'm still portable, though my inclinations are less and less in the portable direction.

backwoods sawyer · « **Reply #18 on:** February 05, 2009, 12:36:19 am »

I have talked with a couple guys around here that have them on concrete and both have had problems with the pin on the front leg. It could be just a lack of a maintenance program and the operator not paying attention to the pin at the start of the day. Being mobile you check the pins on the legs every time you move the mill and thru out the day while you are running it. As far as dropping logs on the deck you don’t want to do that even on soft ground. If you are going to set up stationary take some of the wood you mill and build an infeed deck, either high or low.

Meadows Miller · « **Reply #19 on:** February 05, 2009, 07:53:55 am »

Gday

Bws I know mate

there was plenty of

I just gave up on em if they want to runn their gear into the ground they can do it

it was mainly used to Break down abot 10/20000 bft of oversize logs per so they could fit through the other 2 laimet sawmills so their therory was dump log n 2 to 3 cuts n lift the hole lot back of the mill

that was using a Large old Terex loader with a log grab and and no Breaks the owner loaded the logs for me as i told him i wasnt haveing a bar of it told him he could wreck his own mill if he wanted

if i did load my own logs i used the Fork lift it was a little slower but a Hell of alot gentler and even had breaks that Worked

I just think it was just a waste of a Dang Fine Machine

Reguards Chris

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