Baker Resaw

[mickey cassiba]

Hey all! To begin: I am not a logger, sawyer or in any way connected with the timber industry.
I am, rather, the maintenance department(yep, I'm a one man department) at a small hardwood moulding company.
I am here specifically to find out about an accessory for my two Baker BBR-O re-saws, the wheel crowning attachment.
My contact at Baker told me that the attachment was discontinued some time back, and there are no plans to introduce a new one. Also no drawings for me to go by.
I wish to acquire photos, sketches, descriptions , etc. of this device. I am a skilled machinist, and with enough info, I think I can build one.
Thanks for looking,
mickey

[Papa1stuff]

I can't help you but I am sure someone here can.
Welcome to the FF!

[ADAMINMO]

All it was was an attachment that bolted to the head frame centered between the wheels. It had an adjustable cutter that moved in and out using a fine threaded piece of allthread. The cutter is a carbide insert that is shaped with the crown of the wheel.We do still sell the crowning tool cutter but not the tool itself. I hope this helps. If it helps more I do think that Kent sells a similiar product for crowning their wheels. I dont have a number but you can probably google samuel kent baker and find his website.
Adam

[mickey cassiba]

All it was was an attachment that bolted to the head frame centered between the wheels. It had an adjustable cutter that moved in and out using a fine threaded piece of allthread. The cutter is a carbide insert that is shaped with the crown of the wheel.We do still sell the crowning tool cutter but not the tool itself. I hope this helps. If it helps more I do think that Kent sells a similiar product for crowning their wheels. I dont have a number but you can probably google samuel kent baker and find his website.
Adam

Thanks Adam. I did find the site. BTW, how much is the cutter?

[ADAMINMO]

Im not sure. You can call our parts dept and check if you would like.
Thanks,
Adam

[Tom]

Mickey,
I was told that my bandwheels, on my 3638 sawmill had 12° crowns.  Brian Martin told me that the best option was to buy one of their replacement wheels because it comes balanced, with new bearings, and recrowned.  They send you the new wheels, you install them and send the old wheels back.

He said that recrowning wasn't a difficult job for a machinist and if I decided to have it done locally, he would be glad to talk to the machinist and tell him how to do it.   Maybe you should give him a call.

What's even better, if you are in the neighborhood of Ellington, Mo. sometime, you should drop in and visit.  You would enjoy it.  As a machinist, you would also appreciate it.   

[mickey cassiba]

Nowhere near Ellington, unfortunately. I'm in Deep South Texas. And I'd like to have a few new wheels, as well, but boss and budget say no...we're a niche industry, directly tied to the new housing market, and we've taken a beating.
Reason I want to do the wheels in place is a) the machine has the capability for it, and b) much less down time.
Bad part is, that we had the device at one time, before I took over here, and it either got pitched because no-one knew what it was, or filched because some one did.

[ADAMINMO]

The Baker resaws have a .010 crown on each side or .020 overall. If you would like to pm me your fax # I would be happy to fax you a crowning diagram. The resaw wheels are different than the Sawmill wheels because they are narrower than the sawmill wheels , So the crown will be different as well.

[Cedarman]

We crown our scragg wheels every so often.  Make sure you take the metal off just a little at a time.  You do not want to chip the expensive carbide cutters.  It is fairly easy to do, but takes a little muscle powere to rotate the wheels in place.