Added Hydrolic Feed and it works

[bandmiller2]

Handy,sure  2hp is plenty it takes very little power to run a carriage ,enough for turners and toeboards too. Frank C.

[sdunston]

Good job, Welcome to the club of hydrolic fever
Sam

[pineywoods]

  Have read the Pineywood  homemade hydraulic thread, and wondered if you could run this feed with Piney's 2 hp electric motor.  You wouldn't be using the log clamp turner the same time as sawing, so looks like it might be possible.  Any comments?

The thought has crossed my mind a few times. If the electric feed on my mizer ever quits (Dang things seem to run forever), I just might get serious about hydraulic feed...

[Larry]

I’m curious...a typical hardwood butt log might be 14" on the small end and 24" on the big end.  If I saw into the small end first, as the carriage advances down the log it will slow as the cutting becomes tougher.  Works well with an electric feed and I don’t stall the motor.  So...with a hydraulic feed will the carriage slow as the cutting becomes tougher?

[coastlogger]

Hydraulic will if rigged right give you infinite speed control but you have to do the controlling.  ,Electric feed, I THINK,by its nature, naturally slows up when resistance gets harder. Think of the starter in an(old) car if you try to roll the car ahead on the starter while  wheels are in gear. Starter goes way slower due to extra load.This is a plus for electric feed but hydraulic does work extremely well as a feed system.You just back off a bit on the flow when it starts to labour in the cut.
clgr

[Peder McElroy]

Would a hydrolic feed on a belsaw m24 help by removing any pressure from my belt system and there for help with more power to the blade?