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Started by Kbeitz, April 17, 2015, 07:04:07 PM

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Qweaver

My first mill, an LT15, had 15 hp and my LT28 has 25.  I think you will be cutting very slow with 13hp.  But I have never built a mill, so what do I know. Looks really good.  Kudos!
So Many Toys...So Little Time  WM LT28 , 15 trailers, Case 450 Dozer, John Deere 110 TLB, Peterson WPF 10",  AIM Grapple, Kubota 2501 :D

Kbeitz

Quote from: SineWave on April 23, 2017, 11:23:31 AM
Thanks, Kevin. Interesting that the one they want $325 for looks like it went through the war compared to the $85 jobbie.

So those transmissions are pretty durable? I was always leery of hydrostatic trannies in lawn tractors, at least until I got one...

At the Tuckahoe Steam and Gas show, they had these cool powered machines called "David Bradley"s ... never saw one before but they were pretty neat.

Durable ? The only one I ever had problems with was a John Deere.
I had a line of the old David Bradley"s. This was the neatest one I had.



 



 
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Kbeitz

Quote from: Qweaver on April 23, 2017, 11:34:11 AM
My first mill, an LT15, had 15 hp and my LT28 has 25.  I think you will be cutting very slow with 13hp.  But I have never built a mill, so what do I know. Looks really good.  Kudos!

My 13hp goes as as fast as I want it to... Any faster and i would have to run
to keep up...
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Trapper John

What a simple way to operate a carriage.  Thanks for sharing that!  Does that little tranny have a reservoir?

Kbeitz

Quote from: Trapper John on April 23, 2017, 10:37:10 PM
What a simple way to operate a carriage.  Thanks for sharing that!  Does that little tranny have a reservoir?

Post 841... See the little bottle on top...
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Trapper John

Kevin, that winch is too cool.  I was wondering why I have never seen anyone use such a tranny to operate a carriage.  Such a simple way to have a hydraulic drive, no separate pumps, motors, valves or lines.  Just visited your gallery.  I enjoyed seeing all the miniature steam engines? and motors etc.  What was the trench and penstock for, you have a hydroelectric system?  John

Peter Drouin

Up here in NH K, we call them lawn mowers. :D :D :D :D :D ;)
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SineWave

Quote from: Kbeitz on April 23, 2017, 05:20:36 PM
I had a line of the old David Bradley"s. This was the neatest one I had.

The ones I saw at the show looked like this:



I had never seen one before...pretty intriguing.

Kbeitz

Quote from: SineWave on April 24, 2017, 06:49:36 AM
Quote from: Kbeitz on April 23, 2017, 05:20:36 PM
I had a line of the old David Bradley"s. This was the neatest one I had.

The ones I saw at the show looked like this:



I had never seen one before...pretty intriguing.

At one time all the sears tractors was made by D/B.
Last picture was two of the oldest ones I ever had made by D/B.



 



 

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Kbeitz

Quote from: Trapper John on April 24, 2017, 03:01:21 AM
Kevin, that winch is too cool.  I was wondering why I have never seen anyone use such a tranny to operate a carriage.  Such a simple way to have a hydraulic drive, no separate pumps, motors, valves or lines.  Just visited your gallery.  I enjoyed seeing all the miniature steam engines? and motors etc.  What was the trench and penstock for, you have a hydroelectric system?  John

trench and penstock ?

This is the second time I use a Eaton to control a winch.
The one on my log arch works great...



 



 
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Kbeitz

A belt guard and some paint and it's finished....



  

 


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and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

Kbeitz

Ok... I'm ready to build my solar kiln...

Question...
What degree of an angle should the south facing glass wall be?  45°?
This frame is what I would like to copy.



 

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nativewolf

Oh man, thank goodness for a min I looked at that picture and thought you'd already gotten that far into it after the other project and I was feeling some kind of slow. 

Feeling better now :D

Did you look at the VT site and plans? 
Liking Walnut

Kbeitz

Quote from: nativewolf on May 02, 2017, 03:03:17 PM
Oh man, thank goodness for a min I looked at that picture and thought you'd already gotten that far into it after the other project and I was feeling some kind of slow. 

Feeling better now :D

Did you look at the VT site and plans?

Plans... Here?  Nope I din't look.
Just getting ready to start...
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nativewolf

Virginia Tech created a whole extension effort around the solar kilns for small farmer/saw mill folks.  Google them I am sure it is available still. 
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btulloh

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Kbeitz

Quote from: btulloh on May 02, 2017, 05:38:26 PM
https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/420/420-030/420-030_pdf.pdf

X2 nativewolf.  I thought he had it framed out already.


That link says....

The optimum roof angle is dependant on your location and is typically
equal to the latitude of your location.

Any idea what Pa. might be?
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John Sawicky

Just North-East of Sacramento...

SkyTrak 9038, Ford 545D FEL, Davis Little Monster backhoe, Case 16+4 Trencher, Home Built 42" capacity/36" cut Bandmill up to 54' long - using it all to build a timber frame cabin.

ChugiakTinkerer

Woodland Mills HM130

Kbeitz

Collector and builder of many things.
Love machine shop work
and Wood work shop work
And now a saw mill work

Ljohnsaw

Quote from: Kbeitz on May 02, 2017, 08:09:13 PM
Quote from: ChugiakTinkerer on May 02, 2017, 07:47:32 PM
According to Google Maps, the intersection of State and Main is at 41°07'13.4"N

https://www.google.com/maps/place/41%C2%B007'13.4%22N+76%C2%B031'48.8%22W/@41.120397,-76.5313233,18z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d41.120395!4d-76.530229

But that still does not tell me what angle that I should use...

But as the PDF said, probably add 10° for winter (make it 51°) but its just so much easier to make it 45° ;)
John Sawicky

Just North-East of Sacramento...

SkyTrak 9038, Ford 545D FEL, Davis Little Monster backhoe, Case 16+4 Trencher, Home Built 42" capacity/36" cut Bandmill up to 54' long - using it all to build a timber frame cabin.

btulloh

The angle for solar collectors is always a compromise.  Probably 45 degrees would be as good as any at your location and it makes construction easier.  The ideal angle changes with the season.  You can optimize for winter or summer, but 45 degrees splits the difference between December and June for your latitude.

With your skills, you could even go for a tracking collector which would mean adjust the angle of the collector as the angle of the sun changes.  That would be quite a complicated thing in a solar kiln.  I'm pretty sure it's ever been done.

I really learned a lot about solar projects when I put a small 80 watt panel and system in a small cabin.  It was a low-cost education, but it really taught me a lot and I ended up with a functional lighting system even with all the necessary compromises.
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ChugiakTinkerer

I was starting to make a smart-alec reply about building a kiln that tilts seasonally, then I realized that it possibly doable with dump truck hydraulics.  Or not, it's pretty far outside my realm of experience.  Not that I'm trying to plant a demon seed or anything...
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paul case

I was thinking wood blocks and a forklift.


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fishfighter

Or skidding it or trailer. If I didn't have so many projects going on, I would build one. I do plan on one soon.

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