Thread: #1 bench

not doing things by halves are ya?

why would I

this is how i make a living not a hobby, everything has to work properly.

eventualy i will put a 3 phase motor on it.

So your going to break the log down & stack all the flitches somewhere, then bring the flitches back onto the carriage & resaw them. That will need some nice rollers & transfers for that to happen easily, it is slow & done but normally with girders & larger sections that are too big to handle by hand over the bench saw, I wouldn't want to do long smaller sections like that because without support the flitch would vibrate terribly in the saw with it trying to rip it off the carriage & out of the dogs.
regards inter

iv gota square a heap of pine first.

mostly around 8-10".

hopefuly by that time we will have one of teh 2 #2 benches going.

im also gunna put together a twin edger saw for cutting 6-10" squares from small logs.

sorry about the quality phone pics.

got the feed all hooked up.

had to put a pto spline on the end of my saw shaft, thought about getting it machined on, bugger that ill just weld a length on.

but can i keep it alighned, turns out i impressed myself. perfect,

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRBGL5LQjAs]YouTube - welded shaft alighnment[/ame]

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found a set of wheels down the padock, save me paying $300 each for them.

almost done, just gota set her up.

Looking good so far carl. Extra good job on the spline.
Cheers

Tell me? whats going to happen when that welded spline breaks off & the PTO shaft starts swinging around at full tilt.
regards inter

shee wont break off, its not just welded around, it had groves ground in and high tensile tabs inserted and welded in and i will cross pin it.

i havent ever had a welded shaft break before.

have to put guards around it so it will be safe.

the shafts on slip clutches , mounting plates and a lot of other implements have welded shafts.

even the hub on Peterson mills is welded on or at least it used to be.

Probably not a case of if it ever breaks off, but just when it will break off.
regards inter

u will need no less than 2 1/4 shaft with sealed bearing caps running at no more than 850rpm for 42 inch saw any faster saw wont cut she flap 36 may work sawmandrel need to be close to bearing i run 42 in no1 sawbench a sawdoctor from old days built mine

had a look at weisyboy saw bench. Wrong bearings, they need to be sealed bearing blocks that can be adjusted. The bearing on the end closest to the saw needs to be held tight with a lock. The other bearing has to be able to float otherwise he will have nothing but trouble with the saws.