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28th February 2013, 08:27 AM #1New Member
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Old circular sawmill resurrection
Hi All,
Some years ago I purchased an old 59 inch breaking down saw and carriage and am now at the stage of designing its resurrection. I am seeking some advice from someone with experience with larger sawmills. In its original configuration the carriage, and thus log, ran underneath the saw. While this is the easiest option I have been told it would be safer to re-configure the carriage to pass over the saw. This obviously has a numerous design implications and would greatly appreciate any advice on this issue.
Thanks in anticipation
Dan
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1st March 2013, 12:27 PM #2
Weisyboy would probably be able to help ya out with some info and ideas - maybe PM him?
I love my Lucas!! ...just ask me!
Allan.
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2nd March 2013, 07:21 PM #3
Got any pictures?
A lot of Canadian saws had overhead saws.
Where are you located?
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2nd March 2013, 09:06 PM #4New Member
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Hi,
We are located at Guyra in Northern NSW.
Some pics attached.
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Cheers
Daniel
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2nd March 2013, 09:22 PM #5
Wondering what species you will be milling once you get it operational..Cheers MM
Mapleman
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2nd March 2013, 09:39 PM #6New Member
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We will be milling hardwood. We have a good supply of stringy bark.
The saw was previously used for stringy bark as well. We have a second bench saw for the billets of the breaking down saw.
Cheers
Daniel
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2nd March 2013, 10:23 PM #7
Ok so it was all timber?
So basically you have shaft, set of wheels for carriage and saw and the rest is timber?
What is the smallest, biggest and average log you are hoping to process?
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8" & 10" Lucas Mills, bobcat, 4wd tractor, 12 ton dozer, stihl saws.
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3rd March 2013, 08:23 AM #8New Member
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Hi
Yes you are correct we have shaft, saw, guides, carriage and tracks. We are replacing the timber with steel and want to set it properly.
We aim is to process logs with an average diameter of about 600mm up to about that 700mm mark. The main aim is to break them down to put the billets them over our bench mill below for final sawing.
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As you could imagine pushing larger logs through this mill is hard work.
Cheers
Daniel
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3rd March 2013, 10:31 AM #9
the biggetst problem wiht the overhead canadian is it relies on the weight of the log to hold itself down, this is ok on longs over 600mm but smaller is dangerous,
that bench should have power rollers?
if not then that needs to be done it wil make life easy.
spotting troley type saw is best just to bust down logs, i will post some pics.
how is the log fed threw the canadian?
www.carlweiss.com.au
Mobile Sawmilling & Logging Service
8" & 10" Lucas Mills, bobcat, 4wd tractor, 12 ton dozer, stihl saws.
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3rd March 2013, 01:55 PM #10
im about to start the same build but on an trolley saw but basicly the same.
www.carlweiss.com.au
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3rd March 2013, 07:34 PM #11New Member
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Thanks for the info, would love to see some pics.
I have recently changed the rollers and now we can power them - sounds like we should do this.
I just done a google for "spotting trolley" but it did not reveal anything interesting. Is there another name I should be using?
The canadian had a hand which set up to pull the carriage through which I still have. I was planning on converting it to a power which.
I have also googled to find info on Canadian saws many time before but never seem to find any examples of single overhead saws. Are they called any other names?
Thanks for your help
Daniel
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6th March 2013, 09:19 PM #12grandad
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13th March 2013, 07:43 PM #13Senior Member
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been using a similar setup for years they work well you can spike one side of the log to the trolley to stabilise itif you want
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