Hi TTIT,Quote:
Originally Posted by TTIT
It seems you're a bit of a whizz in the metalwork dept :) have a greenie for the nifty B/s (or general machinery) mover!
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Hi TTIT,Quote:
Originally Posted by TTIT
It seems you're a bit of a whizz in the metalwork dept :) have a greenie for the nifty B/s (or general machinery) mover!
OK Shane - your turn! ;) Not exactly blue-prints but it's not exactly precision engineering either! I tend to use whatever is on hand, metric/imperial, offcuts, scrap, spare parts, you name it.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wild Dingo
Some of the dimensions will depend on your saw. No hard and fast rules but the sled for instance, will need to be about as wide as the largest diameter log you can put through which will be your saws throat capacity, minus the thickness of the sled. At the same time, make sure your rip-fence rail is long enough that the sled can fit between the fence and the blade with at least 15mm to spare.
The rail on the sled doesn't have to be channel like I used, you could just as easily use RHS or angle iron and design a clamp to fit over it - just make sure there is nothing to hit the fence on the way through. I worked the moveable end of the sled for absolute maximum log length for the piece of channel I used but this left the arm a bit springy. It works but moves back a bit before the screws really dig in to the log.:o
One improvement I would make to the fence if I made another is an adjustment point for the clamping mechanism. Even though I included grubscrews for squaring up, I prefer not to use them, adjusting the drift out of the blade instead and leaving the fence properly square. As the spring against the clamping plate is fairly strong, getting the clamp set at just the right spot can be tricky.
Its now official... Im gonna say something I never thought Id live to see the day I as a West Aussie true blue ridgeydidge Sandgroper would ever say to a Queensland banana bender of such notoriety as yourself but mate?
YOUR A FRIGGIN LEGEND!!! :cool: Thanks a shyteload for that mate :cool:
Cheers!
Aah TTIT, what timing! That BS lifter thingy of yours is JUST what I need! I am going to modify it for the workbench I am building 'cos I have to store the thing against the side of my garage and pull it out when I want to use it.
Hmmm...am thinking...mmmyes...that'll do it..
Will post pikkies when I get it done.
Trevor.
This is a work of art. Well Done.
I was about to weld up a cradle for my BP16A and was trying to think a way so I could remove the wheels or disengage them when sawing. This is a fantastic idea. Any chance of a few measurements for the wheel setup. I already have most of the steel lying from other jobs.
Also an idea for holding your stock in the resaw jig is to use Arms that pivot off the angle iron. They use a similar idea for the Underhand wood chop cradles. That way you could postion them in the best spot to hold the log.
Thanks
Michael.
I don't know why this thread isn't in the Best Of section. :2tsup:
Thanks to a bump from Chiseler I discovered all the pics from this thread have disappeared into lala land at some point. I'm reposting them here but you'll have to match them up with the earlier text yourself - can't figure how to edit posts that old :shrug:.
The rip-fence. . . . .
The roller-stands . . . .
The sled . . . .
and finally the lifter . . . Too damned hot to be outside today and this has been bugging me for a while. The saw is long gone and I now use the rig you can see on my website instead but it was still a good setup that I reckon others can still make use of.
:2tsup:
I think I save several of these photos to my ideas file a while back.
Same here Cliff. Seeing them up close even prompted me to think about making them again, but they keep sneaking back to the back burner