building a processor

[PaulinNY]

necessity and invention

Good old fashioned ingenuity. Thats the kind of thinking that made our country so great. Great project!

 

[drmiller100]

more pics of how the saw is mounted.

You NEED, MUST HAVE, gotta do it, a saw mount with zero zilch nada play in the hinge mechanism.

first 2 efforts were hinges, and they had too much play. so now she is machined shaft with plastic bushings and larger tube.

hard to tell from the pic, but 2 bolts bolt the mount directly to the bar.

 

[arlen]

more pics of how the saw is mounted.

You NEED, MUST HAVE, gotta do it, a saw mount with zero zilch nada play in the hinge mechanism.

first 2 efforts were hinges, and they had too much play. so now she is machined shaft with plastic bushings and larger tube.

hard to tell from the pic, but 2 bolts bolt the mount directly to the bar.

Thank you for posting pictured of your saw being mounted.

I was guessing that you used a beam saw clamp to hold the bar I see you made your own.

The conveyor that the log rides on is it a regular conveyor but used horizontally instead of vertically. You have a lot of Yankee ingenuity great job. David

 

[drmiller100]

Thank you for posting pictured of your saw being mounted.

I was guessing that you used a beam saw clamp to hold the bar I see you made your own.

The conveyor that the log rides on is it a regular conveyor but used horizontally instead of vertically. You have a lot of Yankee ingenuity great job. David

there si some science to the horizontal conveyor. it is really simple, and hell for tough. when all done, it is an H beam with a farmers conveyor chain down the groove, and some cross slats.

on one end is a really simple bearing, the other end, near the saw, is the drive end. again, really simple.

if anyone is interested, i have had one other guy ask for a kit to build one. the real magic is the stupid parts like all the hydraulics, bearings, and stuff.

i'm thinking of selling a kit with all the weird stuff, minus whatever you can scrounge locally, and you build the steel stuff.

 

[wdanforth]

I love it. Every time I look at this thread I am impressed and just laugh. Love the huge piles of saw dust. Two or three men sure could process a lot of firewood. Does your 7900 treat you right?

Bill

 

[drmiller100]

yup, both the 7900's do well.

i tried a 2100 husky, but she's a little down on power and can't keep up unless i start grinding on it.

next thought is to mount a shop vac on top of a 55 gallon drum. at least we'd get a full day before having to empty the drum.

doug

 

[steviep]

I would add a down pressure ram to hold down the last few feet of the log so you don't have to hold it with your hands

 

[drmiller100]

been thinking about it, but think instead of building a hand guard so my hand cannot possibly reach the chain.

my hand is quicker then hyrdaulic ram.