Both directions on a 2" blade. well I thought that was a good I deal too.
I asked Ed at that it what other guys are doing about the blade staying on because of no way of keeping it on like the single edge blade guide wheels.
He said He did not know it was too new to find out? Of course he told me this after I bought it
Lets just say a 4'' wide would be better. (If only there was a lemon law on bandmills).
I got screwed around by a crooked broker when herman droped the mill off the broker said it took too long to make the mill and he would have to refile all my loans. went form 60k to 98k yea right.
To this day herman has not even written me a receipt for the down payment. that I gave him to start building the mill and edger.
Then when I started having problem with the set works and many other things. Like the Edger catching on fire.
I was told to sign the papers for the (bogus loans) then Log Master would back up there work. In the mean time the mill could not run properly and I was falling behind daily. Total Nightmare.
Anyway I have some Ideas on how to make that board return work.
First thing take that mass of metal right off you can't see the blade go into the wood anyway. plus you don't want that to fall down on your return.
Set works lifts the blade and resets for return but I found it faster to just bump the blade up with the lever and then return. Minutes count.
One thing I learned is that sawyers like helping other Sawyers.
Also the Idler pulley for the blade lift lower one by the dust chute will plug up with packed sawdust. I scraped it out with a blade. Get the paint off the dog sliders too. they work better. keep a wire brush handy for the band wheels to get all the packed dust off.
Watch your front dogs. with big logs. Blades don't go through dogs.