wildwoodford
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please forgive if this has been repeated in the past already. New to the internet thing. Bought a used mill last fall and am just setting it up to go finally. What i can tell u is that it has wheels with a vgroove into them to create a slap belt/ griping surface. It hydraulically feeds itself so i dont have to push. Has a 18' bed and a 20hp kohler engine. The problem i am encountering is with a short piece of ceder log, about 2 feet long by 18" thick. Have new blade on with a water drip (can touch the blade after using so i no its not getting hot) once i get about ten inches into the log the wood starts smoking, and before i have enough time to stop there is that most godawful of sounds when the blade skips off. I have it tensioned fairly tight ( but not able to put a torque wrench on it yet - need to weld on a nut for that). Idler wheel does just that - it idles ie. Its not putting any tension on the blade, its just there for a guide. Am i trying to feed the saw to fast? It seems to take forever to get that far in, and cedar is a fairly soft wood. Is the log too short to stabalize properly (im not able to tighten it into the dogs, as it bairly fits on the rails). is my tension not tight enough?. This is a pretty slick setup, and i tried contacting the former owner but he has since moved. I no it all does work quite well, its just got to be something im doing wrong. So frustrated i could buy some tobacco just so i could spit.