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Re: anyone running a sawmill off a tractor?
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Posted by Roger on July 10, 2004 at 22:06:16 from (63.234.222.66):
In Reply to: anyone running a sawmill off a tractor? posted by steve on July 10, 2004 at 19:50:14:
There is more to running a sawmill than meets the eye. You need to know the speed at which the blade will turn. Every blade is "Hammered" for a certian speed. The blade has a slight "cup" or "disk blade" shape to it. This is done so that when the blade is runniong full speed it will pull out straight and run true. If you get the saw blade hot, it will expand. When it cools it will shrink back, but never be right. The blade will "wobble" and is unsafe. NEVER, have a saw blade "hammered" for a low horse power tractor and then belt up to a high horse power tractor. The differance in speed will cause the blade to over center ( break over to the opposite side ). Steam Engines or John Deere 2 cyld. tractors with bad govenors will wreck a saw blade. The power source needs to be constant and very steady.
You will need to know how fast the blade will turn and use the same tractor every time at the same speed. You can use any tractor, but you need to use the same one all the time. Before the JD guys start posting, I am speaking from 25 years experiance running a saw mill, and not just at tractor shows.
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