Today's milling

[trigger_andy]

Just now, doobin said:

Jesus you’re keen!

 

Gonna need to fit heated handles soon. 

The car was idling all day just to dry out gloves I had on rotation.  Was fine once you got going but stopping for lunch and getting going again was a killer.

[Johnsond]

First time out with the new mill, few bits of oak for a pal foc , basically a shakedown session for me and the mill to see how it goes. Few things to sort including trying to bring blade speed down a bit for big hardwoods, VFD being the preferred option and possibly move one or two of hydraulic tools. Fixed operator panel is taking a bit of getting the hang of rather than walking alongside the head, I missed being able to watch the blade on the feed side roller for any issues. One f—-k up on my part pushing too hard and ended up smoking the drive belts  a touch, 25kw motor didn’t strain at all just asking too much of things I guess. The session confirmed my hatred of x cut tipped blades. 

[doobin]

7 hours ago, Johnsond said:

First time out with the new mill, few bits of oak for a pal foc , basically a shakedown session for me and the mill to see how it goes. Few things to sort including trying to bring blade speed down a bit for big hardwoods, VFD being the preferred option and possibly move one or two of hydraulic tools. Fixed operator panel is taking a bit of getting the hang of rather than walking alongside the head, I missed being able to watch the blade on the feed side roller for any issues. One f—-k up on my part pushing too hard and ended up smoking the drive belts  a touch, 25kw motor didn’t strain at all just asking too much of things I guess. The session confirmed my hatred of x cut tipped blades. 

Wow, that’s some setup!! Few quid there. 
 

Are you running it from a generator?

[Johnsond]

22 minutes ago, doobin said:

Wow, that’s some setup!! Few quid there. 
 

Are you running it from a generator?

Yeah 60KVA silent runner, probably could have got away with slightly smaller but it ticked away nicely all day and didn’t use a huge amount of fuel, probably less than the previous Honda petrol unit would have. As for cost yeah im trying to not think about it too much. 

[topchippyles]

35 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Yeah 60KVA silent runner, probably could have got away with slightly smaller but it ticked away nicely all day and didn’t use a huge amount of fuel, probably less than the previous Honda petrol unit would have. As for cost yeah im trying to not think about it too much. 

What was the problem with the other one you had custom made Dave 

[Johnsond]

21 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

What was the problem with the other one you had custom made Dave 

There wasn’t one Les, good resale value at the age and hrs it was on and it was an opportunity to put things in place after a period or using the old mill ie lessons learned. Part of me is still wondering if I did right thing bud, this one is the last one Les I tell you that. I’ll stick to playing with the little woodlands afterwards. 

[Johnsond]

Got lucky with some Elm and Oak, all done on the little woodlands. 

[skc101fc]

Makes the heart sing when you get logs like that, that's when you know you're in the right job.🙂

[topchippyles]

7 hours ago, Johnsond said:

Got lucky with some Elm and Oak, all done on the little woodlands. 

Beautiful Dave 

[trigger_andy]

10 hours ago, topchippyles said:

Beautiful Dave 

Valentines day was two days ago Les.