Sawmill setup issues- help please!

[gobbypunk]

Hi Lez yeah it should be with me next week

[topchippyles]

Just now, gobbypunk said:

Hi Lez yeah it should be with me next week

Did you do as we spoke about 

[Forest2Furniture]

On 24/09/2020 at 09:13, gobbypunk said:

F##c sounds like a nightmare,when I first had my hm130 it took me ages to get the tracking right  now I am waiting for my hm130 max I hope I dont have any issues,Chris at woodland mills was telling me that the hm130 max comes all tracked in from the factory .

I found it depended what blades I was using, when I changed from the lenox ones supplied by woodlands to ripper37 it took me the best part of an hour to do the tracking, I was on site at the time. Once the tracking was set never had a problem until the change of belts.

[gobbypunk]

Hi yeah same as not sure what band was on my old mill when I bought it but I threw 2/3 bands when I changed over to ripper 37, the tracking defo did my head in at first and then I just sort of got it after a few times adjusting spining the wheels by hand and in the end I just got it and then no problems changing bands but at first there was a F##K lot of swearing ,still no delivery date on my new one even though they arrived on wednesday

[gobbypunk]

Hi Thomas ,where to in the country are you if you are close by one of us maybe a visit could work to give you a hand sometimes 2 heads and all did you buy it new if so when 

[thisishinterland]

I had use of a WM126, followed the assembly instructions to the letter and kept popping off blades. 
 

The chap from WM came to fault find and simply backed off the blade tension from the prescribed tension in the manual and hey presto she’s a gooden.

[gobbypunk]

Thats cool ,chuffed for you what have you been milling 

[thomasvdb7]

Thanks for all your comments and help. I've gone back over the tracking and whatever else I thought could be a problem and have figured out the problem is that I was using a jerry can for water which was previously used for red diesel- rookie mistake! I think it was the oil content that was getting on the blade and making it slip off. After addressing it's been fine!