I have a new LT 70 Electric and I have a lot of work to do. Can you share more pics of your deck, conveyor and edger setup? You obviously have a great deal of experience at operating a band mill.
I believe this machine is now listed with Bright Star for Feb. 14 auction. If so, it has crowned steel band wheels. Would you mind sharing your source and opinion on running those, did you change roller guides and blade size? Thinking about going to those on my LT70. Any info would help. Thanks.
Yes this is the one listed with Bright Star. Based on my experience with steel wheels that are spinning true you can run much higher tension without sacrificing blade life. I’m running 1.5”x 0.055” blades and the 1.5” guide rollers from Woodmizer. The wheels are From Lumber Tiger Mfg in Windsor Ohio.
Brian, you’ll be very pleased with the Echo. I’ve watched their video. Both the Echo and the Timber Buddy will run circles around the Woodmizer, and are much heavier built.
Nice setup. Just one question is it just me or is the horizontal chain drive really loose? I’ve got an LT 40 and the tension on the chain is way tighter. But really like the efficiency with the log loader, board return and edger you have going here.
Hello! One thing that I don't get: This (and many others) is a stationary operation. Why on earth use a mobile singel-post saw when there are more ridgid double-post saws available? LX (if you really need the trailer) or the WM or other brands. And why not go electric?
Brian is there a way you could send me a picture close up of the transfer deck from the edger? We are setting a lt70 setup and I’m using this as our model. We are in the process of building our table to return back to the incline conveyor. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks for the video! Always enjoy seeing your operation. That log sure was a pretty one , (center heart, little to no taper, clear) I sure love sawing a log like that. Wish they could all be that way!😁
The reason the head is wobbly is do to the operator not allowing the carriage to stop and the drive chain is excessively loose. You can see it flopping all around every time he changes direction. It's not supposed to.
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my boss ran across your video and wanted to know. does the conveyor belt with edger work good on end? we liked this setup about put it super 70 next few weeks gonna do few changes
+Chris Lucas not sure exactly what your asking. The conveyor belt works good at getting stuff back away from the mill, it doesn't do so good at running tapered bell ended slabs out onto the greenchain endwise. The mill is in NW Pennsylvania Crawford county
I wonder why you never see any other major brand doing commercial sawing like this? I've seen Baker sawmills on Commercial jobs, Woodmizer for sure, but no one else. At least not major bandsaw mills under 100k..
Hi Oliver, Wood-Mizer now sells the LX range of machines which has eliminated this problem. However, with correct maintenance, this problem can be averted on the LT-70. It is concerning, especially within the first 500mm of the cut. in this region there will be some minimal sawing variation but nothing out of the expected quality for a machine in this price range.
oliver5sc Lol I'd like to watch a Woodmizer mill beside a 4 post on uneven ground. You couldn't get straight boards from the four post until it would be perfectly level. The mono rail mills are not affected by uneven terrain.
@Linda Marion Take the first portable sawmill shootout for example. They had to set up their mills before sawing, and Woodmizer smoked the competition by beginning the first cut in less than a minute! The four post mills took a lot more time to level.
