Sawmill Alignment
Adjusting The Lower Track Rollers
Sawmill Alignment HDSdoc041118 5-8
5
5.5 Adjusting The Lower Track Rollers
See Figure 5-5. Making these adjustments correctly will give you square cuts and
accurate dimensions across the width of your boards.
1. Using the feed controls, move the saw carriage so that the blade is positioned over the
front pivot end rail.
2. Check the lower roller on the bottom track rail. Make sure that the bottom rollers touch the
bottom rail but remain loose enough that you can turn them with your finger. Use the
vertical bolts to adjust the bottom track rollers.
3. Check the inside lower rollers. Both inside rollers should touch the rail so that you cannot
spin them by hand. If the rollers are not adjusted evenly and you can spin either one,
adjust the horizontal nuts until the roller cannot be spun by hand. Check the other roller
and adjust if necessary. Adjust both inside rollers until each evenly supports the carriage
and you cannot spin either by hand.
4. Move the carriage forward until the blade is positioned over the rear pivot end rail. Repeat
steps 2 & 3 until all lower rollers are adjusted properly at the front and rear of the sawmill.
5. Remove the blade guides, or adjust them so that they do not touch the blade.
FIG. 5-5
To Next Page
Loading...
