Well, the de-barker is nearly complete all that remains to be done is to make the walkways for the workers to do their job. The first photo shows an overall view of the unit and how logs are brought up from the log pond (When I get that done). Photo #2 is the log lift out of the pond. This works via a worm and pinion drive on the other side and hauls the logs to the top of the ramp. The next stage is for the log to be taken to the live rolls at the far end. A transfer table does this job. Once it arrives at the live rolls, it is taken upto the de-barker and held in place by heavy rollers. Once through the de-barker, it is fed onto the other transfer table ready to be lowered onto the log carriage. The final stage of this trip is to visit the sawmill. Paul
Paul, is this based upon a prototype? Its quite different from the logmill I used to work in. The loading table is the same, but the rollers feeding into your (strange) de-barking machine are quite a bit different. We had 2 longtitudinal rollers that were like big augers. The logs would roll across the table and drop onto the 2 auger rollers which moved the log up to the de-barker. These rollers were 'throttled' by the person handling the de-barker. Our de-barker was also a lot different, and a LOT more dangerous than the one you've got. Ours was a 'spiked ball' that was mounted on the end of a 15' arm (trellis type gantry arm) and it rotated REALLY fast. The logs would get fed up on the augers, we'd sqing the debarker arm down onto the log, and as the log rotated we'd be stripping the bark off hell for leather.... Stuff flew everywhere..... Once it was finished it would roll out to the exit table very similar to how you have yours. We once has that de-barker ball break and fly off.... It exited out through the roof of the shed and landed in a field 800 yards away. The roof and wall of the shed were absolutely peppered with little holes where schrapnel and teeth of the ball had flown everywhere. The oeprator is totally exposed only 20' from the ball, but never got touched, and never even heard anything go whizzing past.... Lucky guy!
I also worked in several sawmills. They all had some variant of a Morbark. Here's their web site: www.morbark.com/ Look under Equipment for Debarkers. Two things I recall vividly. One- They were very noisy. And then when you were pulling logs from a mill pond, or other water, during debarking they made a huge mess. So, all Paul needs, is to make his scene messier! Boxcab E50
Cool, then you've got it perfect Paul! Oh...except for the mess, as boxcab said... We had a pile of bark about 10' high and 30' wide behind the debarker that we cleared with a huge articulated Michigan tractor every couple of hours. There was bark and chips all over the damn place though
Paul- Now it looks like a barker, and mill, hard at work! If only you could have a recorded sound loop playing underneath. The howling, squeaking, crunching, grinding, banging, etc. Just looking at the new pictures, I can clearly hear all the noise! Boxcab E50
A big rest Paul LOL, well at least a day off some time. The reason I have been so busy with the railroad is simple, cannot play golf due to the bad weather. Paul
