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I bought a new B-20 in 1999 to use for my own personal use as well as some
sawing for friends and family. About a year later I started an automation
business and well, the mill set out in the weather not being used for about
the next 6 years since I was working 16 hour days and 7 days a week. Around
2005 I moved the milled inside my shop and started to undo the damage the
weather had done to the mill which was quite extensive (never leave your
mill outside uncovered DUH!!) I had to replace all the carriage chains,
seals in the up/down gearbox, teardown up/down motor clean it up & replace
the bearings and all the solenoids in the junction box. The blade guides
were all locked up, the blade had rusted and pitted the steel wheels, at
this point I decided to replace the blade guides (I didn't like the TK ones
anyway)and change out the steel wheels with rubber banded wheels. I got my
guides and rubber V bands from Suffolk Machine. While I was at it the other
thing I hated about the mill was the log dog adjustment, so while I was at
it I went ahead and added a hydraulic cylinder for the up and down movement.
So far so good, the mill is now much more user friendly, I still want to
automate the throat adjustment and remotely adjust the throttle.
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