How do you prevent chain wrapping? My machine never had this issue before, but has sat fallow for a few months. It happened on the left side, so I went through calibration again, and retired the cut on the ruined price. Now it happened on the right.
What am I doing wrong here?
this is usually caused by the chain angles, but if it was working and now it’s
not, it could be that the chains need to be lubricated. I would suggest a
graphite or silicoln chain lub (something that won’t have sawdust sticking to
it)
David Lang
I agree with @dlang I think after sitting the chains might just be stiff
Edit: That bungee also looks very slack. It’s possible that it has become stretched out after sitting
I would agree that it is probably an issue with the bands getting weak from setting with tension on them for a while. When you stopped using it, did you leave any tension on the bands or did you unhook them?
If it was not for the door that is right there, I would have suggested going over the top of the sprockets and using a 2l bottle full of water instead of the bands.
I played with the bands initially but quickly went with the “gravity assist” method. I have not had a chain wrap or skip since (other than the time I forgot to hang the bottle bottles back on the chains).
I didn’t think about the bands, and left them under tension. Do I need to tighten those, or replace them then?
What’s the gravity assist method? Just letting them dangle?
I think its a lack of or insufficient counterweight issue?
gravity assist replaces the bands with simple rope (paracord or similar) and
weights. People have used elaberate pully systems, I did an example with just a
couple pieces of pipe
David Lang
