habbi wrote:
I am building a saw bench for firewood that runs off my tractor's PTO. What
is the ideal cutting speed for the blade, it is 29" in dia. My gearbox (on
the saw bench) is 2:1 and I was going to use 1:1 for the gearbox to spindle
sheaves. So basically my blade will be 1/2 the speed of my pto. Is this good
or should I alter the sheaves ratio.


I run mine right off the PTO . I think it might be nicer if it was 50%
faster . Twice as fast I think would be too much on mine . Trying to
remember the blade D . Close to yours , if you want I will hike out and
measure it . No way I would want mine running slower . Bearings now run
just warm to the touch after hours of saw time . Luck
Ken Cutt