greengreer
TreeHouser
Thanks, I guess we'll have to play around and see. Seems like diesel or bar oil might leave a stain. I've got a big pile of white pine logs I'm working thru so nothing too special.
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SeanKroll
Treehouser
Curious if water keeps the blade cooler, and therefore sharper, or if it is not a common problem.
If it is species specific, is it about both pitch and hardness?
If it is species specific, is it about both pitch and hardness?
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
According to Wood-Mizer, it's just for pitch issues, not cooling. I was told that windshield washer has enough of a solvent effect for most situations.
Raj
TreeHouser
This walnut was busting my nuts. Tough milling for some reason. 28" wide
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Do you hold your trigger or use double-sided velcro/ tape/ etc?
Raj
TreeHouser
I hold the trigger, for now. Planning on a remote trigger, with lock.
Pull or push? I find pulling the saw through the log easier on my back, and switch it up as I go through the log, with the exit cut being push. There's some safety concerns with pulling I guess, but you'd have to be remarkably careless to hurt yourself doing that.
Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
With the small winch, push/pull shouldn't be as critical for your comfort zone. You don't have to maintain a constant effort with all your boddy for a long time, just turn the handle as needed and the thing does the job for you. You have to regulate the system though, so attention is involved, but not strength (less at least).
Patrick A
Treehouser
Background and question for the bandsawmill users (woodmizer, lucas, etc..). Why does my blade bend on fresh cut spruce leaving 1/4" valleys and peaks when it stays straight on oak, cherry and maple. Tension is the same, widths of cut (number of teeth in the wood) are close and log diameters are close. Cutting with or without water does not seem to matter.
Thanks.
Thanks.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Pitch and grain. Knots can change blade path. Try some veggie oil and slow it down some
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Spruce sucks on a bandmill. Even under the best circumstances it's hard to saw.
Patrick A
Treehouser
Thanks for the confirmation. I might stop taking spruce to the mill and propose the dumpster option to clients. Seems to be more hassle than it is worth. Here is some cedar that was enjoyable to mill
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I'd like to come into a nice cedar log. I don't have anything specific in mind, but it's nice wood. Spruce is nice for construction products. Very light, and easy to work. I'm just using a chainsaw mill, and am not going for "pretty" with the stuff I make, so the spruce matches my standards pretty well.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Fresh, small knot spruce is nice stuff. Dry, old, big knots is not really worth sawing.
Patrick A
Treehouser
Raj
TreeHouser
I've been doing a lot of milling but not taking pics for some reason. Today a quick cut up on a 9' long 26" dia ash. I had to replace the fitting and valve on the aux oiler. The fitting snapped and the ball valve got lubed up so much that the vibration would open the valve wide open.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Raj
TreeHouser
Hey, why not mill on a hell of a hot day, for fun, add a bunch of metal!
Walnut 13' long 2' diameter.
Walnut 13' long 2' diameter.
stikine
Treehouser
Bummer on the metal.
Raj
TreeHouser
Milling some small walnut just up the road from me in Ancaster. Used my 660, trying to save my shoulder.
