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12589
... That jumped out at me. Harley, why on earth would DC be made illegal? I am thinking of many highly usable and safe low voltage applications....
Gene GeRue
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Sep 1, 2006
1:42 pm
12590
DC certainly isn't illegal here (in the US), many eletric fork lifts, and aerial platform lifts, and i'm sure countless other things run on DC, I used to work ...
Dan Shade
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Sep 1, 2006
3:08 pm
12591
I believe what Harley meant was that no industrialized country uses DC for power distribution, since resistive line losses are too great. - Paul...
Paul William
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Sep 1, 2006
4:56 pm
12592
... <at what rpm would the motor produce the greatest hp and most effectively run my mill?> I believe that your motor's RPM is fixed and its H.P. is constant,...
Paul William
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Sep 1, 2006
6:03 pm
12593
Try to get some info from Logosol.com they have a electric chainsaw for there mill. (http://www.logosol.com/) One man portable sawmill _View shopping...
scor440@...
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Sep 1, 2006
8:13 pm
12594
i think that dc was outlawed for houshold wireing only . if i remember right in the early days some houses and businesses was supplied with dc some people...
ronald lynch
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Sep 1, 2006
9:47 pm
12595
hello in your response you say you found a couple of electric saws close to 6 hp. I am interested in knowing which ones ,the largest I can find is a troybilt...
ttoberer
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Sep 2, 2006
1:53 am
12596
do know, not an electrician, safety and too many deaths i suppose? Dan Shade <stangds@...> wrote: DC certainly isn't illegal here (in the US), many ...
harley scott
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Sep 2, 2006
2:04 am
12597
These gentlemen are considering an electric motor powered chainsaw mill not a bandmill so band speeds don't really apply here. One thing to consider if you are...
Mark Greer
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Sep 2, 2006
3:12 am
12598
thank you, they did not stipulate a chainsaw mill, had they doen so then my comments would not have been volunteered. just another case of insufficient...
harley scott
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Sep 2, 2006
3:01 pm
12599
hello,I am not the most brilliant with motors and electronics in general so, what do you mean by speed it up till the motor pulls full load amps, do you mean...
ttoberer
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Sep 3, 2006
3:51 am
12600
how is the chain brake going to work first? you do not design a car to go fast without first designing how you are going stop it? if stuff machines that are...
harley scott
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Sep 3, 2006
12:23 pm
12601
AC motors are "dumb" machines. By this I mean that a 10 hp motor will not know it is capable of producing 10 hp unless you attach it to a 10hp load. If you use...
Mark Greer
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Sep 3, 2006
3:33 pm
12602
snip.. ... been illegal for 40 years in civilised countries) driving a woodmizer with outstanding success. ... Harley, Your posts are getting more and more off...
rick_schmalzried
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Sep 5, 2006
4:10 am
12603
sorry rick i know sfa about electricity, all british, australian, new zealand deal with AC. our sawmills gear all run/have up to 75kw motors all AC all 240...
harley scott
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Sep 5, 2006
4:54 am
12604
Cut harley some slack Rick, you just have to pick through all of the mis-information he post here.... hee he he Robert...
robert_in_w_mi
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Sep 5, 2006
6:58 pm
12605
Concerning gaining adequate power to run a sawmill on electricity. I read that someone had belted two 5 hp compressor motors together to run a band mill....
Harold Epps
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Sep 6, 2006
2:24 pm
12606
I would be really surprised to see air compressor motor do the job as there torque is low.A farm duty 5hp 1740 rpm or larger has plenty of torque. [Non-text...
scor440@...
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Sep 6, 2006
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12607
DING! DING! DING! Give Tim a cookie.... I have an electric band-mill I built myself. It uses the 'buggy' motor of which you speak. I think. Otherwise known as...
thumphrey
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Sep 7, 2006
2:49 am
12608
Correction. You will get 2/3 hp from a cheapie static phase converter. If you use a real phase converter - a rotary phase converter which uses an idler motor,...
Mark Greer
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Sep 7, 2006
1:43 pm
12609
hey guys you might want to look this over. logosol makes am electric chain saw it uses a 5KW electric motor (6.7hp) has what looks like a v belt reduction...
Walt Sabisky
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Sep 7, 2006
2:35 pm
12610
Check out this video of the logosol electric chain saw "rip saw" in action: http://www.logosol.com/webb/industrial/4003a-logosol_ripsaw.php?play=topsplitter ...
Paul William
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Sep 7, 2006
4:22 pm
12611
hello, see everyone, Im not crazy! if you get some time, Im sure everyone would love to see a picture of this rig, I know I would. Thanks for the response.are...
ttoberer
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Sep 8, 2006
3:17 pm
12612
I've seen them in action at shows, (both electric and chainsaw powered) but to be honest i'm not all that impressed with the logosol. There are small...
robert_in_w_mi
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Sep 9, 2006
6:56 pm
12613
Well, Guys & Gals, I'm new to group and have just been reading for a couple of weeks. I live in Black Hills of South Dakota and basically would be just...
Scott Prentice
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Sep 10, 2006
1:36 pm
12614
Don't believe everything you hear about bandsaw mills. If a bandmill is cutting wavy then the blade needs changed/sharpened and has probably hit some tramp...
Mark Greer
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Sep 10, 2006
2:01 pm
12615
What Mark said is right..... If you talk to logsol they say bandmills cut wavy lumber and of course there CSM doesn't. Thing is, i've owned two band mills...
robert_in_w_mi
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Sep 10, 2006
10:52 pm
12616
I've had logs sawed on a couple different WoodMizers, a Timber Harvester, a Simplicity (homebuilt looking thing using car tires for bandwheels but actually...
Mark Greer
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Sep 11, 2006
4:29 am
12617
Ever had a chainsaw cut to the left or right and not straight? Same principle applies there. If a couple teeth get dulled from hitting metal, dirt,...
Mark Greer
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Sep 11, 2006
4:35 am
12618
Catching up on the post. I never ran a band saw, but would imagine a lot like a circular blade. But chain saw. You can have the teeth razor sharp, but there...
william(Bill) M. Cowart
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Sep 12, 2006
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