This milling group is too quite, maby all are too busy cutting lumber. We here at Poor Boy Construction, did cut 22 nice 1o inch pine siding boards yesterday....
O'k spring is in the air, and I can not see how any man can resist getting outdoors, planting a garden, or just a stroll to enjoy the beauity of this earth;...
Bill, It's good to hear from you! Keep those stories coming. Harold __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo!...
About Dark Last night, finaly, an asurb cedar log, my opinion good for fence post, but got it set on the rails. Needed out of it 2 31/2 X 31/2 Maby, just Maby...
I looked recently at the HF sharpener and used it to sharpen two cross cut chains. It works much better - at least for me - than the ole round file. Now I...
Hello! Greetings from Finland.I have tried chainsaw milling now for couple of months with a Logosol timberjig and a smaller husqvarna and have liked it very...
Janne, a courosity question. do the timber jigs from logosol run on rollers or just slide on metal to metal ? I run my Alaskan with an old STHIL .84, a fairly...
I use the timberjig with a wooden guide rail made after the Logosol instructions but you can also use it with an aluminium rail. On the wooden rail it glides...
Been building this bandsaw sawmill it seams forever. Well to day was the big day. Final got everything running. You guess it The blade runes backward. This is...
If it isn't direct drive - just put a twist in the belt - that is how I power the flat belt corn sheller from either side to achieve the correct rotation with...
... Flip your blade/band inside out. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection...
I would also assume flipping the blade would work, but if it does not , one sure way if the rom is available. Build a shafe , where the engine presently sits,...
it does, thats the way it works, i have 30 bands left over from my lumbermate, just do what i said in the previous email, it takes 10 seconds. Harley Scott CEO...
Thanks for the come back. I ended up flipping the blade. Moving the motor at this time WOULD BE A PAIN. Wm. David Veith President David Enterprises, Inc. 5312...
As long as it works... Harold __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around...
Put some good leather work gloves on (and Goggles) and turn those bands inside-out. Your other option is to buy a spool of band blade and fasten your own by...
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Hello all; I just picked up a used Homelite SuperXL saw for trimming work. Do you know the proper fuel to oil ratio for Homelite chain saws? Thanks for the...
Using modern oil, running 40:1 or 50:1 is no problem. Mine has run that way for years, and is no worse for the wear. Cylinder still looks like new. Make sure...
Jim, I recommend that you read (Message 10258) by LumberDennis. He tells some of the advantages of using Opti-2 oil. This and some similar posts lead me to...
Milling Logistics Designing, building a saw mill is very elementary, but the logistics , political, enviremental issues can be as horofing as a fly caught in a...
Anyone quartersaw black walnut? I've done lot of red and white oak, a little sycamore. Is the grain pattern of walnut as striking or interesting? Have a...
When sawing walnut, I usually saw for figure. Quartersawn walnut doesn't do anything extraordinary for me, but it keeps the grain consistent. While many people...
There's really no advantage to Q-sawing walnut, as walnut is already fairly stable and you just don't see wood rays like you do in oak... Walnut looks better...
This group is quite, I assume all are busy, sawing logs, upgrading mill, as we are doing. We have acomplished the first stage of our project,dealing with the...
Busy???? Here's what i've been doing.. http://tinyurl.com/2deao3 If you poke around over there you will see that i, along with several others post quite a...
I'd like to see what it makes. All those knots worry me for 1 or 2 bys. Looks like a beam tree to me. Over a ton of it! And yes be careful! Got your...