This is the first message of this new group, started Wednesday, October 13th. First, the purpose of this group: A mailing list for individuals and small mill...
mike@...
Oct 14, 1999 1:13 am
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Are you an individual, small business, or milling tool manufacturer? ... Please select one of the following: o Individual o Small business (milling services) o...
mike@...
Oct 14, 1999 1:31 am
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After about a year of home milling, I'd suggest the following tools if your intention is to make lumber for furniture and crafts. Mind you, if you're truly...
mikew@...
Oct 14, 1999 2:24 am
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I'm just tossing in a few "starter" messages here to try to get things rolling on this new group. I talked to an arborist recently who offered to let me know...
mikew@...
Oct 14, 1999 2:38 am
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Mike, my biggest obstacle is the Learning process - I have never used a chain saw! The prospect of going out by myself to use one is scary, as I don't want to...
bryan.speed@...
Oct 14, 1999 12:00 pm
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Learning is always the biggest obstacle because it takes so much time. There's no end of how deep you can take milling either. Beyond just identifying a...
mikew@...
Oct 14, 1999 5:15 pm
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... Try smelling it :) ... I'd choose a regular chain if I had the choice. ... Sorry but this is not what kickback is. Hitting a nail will stuff the chain but...
Eddie Matejowsky
eddiema@...
Oct 15, 1999 2:54 am
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Bryan Here's a few safety tips that have saved me from a few nicks with a saw. Don't stand in line with the bar, if it kicks it's going to kick in an arc most...
chris freeman
cjf3@...
Oct 15, 1999 5:15 am
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... For milling I agree with you. For cross cutting I've never noticed much of a difference. I'm sure there is. I've talked to folks who use a chainsaw all...
mikew@...
Oct 15, 1999 4:27 pm
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You know, I think you've just explained something to me that I never really understood. I knew kickback could occur but (obviously from my prior post) didn't...
mikew@...
Oct 15, 1999 4:33 pm
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Here's some ideas of topics I think would be beneficial to ME and I suspect others: 1. Wood identification (I'm finding this pretty tricky myself, especially ...
mikew@...
Oct 15, 1999 10:45 pm
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I mainly use an Alaskan mill. For cutting the slabs into 12" wide sections to fit the planer sometimes I just tack a board on the slab and use my little...
chris freeman
cjf3@...
Oct 16, 1999 2:49 am
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... I think you can improve that by not setting the depth gauges on the chain so deep. I've set mine too deep and will have to put up with it till the teeth...
Eddie Matejowsky
eddiema@...
Oct 17, 1999 12:00 am
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Howdy, Just read about this group on the woodworking newsgroup & signed up. I'm in N Minnesota have lot's of trees, time, a couple of chain saws, a Beam...
Rob
becida@...
Oct 18, 1999 4:18 am
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I like my Alaskan. I've had it about a year now and it's a good cross between simple design and maximum functionality. It's light so I can take it in places...
Mike W.
mikew@...
Oct 18, 1999 4:03 pm
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The Dallas Woodcraft store had a demonstration of home milling (for lack of a better term) this weekend. Bud Holmes lead the discussion. He's a veteran of...
Mike W.
mikew@...
Oct 18, 1999 4:46 pm
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The router idea: You're making a planer out of a router? Hmmm.... Let us know when you have it in place. Sounds interesting... ... From: Eddie Matejowsky ...
Mike W.
mikew@...
Oct 18, 1999 4:51 pm
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Welcome Rob! I'm glad you joined. Most of us so far are pretty new at this (a year or two). Let me know what you think of the Beam Machine. Have you used it...
Mike W.
mikew@...
Oct 18, 1999 4:53 pm
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_____ <http://clickhere.egroups.com/click/935> The Dallas area Woodcraft is doing demonstrations tomorrow about curing and resawing wood after it's been...
bryan.speed@...
Oct 18, 1999 4:54 pm
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Short of sneaking over to your neighbor's house when they're away at the game, I thought I'd share a few sources for trees for milling. Maybe some of these...
Mike W.
mikew@...
Oct 18, 1999 11:41 pm
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... Welcome Rob! I'm glad you joined. Most of us so far are pretty new at this (a year or two). Let me know what you think of the Beam Machine. Have you...
Rob
becida@...
Oct 19, 1999 1:46 am
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I got my new Trendlines catalog today and they had the Alaskan Mill that will take up to a 36" bar listed at $130.50 and the slabbing rail bracket set for...
chris freeman
cjf3@...
Oct 19, 1999 4:05 am
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See comments below... ... From: Rob To: milling@egroups.com Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 8:53 PM Subject: [milling] Re: Hello! ... Just a guess, but I would...
Mike W.
mikew@...
Oct 19, 1999 4:34 pm
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Chris, I don't know about everyone else, but this looks like Chinese to me. It looks like you've found a cheaper source for the Alaskan? That much I can make...
Mike W.
mikew@...
Oct 19, 1999 4:48 pm
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Eddie Matejowsky
eddiema@...
Oct 19, 1999 9:48 pm
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Hi Mike The message came back to me with a bunch of extra junk in it as well. I'll see what I can mess with on this end. :)Chris...
chris freeman
cjf3@...
Oct 20, 1999 2:48 am
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Mike & all, Just thought I'd log in :) I'm in western NC, near Winston-Salem and usually use a beam machine just to get things sized down to fit on the ...
kbrownlow@...
Oct 20, 1999 3:36 pm
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Welcome to the group, Ken! You're the second person here (not counting myself) who has a Beam Machine. In NC you probably have some really choice trees to...
Mike W.
mikew@...
Oct 20, 1999 3:57 pm
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Harbor Freight (http://www.harborfreighttools.com) has become one of my favorite places to get CHEAP tools. It's kind of the company I love to hate. Their...
Mike W.
mikew@...
Oct 21, 1999 3:03 pm
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Harbor Freight (see previous post for company information) has another new product that's worth bringing to the attention of the group: Goldenrod Dehumidifier ...
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