Falling pics 11/25/09

[bitzer]

Bitz, I don't know what place you found, but Diesel Injection Service is top notch, they're in Windsor, just NW of Madison.

I did find that in my search. I'm running it down to Hucksdorf Diesel in Franklin. Its about an hour to the south of me. Thanks for the tip though!

 

[treeslayer2003]

Geez I forgot Tramp and Burvol.... in that cutting circles around me category. I'm sure I forgot some more. Having too many kids eats away at the memory.


Sunshine and lollipops this morning and I'm at home lookin for a good fuel injection pump guy. Man, I hate downtime.

to many kids ya say, what? what was I sayin?
oh fuel pump, on forwarder? saw one once a franklin, I always figured thay'ed sink here in the bottomless muck

 

[bustedup]

cool vids bitzer nice clean cuts and safe it a pleasure to watch.

 

[056kid]

True that! ^^^ I had on last week that was about 2ft stump, right as I was trying to burn the hinge it started wanting to chair a bit and stres cracked real faintly. Well when I went and topped it at the 4th log it just kinda blew all to hell. The seperation on the small end was on the same plane as the stress crack that appeared in the butt. It got me to thinking it was either such a straight grain or a flaw in the grain. That kinda stuff doesn't happen often, so I'm thinking grain flaw.

A good open face will eliminate those kinds of problem. Just sayin... If it was really wind shook you probably whoulda known in the face...

 

[twochains]

A good open face will eliminate those kinds of problem. Just sayin... If it was really wind shook you probably whoulda known in the face...

I don't guess I know what you mean about recognizing "shake" in the face. I can recognize shake right off the bat by the smell. Having an extensive career in sawmilling as a head sawyer I can smell shake before the first slab rolls off, and way before you see it's presence in lumber.

Are you talking about smelling it when you make your face cut? I'm not arguing, I am just trying to grasp what you are saying. Thanks

 

[treeslayer2003]

I don't guess I know what you mean about recognizing "shake" in the face. I can recognize shake right off the bat by the smell. Having an extensive career in sawmilling as a head sawyer I can smell shake before the first slab rolls off, and way before you see it's presence in lumber.

Are you talking about smelling it when you make your face cut? I'm not arguing, I am just trying to grasp what you are saying. Thanks

you can smell it? what it smell like?

 

[Metals406]

you can smell it? what it smell like?

Probably smells like losing money!!

 

[treeslayer2003]

Probably smells like losing money!!

yea your right, tho sometimes they'll still stave. maybe smell like hollow/ rotten

 

[twochains]

Shake is a very pungent sour smell. You can definitely smell it. Very loud in red oak, water oak, and bastard oak. I think the smell is actually an acid, I think it is called tanic or tantric acid.

 

[treeslayer2003]

Shake is a very pungent sour smell. You can definitely smell it. Very loud in red oak, water oak, and bastard oak. I think the smell is actually an acid, I think it is called tanic or tantric acid.

yea tanic acid smells like cat piss, but I never associated it with shake. seldom see it in red oak here. but I will take notice now.

 

[twochains]

If your ever around a mill and smell it...even if you question yourself about it's presence in the lumber...set the "stinky" board out in the sun and I will bet ya a dollar the shake will be pointing at the sun by the end of the day.

 

[bustedup]

It the tannin in oak walnut etc that takes the edge of ya saw quicker

 

[treeslayer2003]

If your ever around a mill and smell it...even if you question yourself about it's presence in the lumber...set the "stinky" board out in the sun and I will bet ya a dollar the shake will be pointing at the sun by the end of the day.

i'll have to remember that. real bad in cherry here, any cherry looks twisted or grew on the edge its firewood

 

[treeslayer2003]

It the tannin in oak walnut etc that takes the edge of ya saw quicker

old timers always said walnut has grit in it. I know it hard on planer blades

 

[bustedup]

old timers always said walnut has grit in it. I know it hard on planer blades

I dunno bout that but oak does take the edge of quicker than others imo I'm sure some of the redwoods have it to but not to sure

 

[treeslayer2003]

that's why I like saw to put out lots of oil, mo chain last longer in oak. ran the new 461r some today I don't see any diff in oiler

 

[twochains]

Ever noticed how fast "ant damaged" timber will dull a saw? Being that I don't have, and have never been told a formal answer as to why this happens...I came up with my own!

Here it goes...and please set me on fire if I m nowhere near right. Ok, so the ant eats the wood, the acid in it's stomache break it down, changing the eaten wood's chemical composition. Something must happen that turns the sawdust...and I say sawdust because that it essentially was wood before the carpenter ants ate it, and basically comes out as saw dust from Hell.

I bet all you guys have noticed it while cutting, surely. Well I used to run Si-Chrome dipped saw bits that were actually pretty tough even in dirty logs. If I would hit a log with a carpenter ant colony in it...INSTA DULL! I mean you might as well shut her off and get out the saw jockey...cause yer dull!

disclaimer...I'm an idiot

 

[treeslayer2003]

Ever noticed how fast "ant damaged" timber will dull a saw? Being that I don't have, and have never been told a formal answer as to why this happens...I came up with my own!

Here it goes...and please set me on fire if I m nowhere near right. Ok, so the ant eats the wood, the acid in it's stomache break it down, changing the eaten wood's chemical composition. Something must happen that turns the sawdust...and I say sawdust because that it essentially was wood before the carpenter ants ate it, and basically comes out as saw dust from Hell.

I bet all you guys have noticed it while cutting, surely. Well I used to run Si-Chrome dipped saw bits that were actually pretty tough even in dirty logs. If I would hit a log with a carpenter ant colony in it...INSTA DULL! I mean you might as well shut her off and get out the saw jockey...cause yer dull!

disclaimer...I'm an idiot

nah, I've noticed that to, really any rotten wood. dad says snake crap dulls a saw :msp_scared:

 

[roberte]

disclaimer...I'm an idiot

no need to disclaim :jester:

 

[bustedup]

nah, I've noticed that to, really any rotten wood. dad says snake crap dulls a saw :msp_scared:

Well dunno bout that but if a snake appeared if I was cutting my crap would blunt the saw lol