Mac88
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My BIL bought a kinda wazoo detector from somewhere. First chance I get I'll find out the make and model. We've used it on some 40"+ oaks. It found nails and fence wire.
my gene's band mill copy
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My BIL bought a kinda wazoo detector from somewhere. First chance I get I'll find out the make and model. We've used it on some 40"+ oaks. It found nails and fence wire.
Mac88
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How's it going Reg? Busy here, and not with wood cutting. Got a big stack of logs out back. We hope to get to them soon.
We had a nice bark-on shagbark log laying on the ground for a year. It didn't even make good firewood when we got around to sawing it.
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Hmm...not good news Mac. I guess I'll use the most of this in the pit & grill this spring-fall...I like to mix it with a little pecan and mesquite when I do steaks, chicken and oxtail stew!
Mac88
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Hmm...not good news Mac. I guess I'll use the most of this in the pit & grill this spring-fall...I like to mix it with a little pecan and mesquite when I do steaks, chicken and oxtail stew!
Just curious, let me know what you find when you open them up.
scale and some milling
Had the mill up and running for a few days. Had a little problem to start with in getting everything adjusted. Had to balance my new tires and I kept throwing the v-belt. Did not have the belt tight enough. Had to adjust the blade guides to get it to cut level, but finally got it to work right.
For what I am doing, I like the band mill better than the csm. It is faster and easier.
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I made a scale for the different cut that I do. For 3/4 finished boards, I mill to 15/16, for 1" finished boards, I mill to 1 1/4, that way I can plane to desired size. For rough sawn boards, I do 3/4 and 1 1/2. All 4 scales are shown with a blade allowance. Each size has a color to line up with that allows for blade.
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If anyone is interested in the scale, pm me with an email address and I will send you a jpg file that you can print. You have to trim it up and put it together and laminate it, then zero it on your mill.
Larry
Had the mill up and running for a few days. Had a little problem to start with in getting everything adjusted. Had to balance my new tires and I kept throwing the v-belt. Did not have the belt tight enough. Had to adjust the blade guides to get it to cut level, but finally got it to work right.
For what I am doing, I like the band mill better than the csm. It is faster and easier.
View attachment 285743
I made a scale for the different cut that I do. For 3/4 finished boards, I mill to 15/16, for 1" finished boards, I mill to 1 1/4, that way I can plane to desired size. For rough sawn boards, I do 3/4 and 1 1/2. All 4 scales are shown with a blade allowance. Each size has a color to line up with that allows for blade.
View attachment 285744
If anyone is interested in the scale, pm me with an email address and I will send you a jpg file that you can print. You have to trim it up and put it together and laminate it, then zero it on your mill.
Larry
Mill doin fine and I can sew too
Mill is running great. I like it. Quicker and cleaner.
Needed to cut some more cedar for a top for a desk I am building.
Made a cover for my bsm.
Had a visitor on my back porch eating the cats food. We have all kinds of visitors. *****, possums, skunks, and foxes because we feed our animals well. I quit live trapping because of the skunks. How do you get one out of a trap?
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Not much to do now except cut some wood. Thanks to Jean!!!
I would like to come up with a turning system, maybe hydraulic powered.
Larry
Mill is running great. I like it. Quicker and cleaner.
Needed to cut some more cedar for a top for a desk I am building.
Made a cover for my bsm.
Had a visitor on my back porch eating the cats food. We have all kinds of visitors. *****, possums, skunks, and foxes because we feed our animals well. I quit live trapping because of the skunks. How do you get one out of a trap?
View attachment 286661View attachment 286662View attachment 286663Not much to do now except cut some wood. Thanks to Jean!!!
I would like to come up with a turning system, maybe hydraulic powered.
Larry
close up of story pole/cutting scale
Finally had a little time to finish milling cedar log that had been on my mill for a couple of weeks.
This is a closeup of my saw scale. It is set on yellow which is for 1 1/4" cuts. Just drop it down to the next yellow line for a 1 1/4" cut and it should cut all the way down to the bottom with an 1 1/4" board left. In this case with this particular log, I could get a full width cut at the first yellow mark above 12". I started there and went from yellow line to yellow line which is 1/8" wide to show where the blade is.
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Finally had a little time to finish milling cedar log that had been on my mill for a couple of weeks.
This is a closeup of my saw scale. It is set on yellow which is for 1 1/4" cuts. Just drop it down to the next yellow line for a 1 1/4" cut and it should cut all the way down to the bottom with an 1 1/4" board left. In this case with this particular log, I could get a full width cut at the first yellow mark above 12". I started there and went from yellow line to yellow line which is 1/8" wide to show where the blade is.
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scale feedback
I have been getting some feedback about the scale. Having trouble printing to the right size and quality.
I have attached a pdf file. I used a pdf reader (foxit) to open, then under the print option, no scale and came out right size. I'm sure adobe will work as well. You can also change the scale if further adjustment is necessary.
Give me some feedback if you try it.
Larry
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I have been getting some feedback about the scale. Having trouble printing to the right size and quality.
I have attached a pdf file. I used a pdf reader (foxit) to open, then under the print option, no scale and came out right size. I'm sure adobe will work as well. You can also change the scale if further adjustment is necessary.
Give me some feedback if you try it.
Larry
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