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- December 11th, 2020, 6:38 pm
- ForumCOLON Crosscut saws 101
- TopicCOLON Screw in log
- RepliesCOLON 5
- ViewsCOLON 299
Re: Screw in log
Some of the sawmills I've worked at used a metal detector after the debarker. Most of the time the operators that were supposed to monitor it didn't want to get out of the cab to look. So we called the Band saws the metal detector. You name it pretty much everything has been in logs going into the m...
- November 29th, 2020, 6:52 pm
- ForumCOLON Welcome! New users, start here!
- TopicCOLON New memenber
- RepliesCOLON 2
- ViewsCOLON 438
Re: New memenber
Welcome to our world of saws! There is a wealth of information here, with many members willing to help new members like you. We all are learning something new everyday. Here, most all that is posted remains easy to find in the sub-categories. There are several Facebook groups that post information, ...
- April 21st, 2020, 11:49 am
- ForumCOLON Filing
- TopicCOLON Serrations in teeth
- RepliesCOLON 6
- ViewsCOLON 1646
Re: Serrations in teeth
Working on a one man saw today and thought I'd file a couple cutters with the serrations on the cutters, that have been a standard for White pine competition saws. It's not easy to file them consistently. And I'm out of practice with them anyways. It takes a little bit of file manipulation to get th...
- April 17th, 2020, 7:59 pm
- ForumCOLON Filing
- TopicCOLON Serrations in teeth
- RepliesCOLON 6
- ViewsCOLON 1646
Re: Serrations in teeth
Some of the filers in Western Canada did this to the cutters when using the saws for cutting White Pine. the serrations allowed the cutters to sever the fibers better. By using a course bastard file you can make the serrations fairly uniform. I've had a few people request this style tooth for cuttin...
- February 5th, 2020, 6:41 pm
- ForumCOLON Filing
- TopicCOLON A totaly differnt (Inverse) method of filing
- RepliesCOLON 29
- ViewsCOLON 13238
Re: A totaly differnt (Inverse) method of filing
I totally understand your [explicatives] frustration. I've had the same happen to myself a couple times. Sooooo, I now put everything in a word document file, and then copy and paste it into the post. Continue your great posts. We are all learning from them.
John
John
- January 9th, 2020, 8:08 pm
- ForumCOLON Welcome! New users, start here!
- TopicCOLON Thanks for having me!
- RepliesCOLON 2
- ViewsCOLON 1113
Re: Thanks for having me!
We are glad to have You! John
- October 28th, 2019, 8:07 pm
- ForumCOLON Filing
- TopicCOLON tooth spacings on crown-tooth saws?
- RepliesCOLON 1
- ViewsCOLON 1042
Re: tooth spacings on crown-tooth saws?
I've always filed the saw like the Disston Lumbermans Handbook suggests. PATCsawyer started a thread on the Great American saw which has some good info in it. https://www.crosscutsawyer.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1252 Posted photo from Lumbermans Handbook When filing M-Tooth the outside Rake angle of ...
- October 3rd, 2019, 12:53 pm
- ForumCOLON Filing
- TopicCOLON Is this a "slope angle" ?
- RepliesCOLON 2
- ViewsCOLON 1068
Re: Is this a "slope angle" ?
Slope angle is the angle made by the file and the saw plate when measuring straight across the saw plate.
- April 8th, 2018, 2:06 pm
- ForumCOLON Filing
- TopicCOLON Saw Heat Treating
- RepliesCOLON 8
- ViewsCOLON 4967
Re: Saw Heat Treating
Couple more photos, as I couldn't upload all first round. The BESTAR Steel information is what was sent to me when asking about saw steel used by an un-named saw manufacturing company New Zealand. summary: when tempering saw steel the hotter you anneal or temper the saw, the softer the steel will be...
- April 8th, 2018, 1:54 pm
- ForumCOLON Filing
- TopicCOLON Saw Heat Treating
- RepliesCOLON 8
- ViewsCOLON 4967
Re: Saw Heat Treating
A most excellent post Jim! You have put a lot of time and effort into your project and will be appreciated by all that can use your information. This addition to your post, adds to yours as supplemental information. I've been trying to find time in my busy schedule lately to post something similar. ...