Chain saws.

Lee_D · 2008-03-10T20:20:42+00:00

The survivalist nutter in me says I NEED a chain saw. A number of lanes have caused the odd delay as my little hand held chopper is sooner or later not going to be big enough.What is this malarky with a certificate / licence or whatever for chainsaws???Lee D

Mar 10, 2008 69 Replies

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andrew heggie 18 years ago

A bit, I ran a woodmizer for a friend while he was away in Nigeria making a mint on seismic surveys.

For a few small butts I'd run them into a sawmill with a bandsaw and have them contract sawn. The small portable bandmills probably cost over GBP300/day and it's hard work getting a worthwhile throughput.

Have a look to see if the woodlots advertising service still functions near you.

Punters tended to be optimistic about what they where going to use their sawn wood for and I'll bet there's a lot of planked wood slowly rotting away in some back gardens. Truth be known I still have some nice yew boards which would have been worth a lot more as round timber exported for veneer and I know Ill not make anything with them.

Sycamore needs converting very soon after felling, the loose sawdust must be brushed off the boards and they season better stacked vertically rather than conventionally stickered.

AJH

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Steve Taylor 18 years ago

Seems to be just SE.

Thanks for the tip.

These things will just about fit under my 12" bandsaw, maybe a 3 TPI skip tooth might do 'em ?

Steve

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AJH 18 years ago

We would take the first slab freehand with a chainsaw, sometimes top and bottom, to get it under the head.

Can you increase the set? Use a small wooden wedge to keep the cut open behind the blade. Wood has tensions in it, think of it as growing by adding successive condoms over the previous years growth.

AJH

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Steve Taylor 18 years ago

I'll need to make a fitment for the (electric) chainsaw, but on small logs that should work OK shouldn't it ?

Using a handsaw-set or do you need something chunkier for bandsaws ?

Use a small wooden wedge to keep the cut

An interesting analogy !

Steve

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Lee_D 18 years ago

Do they pay flashers in NZ then?

;-)

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EMB 18 years ago

Nah, that's just a SOT trait :p

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Skinty 18 years ago

Learn to respect a Saw as they are Dangerous tools for Fools you should really go & learn to use one there are enough Nutters flying round the lanes with out Chains Saws

Regards Sk>>> Richard wrote:

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EMB 18 years ago

That was where this thread started. Luckily chainsaws tend to injure only the user - unlike motor vehicles.

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AJH 18 years ago

I don't think any fitment is necessary, just chalk a line and follow it. Electric chainsaw will take a bit of time!

Our narrow bands were only 1"ish and they were set with a simple pliers thing, one left one unset one right, und so weiter. They need to be done accurately and then sharpened (even out of the box) to cut straight. The bands were only 10quid, I wonder if a saw doctor would make one to fit your machine.

Broad bandsaws always seem to be swage set (ends of teeth bludgeoned into a chisel).

AJH

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Richard 18 years ago

Darwin's principles in operation on the gene pool :-)

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