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On 23/09/2019 at 07:50, Rough Hewn said:


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Thanks! Only did two slabs of the small one, as it started raining ;)
Super stoked about that Ash - its part of a bigger tree that i was given, if i could cut it up and move it. Gave me 12 slabs with a bend in them, and 7 large 1x3m slabs at 3 inches. Cant wait for those to dry!!

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Total failure today.
Client wanted a couple of reclaimed beams(10"x16") cutting in to planks.
I texted him the price of hitting metal.
He was fine with that.
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Got 4" in to the first cut, sparking and smoking.
Filed the buggered teeth back.
Got another 6".
Another filing.
Another 6" cut, I gave up.
Had a look carefully and saw several more nails,screws etc.
Wasted an afternoon and a 25" chain.
Lesson learned, no resawing ever.
Client was gutted,
I felt bad, so I'm giving him a large slab, as I still had to charge him £150 for a 16" cut.
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28 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

Total failure today.
Client wanted a couple of reclaimed beams(10"x16") cutting in to planks.
I texted him the price of hitting metal.
He was fine with that.
IMG_9186.jpgIMG_9193.jpg
Got 4" in to the first cut, sparking and smoking.
Filed the buggered teeth back.
Got another 6".
Another filing.
Another 6" cut, I gave up.
Had a look carefully and saw several more nails,screws etc.
Wasted an afternoon and a 25" chain.
Lesson learned, no resawing ever.
Client was gutted,
I felt bad, so I'm giving him a large slab, as I still had to charge him £150 for a 16" cut.
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Yeah re-sawing reclaimed beams is rarely worthwhile.  I have done a few recently and charge the same hourly rate for de-nailing as for the sawing.  Inevitably the sawing is just a tiny part of the cost.  A friend asked me to do one in the summer and said he had de-nailed it.  We put it on the forklift and my wife removed another 77 nails before we re-sawed it.  Three hours de-nailing, 30 mins sawing.

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9 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Total failure today.
Client wanted a couple of reclaimed beams(10"x16") cutting in to planks.
I texted him the price of hitting metal.
He was fine with that.
IMG_9186.jpgIMG_9193.jpg
Got 4" in to the first cut, sparking and smoking.
Filed the buggered teeth back.
Got another 6".
Another filing.
Another 6" cut, I gave up.
Had a look carefully and saw several more nails,screws etc.
Wasted an afternoon and a 25" chain.
Lesson learned, no resawing ever.
Client was gutted,
I felt bad, so I'm giving him a large slab, as I still had to charge him £150 for a 16" cut.
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Shame about all those nails! How're you getting on with the Logosol? I have my eye on the same model and wondered what you thought of yours? Cheers.

Will

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14 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Total failure today.
Client wanted a couple of reclaimed beams(10"x16") cutting in to planks.
I texted him the price of hitting metal.
He was fine with that.
IMG_9186.jpgIMG_9193.jpg
Got 4" in to the first cut, sparking and smoking.
Filed the buggered teeth back.
Got another 6".
Another filing.
Another 6" cut, I gave up.
Had a look carefully and saw several more nails,screws etc.
Wasted an afternoon and a 25" chain.
Lesson learned, no resawing ever.
Client was gutted,
I felt bad, so I'm giving him a large slab, as I still had to charge him £150 for a 16" cut.
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that's the sort of job you leave for a good sized rip saw that will have tct blades. they go right through mild steel.

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5 hours ago, se7enthdevil said:

that's the sort of job you leave for a good sized rip saw that will have tct blades. they go right through mild steel.

I wouldn't risk my re-saw on nails or my Lucas Mill!  I know you can get blades designed to cope with nails but normal TCT can chip or get broken off altogether.  At least with a band mill the blade is quick to change and costs about £22 new so not so much at stake!

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