Old Stenner mill

[Graham w]

49 minutes ago, spuddog0507 said:

 But can i just remind some of you the stenner saw in question has a bit of age about it and when we look back engineering at this time was at the top of its game and most items from this era where vastly over engineered and thats why its still here, the saw i worked with is still milling timber today ok not every day but it will be cutting 20 tonne a week on a part time basis,

very good to hear the saw is still working. My day was spent resawing boards on a 48 and id expect it to last forever too! you cannot compare modern narrow band against a production wide band mill 

[gobbypunk]

Hi Squaredy I am having trouble with my big thicknesser as well every handle seems to want to snap feed rollers stopped working an effing nightmare bought a small 10 inch and fedx are having some issue delivering it why cant things just work 

[topchippyles]

1 hour ago, gobbypunk said:

Hi Squaredy I am having trouble with my big thicknesser as well every handle seems to want to snap feed rollers stopped working an effing nightmare bought a small 10 inch and fedx are having some issue delivering it why cant things just work 

You bought it like that mark to be fair mate 😗

Edited May 15, 2021 by topchippyles

[gobbypunk]

Hi Les I dont think it liked being moved to be honest its been one thing after another I think it may have metal fatigue 

[topchippyles]

5 minutes ago, gobbypunk said:

Hi Les I dont think it liked being moved to be honest its been one thing after another I think it may have metal fatigue 

Happens to us all mark 🤣Stripping down my sedgewick at the moment as it goes.

Edited May 15, 2021 by topchippyles

[muttley9050]

Hi Les I dont think it liked being moved to be honest its been one thing after another I think it may have metal fatigue 

They are reasonably simple machines mark. What exactly can't you sort on it?

 

[Stubby]

7 hours ago, gobbypunk said:

Hi Squaredy I am having trouble with my big thicknesser as well every handle seems to want to snap feed rollers stopped working an effing nightmare bought a small 10 inch and fedx are having some issue delivering it why cant things just work 

God just hates you . He hates me . We have never got on mate . its just the way it is ..

[Squaredy]

12 hours ago, gobbypunk said:

Hi Squaredy I am having trouble with my big thicknesser as well every handle seems to want to snap feed rollers stopped working an effing nightmare bought a small 10 inch and fedx are having some issue delivering it why cant things just work 

Mmmmm I know kit is vital but so frustrating as well.

[spuddog0507]

23 hours ago, Graham w said:

very good to hear the saw is still working. My day was spent resawing boards on a 48 and id expect it to last forever too! you cannot compare modern narrow band against a production wide band mill 

Yes the guy who owns it now has done for 30 yrs or more but he is now in his 70s and only uses it part time, and it will last a lot longer yet but Its like every thing from that era it was vastly over engineered and built to last, i have a Mcconell towable saw bench with twin cylinder Petter diesel on it and according to engine number it was built in April 1953, some say its a dangerous looking thing but its only as dangerous as the oparator using it, it gets bearings greased up now n then along with a oil change, and i cut a hell of a lot of firewood on that saw and i expect it to out last me, we can not compare any thing that is built today to any thing from that engineering era of the 2 decades that followed WW2,

[dudders]

I see it's gone from ebay now - didn't make the reserve, but apparently it's either lost or broken.  Well, the guy said it's working fine, so he must have lost it.  Pretty easy to do, I guess - I'm always losing stuff...