Ben scott
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hiya looking for band resaw wondering if anyone has one taking up space in there yard something like a forester 900? preferably PTO powered... looking for something to cut feather edge cladding, cutting smaller offcuts into useable stock and cutting firewood. don't know if anyone else had any other suggestions of machines that might fit that brief? always open to suggestions of better ways to deal with offcuts as well. always seem to be left with the annoying little pieces that clog up the yard that are too small for the firewood processor and too big to get put strait in to firewood always end up cutting them with the 16 inch bandsaw but its not made for it really. thanks in advance guys
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Large (Heinola esq) wood chipper needed - Sevenoaks area?
Ben scott replied to DrAlan's topic in General chat
What species are the 90cm diameter logs… would they be any good for milling… l -
looking for weekend work in the oxford area (potentially also Wednesday and Friday) I have cs30 ticket and have a lot of experience running saws in a sawmill setup I also have own ppe and saws if needed I am hard working and will always show up on time and looking to build experience up Ben scott
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Hi weedee I do milling in Armagh when I am back seeing family… can’t guarantee anything about when I will be back up but if you can’t find anyone I may be of assistance at some point in the future…
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Makes sense You may be more likely to get an awnser form a Charnwood owner on ukworkshop forum
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if space is limited is a sliding table a good idea? Charnwood mention a minimum floor are of 2500mmx3100mm as a training furniture maker with limited space i manged to find an imported Harvey hw110lge-30 which has been a really solid saw there now sold by Axminister for way more than i payed for it! they also sell a smaller one that is closer to your price range. they have sling tables and other accessory's which might suit but as you say there on backorder so no good for you I've also had some good experace with the sip ones but they seem to be on backorder till mid may... everything I've said you probably already know but now you know my opinion... or should i say onion Axminster Trade AT254TS Table Saw Workstation | Axminster Tools WWW.AXMINSTERTOOLS.COM This is a smart 254mm blade table saw with a very high build quality, and some features normally only found on much...
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Using circular blade I take much larger chips... I have a lot of equine friends that had said it was too wet to use as bedding... though they also said that it wasn’t white enough for there precious horses [emoji23] Will get in contact with some farmers see if they’ll pay me!
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Can you burn wet (as in fresh cut) sawdust with a sawdust stove?
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What does everyone do with sawdust? Is there any good uses (except for extremely difficult jigsaws) I’ve got quite a pile building up!
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Well said Alec Personally had a really good experience with Rob Will be buying from him again (when he gets some .404 bars back in stock ) It’s all a learning experience in the end!
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What you running now then As you might guess I’m in the market for a new milling bar!
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Great piece of kit! I have a WPF with a ten inch cut and it’s great for making standard bourd which is what I want as a furniture maker also removes the need for a first cut when using a chainsaw mill as I can cut the top and bottom of the logs into bourds and use the wider center sections as slabs I’ve attached a few photos of what is capable.. the mill will cut about 2m3 an hour including time for manual log handling.
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turned some mulberry bowls at one stage wood movement was extreme but It didn't crack... good luck 😀
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milled up a beech the other day lovely flame colours which were not visible from the outside of the log as for the value of the wood I cant comment
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how much iron was there to cause that much staining? looks great though I've got s load of stained oak that ill have t use at some point
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another question would be has anyone had issues with the 36" or just the 48"? would the extra resistance of the 48 causing the sprocket to break? as for the use with a 660 the 660 has 7.1 hp and the 880 at 8.6 the 880 lasted at 20 mins of cutting with the last sprocket we had so i cant imagine that the 660 lasting a very long time even with the less power i could be wrong
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Awesome, Starting to fill my workshop up Only thing about those old machines is the dust Do you have any setup for dust extraction? Thanks
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I’m far from doing it for a living too I’m still in remote school and milling in my breaks and study lessons As for the harness not sure how I would test for that.
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Those old machine tools generally made with a lot less tolerance and adjustments on the ways. I’ve seen them recovered form a hell of a worse state The major thing I’d be worried about is the reason it was outside electrical issues are normally easily fixed. Cracked castings is what I’d be worrying about
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where is this located? thanks
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That’s my third tip gone I milled for ages with a 066 and a 36” Stilhl bar and never had any problems
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another one bites the dust this was the quickest death of a nose sprocket yet it had one cut on a 3000mm long and 1000mm wide wellingtonia (redwood) which was very soft and was just to finish the job started buy the last nose sprocket and one and a half cuts on a sycamore crotch 1500mm long and up to 1000mm wide where it worked perfect for one cut and got half way though though the next and blew out as usual I've been using correct chain tension, extra oiler, wedges and letting the saw pull itself though the cut fed up this this lo pro... .404 is the way to go in my opinion if your running an 880 have attached photos of the shagged sprocket
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Precision is questionable When I first got my gb bar the paint on mounting slot was so thick that it wouldn’t fit I got sent spare nose sprockets and one had four rivets the other had three and one mouse poop (or whatever Australian animal poops like a mouse)
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I've attached some photos of the broken sprockets that I've had these sprockets have got bearings in them but i doubt that there worn out as the nose bearings were only a couple of hours of use in them. the first time it broke i found the shrapnel of the sprocket half way down the bar jammed in the slot of the bar. the second time is as shown in the photos it was all bunched up underneath. i will drill out the rivets on the broken one tomorrow though see if there's anything else to learn. i don't think it was due to improper lubrication though as i have a spryer bottle full of chain oil as well as the saws oiler running in the chain
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i too have had issues with the tis on my gb bars (48 inch lo pro) I've blown 2 tips in a short amount of time on my 880 i am far from an expert at anything to do with chainsaws but the nose sprocket seems very narrow on the gb bars... especially compared to something like a .404 36" bar... and with the tension that a 880 would exert on a small radius there's no wonder why it fails... also i there a chance that the sprocket is too hard and therefore brittle? i could be absolutely barking up the wrong tree
