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When to Give Up on a Potential Customer

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
Yesterday at 07:58:03 PM
Written by SawyerTed
Views: 978
Got a FB Messenger contact from a potential customer. She wanted me to saw 2x6' from cedar logs - 10 logs up to 20' long, 7" to 20" in diameter.

She asked could I do the job in an hour? When I explained 10 cedar logs wouldn't be enough for a half day, my minimum charge, she wanted to negotiate my rates. "Over budget" could I saw for less since she had to buy the logs. "Can't afford..." "Your rate is too high!" "I'll be a good customer." "Can get you more business." "I have to provide a helper?!?" Blah, blah, blah...Read More

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Rainy day project

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
April 27, 2025, 07:00:39 PM
Written by KWood255
Views: 396
I had sawn some birch last fall and ran it through my small kiln. Finally got around to a garage day to begin a little project yesterday. I'm not much of a carpenter, especially the finer points. It did not go quite as planned, but it should hold dust anyway. Nice to take the log full circle and turn...

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stuck oil filter any advice?

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
April 27, 2025, 11:39:56 AM
Written by squarpeg
Views: 1326
I have a Norwood mill with a B&S vanguard 23. The oil filter sits almost on the deck. I was able to barely get a oil filter wrench on it. Will not budge. Afraid I was going to tear the fitting off the side of the motor, filter itself starting to collapse in. I think if I tried the screwdriver through the filter trick it might just tear through the filter. Hard to get purchase on the thing also. Any thoughts? Read More

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Clamping odd shapes on a bandmill for QS cuts, LT40

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
April 26, 2025, 09:43:40 AM
Written by chainsaw_louie
Views: 1037
I've had some failures while attempting to clamp and hold odd shaped (crescent, quarter-round) wood , in off-from-square positions on a LT40 so as to make the cuts to produce quarter-sawn lumber .

The problem is that the combination of:
- the geometry of the wood shape,
- the position/orientation of the wood held for quarter-sawing , Read More

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Davis Saw Filer

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
April 26, 2025, 09:11:43 AM
Written by Bullheaded
Views: 615
Does anyone here have or use a Davis saw filer? This pic is out of the R.R. Howell catalog.

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