Buck ninety eight dual tooth setter

[flatrock58]

Well I finished my Pineywoods dual tooth setter mod today.  Only thing I did different is I put the dial indicator back on the left side and offset it a little so I could check the set while I tweeked things.

 

[coppolajc10]

Nice job!  Did mine too about two months ago, so much faster!

[Ljohnsaw]

OK, but why stop there.  The jaw looks long enough, why not 4 tooth (two each side)?  Then your setting time will cut in half again!

[Nomad]

OK, but why stop there.  The jaw looks long enough, why not 4 tooth (two each side)?  Then your setting time will cut in half again!

Left, right, Raker.  If you try to set 4 at a time you're gonna have some issues there...

[Deese]

Just got home from visiting bushhog920' s setup. He has a brand new cook's dual tooth setter and oh my oh my...super nice....I've got the single tooth setter and will probably never use it again. He's about 10 miles down the road and I can sharpen mine and swing by and set my teeth with his....cuts your time in 1/2 at least....but wow its $$$$

[Stephen1]

Another resurrection of an old topic,
I am in the process of turning my single tooth setter into the #pineywoods dual tooth setter.
I purchased a micromontor to measure the set of the teeth. I have never owned one before. I measured my blades from the back, and it tells me my blades are .056 thickness, i only ever buy blades .045. Is it me or the unit?
I have tried the unit on drill bits and it is accurate for a1/8 drill bit, 0r 3/8 , any size it is accurate, but on the blade from the back it shows .055 or .056 or there abouts. Not what i was expecting. When I measure the set of the tooth, I get .075 or there about.
Is it me, or is it the unit? I have tried measuring new blades with the same result

[GAB]

Do you still have the box the blades came in?
If so, what does it say?
I always thought that the set was the amount the tip was pushed over.  
If it is set .075" and it is an .045" blade I do not think it will saw very well, 
however I've never tried to saw with that kind of a set-up.
Something does not sound right.
GAB

[Stephen1]

I called Brian from Woodmizer Canada, he tells me I only have ever bought .045 blades. I have never bought .055. 
If I deduct the .075 from the .055 I get a .020 set, which is what I like on the hardwood blades, a 9 degree blade.
When I check my older 10 degree blades I get a reading around .082 which would mean i have a set of .027 , which is good for sawing white pine.
is it possible the inch scale on the meter is wrong? did the little guy from China have the wrong numbers in it? 
This is bugging me to no end. I have been measuring everything ... :

[pineywoods]

Dirt, sap, rust, etc on the blade will throw the reading off. What's important is the difference between the blade thickness and the tooth. Sounds like yours are right on.

[Stephen1]

Thanks pineywoods, thats what i'm thinking. 
Accept what I have and get on with making the dual tooth setter. 

[barbender]

It sounds like your micrometer needs zeroed out. I just use a cheap digital caliper from Harbor Freight. It's kind of a pain to measure set this way, but it works. I just zero the digital caliper out on the thickness of the blade, then I can measure the set tooth directly without doing math in my head. This is good, because math in my gead doesn't work so well😁

[Stephen1]

I agree. I will zero out the callipers on the blade and then measure the set. I hope to install the extra tooth setter this week.
I wanted to upgrade all my sharpening equipment, but in the great white north, we don't get the sale on sharpeners and setters.
I will upgrade my setter and order in a CBN grinder. 

[barbender]

You Canucks get it stuck to you a lot. I cringe whenever I see your prices, I was looking at Eastonmade log splitters made up in Canada somewhere, and the price in Canadian dollars for you vs. in U.S. dollars for me was very signifigant. More than $1000 on a $4K machine if I remember correctly. 

[Stephen1]

Oh yes we do Barbender, 
when the dollar was close to par, I bought a new truck in Pennsylvania and brought it north along with a new Honda ATV. I saved 10,000 Canadian on the truck and 2500 on the ATV. Honda would not recognize the warranty in Canada, but Toyota would recognize the warranty. We had lots of uproar along the borders up here and in the northern states, among the dealers and manufactures.
Free trade was good as long as it was manufactures and dealers and such benefiting , but as soon as the little guy got to reap some benefits...LOOK OUT,, not allowed.