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Auto Up on Accuset 2 - It Works!

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
Yesterday at 05:28:45 PM
Written by SawyerTed
Views: 387
My last job was cutting cedar 6x6 posts and cedar 2x stock for porch railings and pickets.

My method was:
1. Center the pith end to end with the toe boards, 2. Mark my 6x6 marks on the end of the log
3. Align my blade on my upper mark
4. Then used the Auto Up on Accuset 2 to get one or two 2x flitchesRead More

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Lost another logger hand felling

Posted in Forestry and Logging
October 07, 2024, 07:34:33 PM
Written by nativewolf
Views: 1086
Lost a good man last week in Bedford PA. He handfelled, son drove skidder, brother loaded and bucked and bought timber. Great family. Hand felling death on the last tree, on the 1st day, of the last job the brothers were ever going to do.

Be safe out there!

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Hardwood harvest on ~35+ acres following Hurricane Helene

Posted in Forestry and Logging
October 07, 2024, 01:24:58 PM
Written by JD Guy
Views: 1145
In full disclosure I'm asking this question for my son about his property, in addition neither of us have ever had any experience with loggers, foresters, timber buyers or sawmills.
My hope is to tap the knowledge of those that are in the respective businesses to give us a better understanding of what to expect in the process.Read More

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Band saw blade goes crazy. Wavey cut

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
October 07, 2024, 12:13:28 AM
Written by Dan R
Views: 1388
Cutting a Douglas fir today and opened the first two faces with a blade that was on the mil( lt 15 with power feed )for a bit. On the third face replaced blade with one I had just sharpened and set. Was cutting 2 inch boards for stair treads, cut width was about 14 inches wide. Cut the can't down from 12 inches to 2 inches. Blade cut very good. Flipped up those 6 boards and went to edge them to 12 inch and that is when blade sounded terrible and was cutting wavey and I noticed it moving forward and backwards at the blade guide rollers. I stopped the mill about 3 feet into the 9 foot log and tried to see if anything stood out to cause this. One thing I noticed was that the band was riding a bit forward on the wheels. The B 57 belts are fairly new could this be causing the band to be forward?Read More

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EG100 Edger Not Cutting Smooth

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
October 05, 2024, 07:38:53 AM
Written by Rhodemont
Views: 1538
I recently purchased a Woodmizer EG100 14hp gas Edger. Took a while to get it assembled and running and then tweaking to get tables and fence level and straight. Have been edging a lot of Ash 5/4 boards to 6,8,10,12. I sawed the boards oversize to allow for shrink during air drying before edging to...

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