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Sawmills and Milling / Re: WM wide heads

Last post by Dave Shepard - Today at 05:14:05 PM

I'm going to be stretching my 2008 LT40HDD51WR to a widehead later this year, at whatever point my band stash and workload are at a low point concurrently. 

Interestingly, Wood-Mizer says the widehead has a 6" increased capacity, but the head is actually 6.5" wider, and the bands are 13" longer, not 12". 

I am just going enough wider to make mine a wide head, no more. I know someone who has an adjustable LT50 up to 47". That really is not what I'm after. I will find another way to tackle anything a wide head can't. 

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Forestry and Logging / Dirt bike logging?

Last post by Hilltop366 - Today at 05:04:29 PM

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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Sawmill Shed Pole Building

Last post by TimW - Today at 04:28:14 PM

The plates may be a little large.  I may have to cut the aluminum plates shorter. 
I have some left over 6x6 pieces I will screw to a floor plate and practice on them cutting the notches. 

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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Sawmill Shed Pole Building

Last post by TimW - Today at 04:25:10 PM

I also bit the bullet and bought a battery chain saw.  Here is the finished beam mod on the saw. For cutting the post tenon for the 2x12 top sills.  Aluminum angles bolted to the bar and aluminum plates riveted to the angles.

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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Did something dumb today.

Last post by Don P - Today at 04:19:29 PM

A trip to town and $10 of bolts, repacked with grease on the bolts and loctite on the bearings and the driveshaft seems to be fine. Took it for a drive on the driveway and it threw a code. It took out the wires to the flex fuel sensor, right alongside the flopping shaft. I'll need to trace that and wire in new or find a new pigtail. All in all, not too bad though.

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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Sawmill Shed Pole Building

Last post by TimW - Today at 04:17:13 PM

Out of all those trimmed down posts, only two were bowed too much to use for posts.  I did cut them in half and will make 1 spliced and bolted post for an end or inside wall post, along with the ERC posts.

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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Sawmill Shed Pole Building

Last post by TimW - Today at 04:02:23 PM

So I was short 4 posts for the end wall and (20 foot setback) inside wall.  I have lots of big ERC, so I cut them to make posts and fit into the plastic sleeves.  So I will have ERC posts in the plastic sleeves set in concrete.  I will be drilling a 3/8" hole in each post bottom and driving in rebar, and sealing the rebar, for uplift.

Friday, I was able to treat the SYP posts with
Copper Naphthenate 8% (68% by Volume) Concentrate diluted one to three gallons of diesel.  I only treated 5' 9" because the plastic sleeve is 5'6".
 

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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Sawmill Shed Pole Building

Last post by TimW - Today at 04:00:54 PM

I got some free time to trim down the 7x7 posts (cut two years ago) down to 5&5/8 inch to fit into the 6x6 plastic sleeves.


Seems I had a hole in the tin covering the posts and 4 posts were too rotten to use.  More firewood for the burn pile!

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Chainsaws / Re: Two stroke oil ratio's- Sa...

Last post by barbender - Today at 03:06:42 PM

Are we talkin' #6 burner fuel, SS? If so, I'm game😁

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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Did something dumb today.

Last post by Crusarius - Today at 02:49:59 PM

I usually end up pressurizing the tank on my Zero turn when it loses its prime. Usually only after sitting for a couple weeks. 

I have my CO2 tank in the shed next to the mower so when I need to I just cover the filler with a rag and pressurize the tank while cranking.

Works well and starts pretty quick.

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