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Band saw blade goes crazy. Wavey cut

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
Today at 12:13:28 AM
Written by Dan R
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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: 1021
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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Which Gearmatic winch do have

Posted in Forestry and Logging
October 04, 2024, 07:32:48 PM
Written by jerrymidd
Views: 845
Hi All,
I just picked up a Garrett Tree farmer I think model 10 with a Gearmatic winch. I have a few questions which winch is it, and how does it work? It has 2 master cylinders one for in and one for out when you engage the PTO, how do you make it go free spool to pull out. The previous owner said it was stuck in the in mode and the sliders are right at the winch so I am scared to engage the PTO for fear of breaking something. Read More

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bandsaw mill identification

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
October 03, 2024, 11:58:35 AM
Written by T Mike Potter
Views: 1202
I'm asking and calling on all the experienced and knowledgeable people to help me ID this bandsaw mill that I have acquired. I'm assuming it is an older model being that appear to some of the newer features I've seen. It has 2 sets of numbers on the pulley shaft housing: P208 & SST ...

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Chainsaw milling "structural" oak flooring

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
October 02, 2024, 09:37:37 AM
Written by ballen
Views: 1929

Hi,
I have benefitted tremendously from the expertise on this forum. It is much appreciated. I've never asked about this particular subject before. Some background:

I have standing dead oak...probably red oak but could be white. The bark is completely gone so it's been standing dead for a while but,

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