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xlogger

December 28, 2019, 01:47:51 PM
When you notice that one of your pins in the Delmhorst hammer is starting to bend do you go ahead and replace it or just let it bend all the way bad? I'm thinking it makes the other pin bend more quickly.
Timberking 2000, Turbo slabber Mill, 584 Case, Bobcat 773, solar kiln, Nyle L-53 DH kiln

WDH

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December 29, 2019, 08:34:11 AM
I tap/bend it back straight.
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YellowHammer

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December 29, 2019, 09:31:05 AM
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YellowHammerisms:

Take steps to save steps.

If it won't roll, its not a log; it's still a tree.  Sawmills cut logs, not trees.

Kiln drying wood: When the cookies are burned, they're burned, and you can't fix them.

Sawing is fun for the first couple million boards.

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GeneWengert-WoodDoc

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December 29, 2019, 10:39:29 PM
Delmhorst makes 1/2" long pins that bend much less.  

 pins are made with a metal that is hard to bend straight or crooked without the pin breaking or starting a break that actual breaks all the way soon.
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xlogger

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December 30, 2019, 05:02:18 AM
Quote from: WDH on December 29, 2019, 08:34:11 AM
I tap/bend it back straight.
I've tried that a time or two and broke the pins.
Gene, I use longer pins mostly because I drying live edge slabs and run them in from edge to get in slabs deep as I can.
Timberking 2000, Turbo slabber Mill, 584 Case, Bobcat 773, solar kiln, Nyle L-53 DH kiln

YellowHammer

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December 30, 2019, 08:21:13 AM
Yep, the pins are fragile.  Try to bend them back before they get too bad.  They snap off pretty easy.  I'm not real sure whey they are made of such brittle material.  
YellowHammerisms:

Take steps to save steps.

If it won't roll, its not a log; it's still a tree.  Sawmills cut logs, not trees.

Kiln drying wood: When the cookies are burned, they're burned, and you can't fix them.

Sawing is fun for the first couple million boards.

Be smarter than the sawdust
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