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Bandsaw finish on dressed board

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
December 28, 2024, 02:37:34 AM
Written by JoshNZ
Views: 904
Hiya guys, been a while since I posted here!

I wondered if anyone has a reliable solution to putting a bandsawn finish on a dressed board without splitting the board.

We occasionally do weather board runs and have found the simplest way to do it is mill double wide blanks, dry them, resaw down the middle (so the cruddy dried/sticker shadowed surface is gone) then machine the profile with that bandsaw finish on the bed without touching it obviously.Read More

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Central Boiler HD 750 - water jacket cleaning

Posted in Forestry and Logging
December 27, 2024, 04:46:46 PM
Written by Bob Lentz
Views: 2759
Does anybody know why the water jacket (fins) in the back of the CB are just a sticky mess of creosote. when you look at all the cleaning videos, guys say it is just crust and it just scrapes off - not in my case!

I suspect my problem is burning wood constantly at 600degrees in the reactoin chamber - my issue is my fan needs to be replaced so i ordered a new fan which CB says blows at 300+ CFM. The fan i have been using is a dayton and it blows at 150CFM. Read More

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Timber project

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
December 27, 2024, 09:06:38 AM
Written by KWood255
Views: 865
Merry (belated) Christmas from Northwestern Ontario. We are in a bit of a heat wave here with temperatures hovering around +2c (35f?) and rain expected. Sure grateful to have the new 70 under the saw shack!

We had about 60 cords of 16' saw logs delivered last week, with more on order. I spent the better part of Christmas Eve in the mini ex sorting logs for my pending order of 200 8x8's. Thankfully I am well stocked on fuel, blades and Advil. Read More

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Need advice removing stuck/broken bolt in Norwood blade guide

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
December 25, 2024, 10:13:10 PM
Written by efiles123
Views: 4189
I recently attempted adjusting the blade guide on a Norwood mx34 sawmill only to strip the head of one of the Allen bolts. A friend tried heating the blade guide with a torch and drilled and used and EZ out but the head of the bolt broke off. I decided to give a try myself and purchased an EZ out that...

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Blower help

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
December 23, 2024, 02:23:33 PM
Written by Dewey
Views: 4255
I installed a Blower System for my LT 70 Mill that was (engineered) by a blower company for my application...
I have 6" hose going up 16' into the trusses then 7" duct going 25' to blower then 6" duct blowing downhill 45' to sawdust building.
I know this is allot of distance to move sawdust that's why I paid to have it engineered.Read More

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