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[barbender]

 I will make a response on the FB Woodmizer page now and again but the Biblical admonition to not cast your pearls before swine is in the back of my mind. There's so many of the "stupid on purpose" sorts on there, but I feel badly for the new sawyers that really need some good advice. 

 One of the most common issues new folks will have is boards thick on the ends and thin in the middle. Classic outboard slack outrigger or log stress symptoms, but my gosh the responses..."you have to switch to ripper 37s from Jerry's" "let the logs season for a month before you saw them" You guys would've really got a kick out of some of the examples of "quartersawn" lumber on there the other day. I didn't even bother🤦
 

[Magicman]

It seems that any electrical problem including forward/reverse, up/down, and even the engine starting is related to the hydraulic power strip. 

[SawyerTed]

On FB they can't figure out why the 5/4 and 4/4 scales line up at points.  A guy posted a section of the scale where they lined up but didn't understand it. 

Responses ranged from defective scales and misprints to wrong end of the scale and Woodmizer's are junk.  There were responses that the only thing that mattered was height above the deck.  One was "that's why it's magnetic." No other explanations.  

[YellowHammer]

I've occasionally done the FB thing, but whether some of the people there are stupid on purpose or are that way naturally, since I dislike interacting with stupid people, I just stop.  It's too bad for the "normals" there, but I would think, before long, they would figure it out and do their information seeking elsewhere. 

Anyway, it's like a hot spot of radiation of dumb waves, and I have to get some distance.

When people ask me "did you see that dumb post on FB?" I can say "Nope, and why would I want to?"

That is one reason I spend time here, I don't get that same feeling here, I like to spend time with smart people.

[slider]

I am with Yellowhammer on this one.

[Old Greenhorn]

I've occasionally done the FB thing, but whether some of the people there are stupid on purpose or are that way naturally, since I dislike interacting with stupid people, ........

I always think of that FB post a couple of years ago. Some newbie had an odd, but known issue (well, known to many of us here, anyway). I don't remember the details of the issue at all. All of the responses were so far off the mark that is made me (almost) cry. Finally I see a reply from Jake which had a very accurate, concise, and simple explanation of the cause and how to correct it. Then some other guy chimes in that Jake is dead wrong, doesn't know what he's talking about, the solution will never work, etc. Well, I couldn't take that, so I jumped in and backed up Jake's comment and flatly told the guy he had no idea what HE was talking about of Jake's vast experience in such matters. If I recall the guy gave me guff too. A little later, Jake just up another response that simply says " OK, You do You." I loved it. Don't do mental battle with unarmed people, you won't lose, but you can't win.

[Machinebuilder]

Y'all are making me glad I don't follow the sawmilling groups on FB.

I'll stick to here to learn what I am doing wrong

[SawyerTed]

Machinebuilder, that's 100% the point, Forestry Forum IS the best source for sawing related information online!   

FB sawmill pages are full of malarkey!  

[customsawyer]

I only have 162 days and counting on here. Some of us have to work for a living you know.
The truth is, that I can only do the computer thing for about half hour at a time, maybe a hour max, before I start getting fidgety. All I know is that I enjoy this place and appreciate the members on here.

[doc henderson]

Lots of good friends as well.  many like-minded folks.

[TimW]

When I first got a computer and hooked up the internet, a friend told me to get on FB.  I started the process, until FB asked if I wanted my address book imported.  I ended enrollment right there.

[B.C.C. Lapp]

The Market Place can be useful.  I've bought a lot of equipment I've found there.  Other than that I've no use for FB at all. 

[barbender]

 Well, my wife says I only go on FB to pick on people...she may be right? It's better that I go and abuse dummies on FB than come here and act out, right?😂

 I mean, there is even a well known own alter-ego called "Facebook Jeff" on that platform, who is known to not be suitable for the Forestry Forum😂 So to any of you that feel like you may have a chip on your shoulder or an axe to grind, may I suggest that you go and unload on Facebook before you visit the Forum? No one on FB will even notice😁

[TimW]

I had a good friend that was always in FB jail.  He had 3 alias' and once, all three were in jail.
Raise your right hand if you ever were in FB jail.

[barbender]

I think I have done two hitches in FB jail...the one time was because I quoted a verse from the Bible where two of the apostles asked Jesus if he would like for them to call down fire on a village because it rejected him. Apparently I had used language that incited violence🤷😂

[terrifictimbersllc]

Machinebuilder, that's 100% the point, Forestry Forum IS the best source for sawing related information online! 

FB sawmill pages are full of malarkey! 

Tell me its not true!

Only today i learned there that putting beeswax on the blade can keep sawdust off of the lumber.

[SawyerTed]

Maybe you are following more informative pages than I am.  

Let us know how beeswax works out. 

[Jeff]

I went to facebook jail one time for threatening to kick my own ass if I ever did what ever it was I was talking about that I didn't ever want to do again.  I lost the appeaL because I had threatened violence to my own ass.

[Peter Drouin]

The PC will take up time fast. I can be looking at things. Then look a the clock. Find yourself looking for 2 to 3 hrs. Only seemed like an hour.
The PC can be a thief of time.