Glad Im using skinny little bands.......

Percy · February 19, 2021, 10:03:00 AM

Andries · February 19, 2021, 10:19:07 AM

Me too.
That looks like a big scary mess and cleaning up with a cutting wheel, there'd be springy bits jumping and popping out . .
D'you think it was a metal strike?
There was an initial small spark, a pause, and then the fireworks began.
Thanks Percy.

JRWoodchuck · February 19, 2021, 10:30:05 AM

That was an expensive day...

doc henderson · February 19, 2021, 11:08:26 AM

can we see it in slow motion? do you have a go pro looping just "hoping" for some excitement. I have never seen so many sparks loosing a band. It still makes me jump a little.

moodnacreek · February 19, 2021, 11:32:22 AM

I've seen the ring of fire. It can also start the mill on fire.

GAB · February 19, 2021, 11:37:47 AM

That was a very expensive log.
If it was maple I would think broken tapping bit.
GAB

SawyerTed · February 19, 2021, 04:08:03 PM

Had a blade break yesterday. The carnage was anticlimactic after watching those 10 seconds of disaster! Those big bands did a lot of collateral damage!

Hilltop366 · February 19, 2021, 04:51:27 PM

Quote from: doc henderson on February 19, 2021, 11:08:26 AMcan we see it in slow motion?

Click on the cog wheel and adjust the playback speed, in slow motion the first spark is quite a while before the rest of the mess.

Percy · February 19, 2021, 08:57:49 PM

Just to clarify, thats not my setup...my friend steve sent me the youtube link.

Southside · February 19, 2021, 08:59:11 PM

And I get upset when I trash one of my bands, the air would be some blue had I done that move!!

donbj · February 19, 2021, 09:43:16 PM

That's just nasty!

terrifictimbersllc · February 20, 2021, 04:34:45 AM

Hard to blame the customer when there isnt one.

Satamax · February 20, 2021, 05:04:39 AM

Something like 500 to 800 dolls gone in blade, i would think.

My 120 mm wide ones cost about 300 already.

kelLOGg · February 20, 2021, 06:52:36 PM

What kind of mill is it! Its almost symmetrical with the log in the middle. ??? :

SawyerTed · February 20, 2021, 09:14:43 PM

It's hard to say what brand but McDonough, Cooper and a handful of others build twin band head saws similar to the one in the video. The one in the video has a chain carriage, I suspect the cant goes to a gang saw next and the log is broken down into boards in about 30 seconds.

Google Cooper Machine Company. There are several videos of twin blade sawmills.

DYank · February 21, 2021, 06:25:47 PM

Did they charge the customer $35 for hitting a nail?

Oliver05262 · February 21, 2021, 11:32:41 PM

Thanks, Hilltop. Now I know how to slow down a video. "learn somethin' every day"

barbender · February 21, 2021, 11:44:30 PM

I can't believe they don't have metal detection in a saw line like that!

boardmaker · February 22, 2021, 09:23:56 AM

The color scheme looks like McDonough. I couldn't find a logo anywhere though.

I'm sure that log went through a medal detector. Either, it was a nail that slipped through or possibly something like a porcelain insulator that wasn't detectable.

That's some carnage.
We've had them break on our headrig and accordion the the band in the lower saw hood. You have to cut the band out.

barbender · February 22, 2021, 10:21:22 AM

You would think it had to be something like a porcelain insulator, or maybe tree steps. I've seen our harvesters run a stem with tree steps through the head, they are brutal on the limbing knives.