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Title: Blades
Post by: Peter Drouin on October 06, 2021, 06:17:27 AM
Wood Mizer is 4 to 6 weeks out 
Got my name on the list for 6 boxes
I'm happy I have bunch in the barn to sharpen. 8)
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Patrick NC on October 06, 2021, 07:12:26 AM
Quote from: Peter Drouin on October 06, 2021, 06:17:27 AM
Wood Mizer is 4 to 6 weeks out
Got my name on the list for 6 boxes
I'm happy I have bunch in the barn to sharpen. 8)
I ordered 20 blades from Jerrys Resharp a couple of weeks ago. Box was on my porch in 3 days. Ripper 37s. They also keep a large stock of woodmizer band stock. Told me they try to keep 15,000 feet of turbo 7 on hand. Send me a message if you want my salesmans number. 
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Peter Drouin on October 07, 2021, 07:08:05 AM
Thanks The blades are coming. I have a bunch to sharpen. This way I will use-- go through them that been setting around. ;D
And member tax time is coming. I will fill up on sawmill parts too.
All before the end of the year.
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Percy on October 07, 2021, 09:17:29 AM
Hows that cool hot rod of yours doing these days??
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Daburner87 on October 07, 2021, 01:20:44 PM
I forget who sells the Kasco blades on the forum but he told me 4-5 weeks at least and I got them the following week...  Worth a shot.
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: barbender on October 07, 2021, 02:43:47 PM
That's Cuttingedge. I was really busy all last winter so I just kept buying blades vs. sharpen and set mine, so I have a nice stash now😊
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: TimW on October 08, 2021, 01:19:47 AM
Quote from: Peter Drouin on October 06, 2021, 06:17:27 AM
Wood Mizer is 4 to 6 weeks out
Got my name on the list for 6 boxes
I'm happy I have bunch in the barn to sharpen. 8)
Ordered a box of Turbo 7s yesterday.  I was told look for them sometime in November.  So 4-6 weeks.
Anyone know who long ReSharp Atlanta is taking to turn a box around.  I sent out a box yesterday to them.
hugs,  Brandi
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Peter Drouin on October 08, 2021, 12:15:24 PM
Quote from: Percy on October 07, 2021, 09:17:29 AM
Hows that cool hot rod of yours doing these days??


I'm making it a new home. ;D
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Have all the wood cut some 34' long
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Bruno of NH on October 08, 2021, 01:13:41 PM
Quote from: Peter Drouin on October 08, 2021, 12:15:24 PM
Quote from: Percy on October 07, 2021, 09:17:29 AM
Hows that cool hot rod of yours doing these days??


I'm making it a new home. ;D
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22511/SAM_2806~0.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1633709464)
 
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22511/SAM_2809.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1633709456)
 
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22511/SAM_2808~0.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1633709468)
 
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22511/SAM_2807.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1633709452)
 
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22511/SAM_2810.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1633709449)
 
Have all the wood cut some 34' long
Peter,
I like the block work.
Nice job.
I been thinking about my Dad lately and having the desire to do some brick or block work.
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: barbender on October 08, 2021, 02:17:45 PM
Block is becoming a lost art!
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: TimW on October 08, 2021, 10:30:04 PM
I like your lift.  How much will it safely lift?
       hugs,  Brandi
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Peter Drouin on October 09, 2021, 06:30:53 AM
10,000 lb
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: TimW on October 09, 2021, 11:33:16 PM
Quote from: Peter Drouin on October 09, 2021, 06:30:53 AM
10,000 lb
Then I would need two of them.
hugs,  Brandi
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: thecfarm on October 10, 2021, 06:09:47 AM
Keep on posting pictures of the build!!!
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: maverick87 on October 11, 2021, 03:53:19 PM
Cook's Saw lead time on blades now is 3-4 business days. It took less than a week and I had mine. I love them! 8)
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Peter Drouin on October 12, 2021, 06:50:00 AM
Not sure about the guy at WM but, my blades came in Monday, All 6 boxes.
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: VB-Milling on October 12, 2021, 07:29:05 AM
Quote from: Peter Drouin on October 12, 2021, 06:50:00 AM
Not sure about the guy at WM but, my blades came in Monday, All 6 boxes.

They quoted you 4-6 weeks lead time and you got them in 5 days???
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: RAYAR on October 12, 2021, 01:20:25 PM
Quote from: VB-Milling on October 12, 2021, 07:29:05 AM
Quote from: Peter Drouin on October 12, 2021, 06:50:00 AM
Not sure about the guy at WM but, my blades came in Monday, All 6 boxes.

They quoted you 4-6 weeks lead time and you got them in 5 days???
Their days must be a week long ;) ... that's got to be a pretty hectic day.
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: RAYAR on October 12, 2021, 01:26:05 PM
Quote from: Peter Drouin on October 09, 2021, 06:30:53 AM
10,000 lb
That looks very similar to the lift we installed in my son's garage a couple of years ago.
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: WV Sawmiller on October 13, 2021, 01:39:54 PM
   I ordered a new box of WM 4* DH yesterday afternoon from WM PA and they got here at 1:00 pm. Took me almost 23 hours.  ;)
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: TimW on October 13, 2021, 02:02:14 PM
Quote from: WV Sawmiller on October 13, 2021, 01:39:54 PM
  I ordered a new box of WM 4* DH yesterday afternoon from WM PA and they got here at 1:00 pm. Took me almost 23 hours.  ;)
Good job Howard.  Goes to show you living in WV does have one perk.
What do you saw with the 4 degree blades?  I am waiting on Turbo 7s.
hugs,  Brandi
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: WV Sawmiller on October 13, 2021, 02:17:29 PM
Brandi,

   I am steadily standardizing on 4* as my only blade. When I bought the mill I bought 10, 7 & 4 degree blades and have tried them all. I use 4* on any hard wood like oak, ash, etc. but I also find it does better on spruce or such where the wood is soft but there are hard knots which tend to make the blade want to jump up. I can cut soft wood with a 4* blade but I can't cut hard wood with a 10*. As I use up the 10 & 7 degree blades in stock I only replace them with 4's.
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: ladylake on October 13, 2021, 03:01:31 PM

 I've been running 4° for around 17 years, sometimes I have to buy them at 10° but they get sharpened to 4°.  Steve
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Maine Miller on May 22, 2022, 09:57:37 AM
I'm in need of some new bands. Currently using Double hard Turbo 7, but thinking about trying the Ripper 37 in 7 degree. Does anyone know the current wait time on either of these? I hate to call and bug them as I realize everybody is quite busy.
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Rileyt17 on May 22, 2022, 12:42:13 PM
Quote from: Maine Miller on May 22, 2022, 09:57:37 AM
I'm in need of some new bands. Currently using Double hard Turbo 7, but thinking about trying the Ripper 37 in 7 degree. Does anyone know the current wait time on either of these? I hate to call and bug them as I realize everybody is quite busy.
MM I order some 7 degree blades from Jerry's Resharp on 5-8 and received them Friday the 19th. 11 days from my order on a Sunday the 8th to delivery on Friday is not bad in my book.
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Bruno of NH on May 22, 2022, 02:37:51 PM
Quote from: Maine Miller on May 22, 2022, 09:57:37 AM
I'm in need of some new bands. Currently using Double hard Turbo 7, but thinking about trying the Ripper 37 in 7 degree. Does anyone know the current wait time on either of these? I hate to call and bug them as I realize everybody is quite busy.
The Rippers are good bands but unless Jerry's has the 7° deep gullet rippers they aren't the same as turbo 7°
I have bought from Jerry's and have never been offered the ripper deeps.
I know they are made because I can get a cbn wheels for that profile.
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: ladylake on May 22, 2022, 03:35:54 PM
 
 

 I find shallow gullet blades cut straighter and just as fast.  More blade body, shorter tooth twisting on the blade.  Steve



Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Maine Miller on May 22, 2022, 04:37:17 PM
Thanks for the info Riley. That is not a bad lead time at all in these times. 

My resharp guy is the one who put me on to the Rippers. 

Also, Bruno, I let him know that you could be a new source for CBN wheels. He is not liking all the price increases on the ones he has been buying
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: T4R11 on May 22, 2022, 08:38:23 PM
I ordered from Jerry's Resharp and my order was filled within 2 weeks (received early last week). I ordered 7 degree blades and some of the deep 7 blades...so they have both. They were great to work with and very customer friendly. I am doing some maintenance work on my mill so I have not tried them yet.
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Southside on May 23, 2022, 12:32:19 AM
So do you live there or have a camp in T4 R11? 
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: T4R11 on May 23, 2022, 07:41:40 AM
Camp...actually Millinocket...South Twin Lake - Pemadumcook Chain
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Maine Miller on May 23, 2022, 07:55:21 AM
A friend gave me a new Ripper 7 degree to try over the weekend. I only cut mostly cedar with it, then one 16 inch 12 foot hemlock. It seemed to work every bit as good as my Turbo 7s, so I decided to order some from Jerry's.......SOLD OUT......my luck.
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Maine Miller on June 01, 2022, 07:24:33 AM
Has anybody tried the Lenox Woodmaster GT blades?
Looks like they are only offered in a 10 degree profile in the size I would need.
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Bruno of NH on June 01, 2022, 04:37:07 PM
They make them in 7° I believe 
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: fluidpowerpro on June 01, 2022, 07:58:59 PM
I've always used Woodmizer 10* blades, either double hard or silver tips. Hate to admit it, but that's what my mills came with, so that's what Ive kept on using. I cut mostly red oak, birch, poplar and red pine. When I look at the Woodmizer site I get the impression that 10* should be a good all around general purpose blade for both hard and soft woods. I do sometimes get some waves in the pine near knots.
What would you guys recommend I use for the types of wood I cut. I have a drag type sharpener so I can adjust the angle for different blades.
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: barbender on June 01, 2022, 10:31:31 PM
10° has always cut fine for me. The 7° Turbo I'm running now allows faster feed speeds if you have the horsepower. Not getting waves around pine knots is always a challenge, with any blade I've used. I haven't given 4° blades a try yet, I'm happy with the Turbo 7's they will saw straight through pine knots if I slow down a bit.
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Walnut Beast on June 01, 2022, 11:40:42 PM
Quote from: Maine Miller on May 23, 2022, 07:55:21 AM
A friend gave me a new Ripper 7 degree to try over the weekend. I only cut mostly cedar with it, then one 16 inch 12 foot hemlock. It seemed to work every bit as good as my Turbo 7s, so I decided to order some from Jerry's.......SOLD OUT......my luck.
I bet you could cut Cedar with the blade on backwards 😂. That stuff cuts like butter 🧈 
Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Southside on June 01, 2022, 11:48:33 PM
You can cut reclaimed white oak beams with a turbo on backwards, at least one cut worth.  It sure sounds funny and not exactly great cut quality - but it will cut.   ;D