Oops I did it today .

WV_hillbilly · January 21, 2005, 05:40:06 PM

It was definitely the first time for me but it probably won't be the last . I should have finished making the cut so it the dog would have a sleek angle cut .That way maybe next time I would miss it all together . ;D It would have only taken another 3/16 " to finish it off .

It was all going good . I needed to make on last cut to finish this log. Started the cut and The fireworks started not 1/3 of the way thru the cut .

I immediately knew what I forgot to check
.

Good thing that blade was a resharp that came with the mill .The first question the wife asked if it was one of the new baldes I just got last week . I reassured her it wasn't and got a new one out of the box to put on the mill .

Tom_Averwater · January 21, 2005, 06:12:16 PM

Hillbilly,
Did you lower that dog on the next cut ? :D :D

Tom_Averwater · January 21, 2005, 06:17:05 PM

My log dogs are nice and shiny too! 8) Tom

chet · January 21, 2005, 07:14:28 PM

All ya had ta say was ooopps!

And I knowed what happened. ;D

WV_hillbilly · January 21, 2005, 07:35:04 PM

Yea it has that unpainted steel look . I did reposition the dog before I finished the cut . It was funny cause I was thinking about when I witnessed another FF member do this . I was sworn to secrecy on his though . Wait till he see this , he will be all over it cause I laughed at him .

Jeff · January 21, 2005, 07:50:46 PM

hmmm, we should be able to deduce who this member is.

chet · January 21, 2005, 07:53:46 PM

Hillbilly, I think yur only da second or third guy ta every do dat. :D

WV_hillbilly · January 21, 2005, 07:57:56 PM

Chet I'm probably the only one to post a pic of the scene of attack .

Yes Jeff it wouldn't be too hard to pick this member out as I have only visited 5 or 6 mills from here .

WH_Conley · January 21, 2005, 08:09:41 PM

Oops says it all :D

Join the club.

craigc90 · January 21, 2005, 08:14:26 PM

Dan you are a seasoned sawyer now. I told you it wasn't official till you cut some metal off the mill. I am sure there was a few marks already there.

That was a good cut for a $3.00 resharping job.
You have to cut a piece of that blade off and nail it to your first board you cut with the mill and hang it up in the mill shed when you get it done.

WV_hillbilly · January 21, 2005, 08:19:47 PM

Craig I quess the resharp was ok . I only cut about 550 bd/ft of maple and a 150 bd/ft of poplar before that happened . Believe it or not but that particular one was unmarred til now .
I went and picked up another trailer load of logs to cut tommorrow if your intrested . :D I already gottem staged . I even covered them up with a tarp so they aren't all snow covered in the morning .

craigc90 · January 21, 2005, 09:08:03 PM

by morning I dont think I will be able to get out of my driveway ;D if we get the snow they are expecting.Keep warm and take lots of pictures I want to see them on here tomorrow nite.I am cutting a red elm down Sunday for firewood and I am going to save the but log for you. I have a pile started already.

WV_hillbilly · January 22, 2005, 05:52:12 AM

That 's what I like to hear Craig keep piling them up . that way it takes a couple of days to get thru them. I try to do that but when I get few piled up there I just have to cut them .

EZ · January 23, 2005, 04:25:25 AM

Ah yes, the sound of a metal blade cutting metal, I've heard this sound myself at least once, maybe two times. ;D
Congrats, Dan. :D
EZ

WV_hillbilly · January 23, 2005, 06:39:37 AM

It does have a definitely different sound . But the shower of sparks is really neat too . I ' m going to try and not do this again but I doubt I won't . I just can't get enough of that saw . It is as addicting as my scrollsaw . ;D

Tom · January 23, 2005, 07:22:32 AM

The good thing about doing it the first time is that when you do it the next time you can say " I've don't that before", instead of jumping up and down and fuming and kicking yourself in the tail. :D :D

Now your're "experienced" like me. ;D

leweee · January 23, 2005, 09:51:40 AM

Congrats... yes another honourary member of "dog chewers r us" 8) 8) 8)

jtmccallum · January 23, 2005, 05:39:47 PM

Oops--This was my first guess.

DextorDee · January 24, 2005, 12:59:17 PM

yep, done that to. mine look better since i rounded de corners offa em :

WV_hillbilly · January 24, 2005, 01:22:40 PM

I didn't get upset the first time Tom . I just laughed and said OH S***. I thought about the first time I saw someone do it , then just laughed . I gave mine that sleek aerodynamic angle profile . i think the second dog is planning to attack the blade as it likes the first ones haircut . :D

Mtnjack · January 26, 2005, 06:43:53 AM

Ok Ok i am the one ha ha ha ha now how does that feel hilllbilly, you dont have to guess anymore boss.Iet hillbilly off the hook. Mtn Jack

MULE_MAN · January 26, 2005, 08:57:24 AM

I remember my first time I hit steel, I was more mad at myself then anything
else I just couldn't believe I was that stupid !!! It sure does wake you up.

But the minute you don't stay focus, It will happen again !!!! I know !!! :

Quartlow · January 26, 2005, 06:24:11 PM

well I ain't never!!! and if you believe that I've got some ocean front property for sale in Utah!!

Only differrance is I did it to a brand new blade on the first day of running the mill :

and yes I've done it since

WV_hillbilly · January 26, 2005, 08:38:37 PM

I didn't tell Jack :D I can still see the sparks a flying and me a laughing . It almost happened again . I believe that second dog is just lying there waiting in ambush . Boy Quartlow if you got oceanfront in Utah does that mean California slide into the pacific ?

CHARLIE · January 26, 2005, 09:22:28 PM

Ya know WV_Hillbilly.......when I saw the title of your thread I thought to myself....."Self, he done sawed his first dawg." I ain't ever done that yet.....but then I ain't never sawed either. :

Sounds like you are really enjoying that mill! I'm happy for ya! 8)