Monday Sawing

Jeff · February 02, 2004, 05:46:54 PM

Well we have Sunday Sawing and Saturday Sawing, I thought I would start Monday sawing. For me, its usually not a good thing so I thought we would start out with a little game.

Which of these things is not like the other? :-/

RMay · February 02, 2004, 06:23:22 PM

Jeff looks like a blue Monday for your saw is that a thirty penny nail

WV_hillbilly · February 02, 2004, 06:41:04 PM

where did the rest of the teeth go ?

Jeff · February 02, 2004, 06:42:20 PM

Thats about my guess. She's a big one. There were three in the log. busted most of the teeth off like the ones shown but never hurt anything else.

Kevin · February 02, 2004, 06:51:53 PM

You should really try to avoid those.

Jeff · February 02, 2004, 06:55:40 PM

I thought I did, heck I never touched the wheel rim and the garden hose that thing was holding up.

Kevin · February 02, 2004, 07:21:30 PM

If you catch a few of those half way through your shift do you get to quit early or do you have to stay late?

whitepe · February 02, 2004, 07:32:20 PM

What did it sound like when you hit those puppies?

Paul_H · February 02, 2004, 07:43:47 PM

Oh @%&#$%

Or something real close I'll bet. ;)

Jeff · February 03, 2004, 04:09:34 PM

Its sounds just like hitting a little nail only louder. ;D I would imagine the shrapnel either went through the pre-punched holes in the roof, or into the sawdust pile. The problem with breaking off teeth is that you can end up hitting them with other teeth before they clear out of the log. Kind of a chain reaction.

D._Frederick · February 03, 2004, 04:47:02 PM

Jeff,

Was that a hundred dollar spike?

shopteacher · February 03, 2004, 04:53:21 PM

Oh, you boys grow um big in Michigan.

J_T · February 03, 2004, 05:03:44 PM

Been expecting that to happen to me too. Man wanted me to saw a walnut for him said he knew thare was nothing in it ( just bought the place). Told him ok but when I finish I want you to pay to make my mill saw like it does now ;D He said you know it may have sompthing in it after all. All ready had my lesson in that dept. thankyou :(

shopteacher · February 03, 2004, 05:10:25 PM

I hear ya JT. Those logs never have anything in them until any damage and cost are about to come out of the log owners pocket. I've had a few guys decide not to saw there logs here.

Jeff · February 03, 2004, 05:20:53 PM

QuoteJeff,

Was that a hundred dollar spike?

Counting downtime, loss of the log (tossed it, as that was the first cut) and a change of teeth, Yea, probably.

I'd sell it for $9.95 though. ;D

J_T · February 03, 2004, 05:38:06 PM

Jeff is that delevered? :D

Jeff · February 03, 2004, 06:16:13 PM

Sure. You get whats left of the nail (see photo) and I'll throw those teeth fragments in too. Add 1.20 for insurance ;D

WV_hillbilly · February 03, 2004, 07:37:45 PM

Don' t you have a metal detector on the incoming end of that mill ? I thought that you did have one .

I guess that it's like a train wreck and you were the conductor . ;D

Norm · February 04, 2004, 03:37:48 AM

Boy oh boy that looks nasty, I jump a foot when I break a band blade. Do you hit stuff very often or is it pretty uncommon?

OneWithWood · February 04, 2004, 08:00:48 AM

Do you get paid extra for ventilating the roof? :D

Jeff · February 04, 2004, 12:49:12 PM

Nope, no metal detector. I dont hit stuff very often, I catch a lot of it just by knowing what to look for. I probably hit no more then what the guys with metal detectors hit. Its just occasionally I get into something big. twice in the last couple months now. Hit that horseshoe before christmas. That was actually the last thing I recall hitting other then some bullits and sign nails (aluminium) until I hit this. Thats a lot of wood in between.

D._Frederick · February 04, 2004, 02:17:44 PM

Jeff,

That was a pretty nice spike that you tried to re-design your saw teeth on! Does it just break the teeth or does it throw the shanks out too. What do you do, do you set down and start to replace the teeth or put another blade on and go back to sawing?

Jeff · February 04, 2004, 02:49:24 PM

In this case, no shanks were thrown. This saw has pretty tight sockets as it was reconditioned not long ago. I change the teeth. The only time I change a saw if if the saw itself is problematic. I have went well over 10,000,000 bf before on a saw before having to take it off. Those days are pretty much over now that the back up sawyers saw. THe first thing they do when a saw starts leading on them is crank on the guide pins. As many times as I have tried to teach them, they think that is the answer. The guide pins are NEVER the reason the saw is acting up unless they were set wrong in the first place. I guess I should not say never, I guess there are guidepin setups where the pins can be bumped and moved while sawing, but our assembly, thats really not possible.

Guide pins are only there to protect against catastrophic movement of the saw. Not to guide it. THey should have never been called guide pins, maybe "crash deterrent system" instead.