Style of Circular Saws

Corley5 · March 28, 2002, 05:20:17 PM

My neighbor has an old portable Bell Saw sitting in his bone yard that has a skip tooth? blade on it. It looks like half of every other tooth was ground away. Now I why. It's a shame the old mill is withering away :(. It's shaft driven from a tractor and kind of a nifty little rig. It'd make a good cedar saw 8). He won't part with anything though. Several people have tried to buy it. His response is that someday there'll be an auction ;D.

Don P · March 28, 2002, 05:40:30 PM

I'm lovin it 8) 8)
Thats my saw! Now I gotta try it. There had to be plenty of these running on utility tractors. Got plenty of "nubs" I was savin for a bearclaw necklace. :D I'm guessing 1/2 feed speed to keep the chip load the same.

Sawyerfortyish · April 21, 2002, 09:04:57 PM

I swage first then sharpen but acording to the saw docter sharpen first then swage. But he told me the swages that you use last are shaped diferent so as not to dull the tooth.
I run a 56" b pattern with 44 teeth I use simonds 8/9- 9/32 teeth. Many years ago I tryed a 2 1/2 tooth style with 48 teeth on a 50" saw and my 471 just didn`t have enough power in big oak. Now I run a 671 with a 2000lb pully no more power problems. The more weight you have spinning on the mandrell the more torque and less hp you need to finish the cut