Thread: Lucas Mill Attachments

if you have a free supply of good logs,the purchase of a lucas mill will pay for itself in no time at all.if you have the funds get the dedicated slabber.as for the other attachments i only have the weatherboard jig.of the 1200 odd hours in total on both power heads i have only used the weather board attachment for two of those.but once you get the hang of it it is easy to use.

Thanks Charlsie, you suggest the dedicated slabber. Is it a more robust unit than the slabber attachment?
Cheers

no, i wouldn't say it's more robust. just alot more ecconomically time wise. ie if you have a 1000mm diamater log 5 metres long,you start with the swing mill and take the top off the log in sticker material (56mm x 28mm) to where you can cut your first 10 inch back sawn board or start cutting quarter sawn boards.when you finish that cut,you might find that you would like to slab the next piece. if you have the dedicated slabber it's easy, just take the slab or two out and go back to the swing mill and take true quarter sawn timber out from around the heart or back saw it if you like. once you are through the heart,take the next slabs out and go back to the swing mill again,taking either qtr sawn or back sawn material until you finish again taking stickers out of whats left. if the rain lets up tomorrow i'll take a few pics to show what i mean

Much appreciated Charlsie, I was speaking to the Lucas folk yesterday they said pretty much the same thing
Cheers

Little bit of time has passed on this one, 'coz Al has been sorting 'stuff' out.

But I have the slabbing attachment. I like the versatility of being able to slab and not needing to take up extra room needed for a dedicated slabber, although it does mean a bit of time taken to swap over on the 10-30. With my 6-18 it was much quicker, but teh 10" needs a little bit extra time on swapping over.

Hope it helps - lol

Oh also the planer head is just the ducks guts too!!! havent had a reason to use the sanding head 'cos its so good

I would agree with Sagidi, the setting up of the slabbing attachment on a 10-30 is a not as easy as on the smaller mills. Nonetheless, if time is not an issue the attachment is a cheaper option than a dedicated. Also the time taken to load/unload and at the end of the day, load the dedicated slabber and the swing mill all adds up and tends to offset the time spent hooking up the slabbing attachment.
As for the available attachments, again Sagidi is spot on, you wont regret buying the planer. It des an excellent job and leaves a finish that would only need light sanding anyway. The sander doesnt have much going for it IMHO, as I would prefer to sand with the grain for a fine finish. OTOH, if you are working very wild grain the sander would come into its own.

Thanks very much for the excellent advice. Now for the hard part, time to disturb some moths in the hip pocket.

Huon you make me cry and salivate simultaneously. (my turn WILL come)

Originally Posted by HUON

Thanks very much for the excellent advice. Now for the hard part, time to disturb some moths in the hip pocket.

Cool as Huon, make sure you post us some pics when the new gear arrives

Sorry it's taken so long, but I've finally set the hip pocket moths loose to fend for themselves. Went to Lucas's and picked up what was the 10-30, now the 10 efi or whatever plus various attachments.After 3 hrs of face to face instruction and dvd (2 hrs) no ######## instruction I'm more than keen to get on with it, Swambo say I should wait until the sun rises. Wot would we do without them?

great news mate and yeah probably best to wait til sunrise before you play with it mate lmlao

Have you got the latest DVD mate? it has a whole heap of instruction, quite a lot actually

Good on you!

So ........when do we get to see it?

G'day Sigidi and gonetroppo,The dvd I got with the equipment is a bit dated when it deals with the 10 efi or is it efs, anyway the old 10-30 has a different start up procedure the the electronic one. For a start there is no need for a choke on the latest 10, also fuel consumption is miles ahead of the old version.So I've been advised.
As soon as it stops raining I'll get her going and get some pics happening.
Cheers