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28th Jan 2012, 12:28 PM
|  | Neander Normite | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Melbourne Age: 53
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| |  Sod's Law - resawing timber for boxes
I'm making a few boxes at the moment and have begun slicing some 300x70x2500 flitches to 12mm boards.
Partway through one of the cuts I found a nail that was not visible from either side, the timber was pristine. As it turns out, many years ago someone hit a nail into my tree and the tree grew over it, only for me to rediscover it with a 1" resaw blade decades later.  The second picture shows this particular flitch going through the BS, the nail is near my left hand (as I would discover two minutes later).
The lesson I guess is to scan ALL timber, even if it looks fine. |
28th Jan 2012, 01:00 PM
| | Wood Hacker | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: East Warburton, Vic
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Bummer, timber looks good though 
Have you upgraded the bandsaw, didn't you have a blue one before?
Got some more pics of the resaw jig setup? Looks interesting. |
28th Jan 2012, 01:02 PM
| | Neander Normite | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Melbourne Age: 53
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I bought it here DJ, more pics in that FS thread. The resaw setup works very well (once you tighten the linked belt  ) |
28th Jan 2012, 01:57 PM
| | Wood Hacker | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: East Warburton, Vic
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Nice one Greg, I also have the Kreg fence, a very good fence IMHO |
28th Jan 2012, 07:10 PM
|  | Most Valued Member | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney Age: 25
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A bit of bad luck Groggy....
Very nice resawing jig- it looks like the one in the AWR issue 64 I think - how do you find it?
Andy |
28th Jan 2012, 07:23 PM
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Really pays to own a metal detector  and use it.
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28th Jan 2012, 07:58 PM
| | Neander Normite | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Melbourne Age: 53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FRB Design  Really pays to own a metal detector and use it. | I have a metal detector and I promise to use it in future. Problem here was I could see the boards were clean, it was completely embedded in the flitch I was cutting so I thought I was safe.  Quote:
Originally Posted by groeneaj A bit of bad luck Groggy....
Very nice resawing jig- it looks like the one in the AWR issue 64 I think - how do you find it?
Andy | Andy, the jig is great! Full credit for it must go to Peter36 as he built it. A few little things to iron out but it really does the job. |
28th Jan 2012, 09:45 PM
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29th Jan 2012, 12:18 AM
|  | Timber Hoarder | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Minbun, FNQ, Australia Age: 54
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A 'character building' experience.
I have found similar things over the years, a piece of steel cable inside a big old lump of mango on the lathe has been my best 'character building' experience so far. |
29th Jan 2012, 08:56 AM
|  | Dehydrated Hydrographer | | Join Date: Jun 1999 Location: Westleigh, Sydney Age: 65
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We were clearing a couple of trees around a job when an old bloke came and told us to watch out for an iron spike he and his mates had driven into one when they were kids. Sure enough, when we split the tree, there it was. We gave it back to him as a memento.
Recall years ago reading about a bloke who found an old pocket watch that had been left in the crotch of a tree. He just missed it when resawing, and managed to incorporate it in a coffee table. | |
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