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16th November 2020, 09:33 PM
Thread: Salvaged Coolibah
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Salvaged Coolibah
Picked up some nice solid coolibah logs from a local farmer who is clearing a block up. The logs gave my little trailer a fair workout. They were too big for the BSM so I had to put them through the...
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12th November 2020, 07:28 AM
Thread: Slabbing Bluegum
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This log was very slow cutting as it came out of...
This log was very slow cutting as it came out of a River bed. I pressure cleaned it, but it still had some grit in the cracks, I cant remember the exact time per slab except to say it was slow,...
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7th June 2020, 09:37 PM
Thread: Lucas Slabber Winch
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Lucas Slabber Winch
Finally got round to putting a winch on the slabber. Got a $30 winch off ebay and made up a bracket that allows the winch to clip on and off the slabber. I screw a piece of 40 x 40 angle on the end...
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7th June 2020, 09:03 PM
Thread: Grubs in Blackwood slabs?
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I cut a lot of Sally wattle and have the same...
I cut a lot of Sally wattle and have the same issue. As the others said de-bark Asap. I also treat all my slabs with Borax. You can buy a small tub from woolies in the laundry detergent section. I...
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1st May 2020, 07:15 PM
Thread: Bandsawing Budgerroo
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Unfortunately they weren't mine. I was only...
Unfortunately they weren't mine. I was only cutting them up for one of the local woodclub members.
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27th April 2020, 07:17 PM
Thread: Bandsawing Budgerroo
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Bandsawing Budgerroo
One of my fellow clubbies dropped a little dry Budgerroo log over for me to slice up. The tree had been dead standing for a couple of years. There was a fair bit of grub damage in the sapwood, but...
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21st April 2020, 09:49 PM
Thread: Slabbing Bluegum
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Slabbing Bluegum
Found a big Bluegum that came over in a flood a few years ago. Lucky it was on friends place with lots of toys to get it where we could mill it. The Dozer got it out of the river, then the tractor...
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28th March 2020, 10:28 PM
Thread: Salvaged Logs
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Salvaged Logs
Been a few storms around here, the silver lining to this is lots of trees down. I hooked up the trailer and did a drive around. Scored a nice Peltophorem tree as well as lots of Sally wattle. Anyway...
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15th January 2019, 10:28 PM
Thread: Fired up the Lucas
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Fired up the Lucas
I normally don't Mill during the summer, but recent storms saw me score a couple of nice logs. Anyway had some time off over xmas so I set up the slabber and sliced up a couple of Sally wattle logs...
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26th April 2018, 08:32 PM
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Tom I have only ever used Lennox Woodmaster B...
Tom
I have only ever used Lennox Woodmaster B (bimetalic) 1" 1/4 1Tpi from Henry Bros, They are a bit aggressive when new as the hook angle is around 11 deg I think. I sharpen mine to 8 deg as... -
25th April 2018, 08:52 PM
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Tom, there was only 1 BSM at maleny last year,...
Tom,
there was only 1 BSM at maleny last year, it was a 2nd hand hardwood mills Aust for sale. I have had a look at the exhibitor list and can only see Lucas mills. Most of the commerciall ones are... -
26th June 2016, 10:11 PM
Thread: Timber from Trip ID - Tree 6
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Neil, The tree is called Gutta Percha, It grows...
Neil,
The tree is called Gutta Percha, It grows right across the top end of Australia, I was up at Normanton a couple of weeks weeks ago and took some photos for TTIT. I need to go back with the... -
11th May 2016, 10:21 PM
Thread: Any Tricks or Jigs for Shop-Scale Milling?
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Luke, Check out the sled built by TTIT. This...
Luke, Check out the sled built by TTIT. This setup is safe and works well!
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19th April 2016, 03:59 PM
Thread: A Day on the Tools
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Budgeroo on the Mill
Finished off the Budgeroo today, Only took a couple of hours early this morning, Timber cut Quite well until I hit a pipe in one of the logs that was packed with Sand. Luckily I had some spare blades...
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18th April 2016, 09:45 PM
Thread: A Day on the Tools
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A Day on the Tools
Spent the day cutting logs for a Bloke who salvaged them from country about to be developed by a Mine. Had a good mix with some Emu Apple, Bloodwood, Beefwood, Kurrajong,Budgeroo and Myrtle. The...
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17th April 2016, 08:59 PM
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A 800mm Cut will require a 20+Hp Motor, I have...
A 800mm Cut will require a 20+Hp Motor, I have built a BSM using Space saver Spares as the Band wheels powered by a 13hp Chonda (Chinese Honda). My max cut is 600mm, I have a basic set of Plans if...
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8th October 2015, 11:34 AM
Thread: Milling Vine tree (Supplejack) Log
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Colour is fairly true, Board has been wet with...
Colour is fairly true, Board has been wet with water to show up the grain, it is a nice lightish Brown, This tree was an exceptional specimen that was growing right beside a big Moreton Bay Ash on a...
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8th October 2015, 11:30 AM
Thread: Milling Vine tree (Supplejack) Log
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Malb, I never even gave that a thought when I was...
Malb, I never even gave that a thought when I was building the mill, I just did a quick calculation now and the wheel is turning somewhere around 70 Kmh. The mill has done over 30 hrs with no...
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5th October 2015, 10:11 PM
Thread: Milling Vine tree (Supplejack) Log
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Milling Vine tree (Supplejack) Log
We picked up a Nice Vine tree Log while out west on a Wood Gathering Foray. I was hesitant at Putting it through the bandmill as this timber is very Hard. I was pleasantly surprised at the ease it...
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6th May 2015, 11:04 PM
Thread: Working both sides of the fence
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Working both sides of the fence
Had a week off this week and decided to make some sawdust, We still had a few logs to process from a couple of months ago, I wanted to see what the BSM was capable of, so we dropped a big black...
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15th April 2015, 10:44 PM
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I think you need to be looking more at Blade...
I think you need to be looking more at Blade speed than HP. I have a 13Hp Chonda with a cut of 650 mm in Hardwood. My bandmill works quite well because I have lowered the band wheel RPM to suit the...
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20th March 2015, 10:26 PM
Thread: laidlaw bushmill
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Did you buy your mill from Joe at Mitchell? I...
Did you buy your mill from Joe at Mitchell? I have a homemade mill and Cut Beefwood, Budgeroo, Blue gum and many other Qld hardwoods, I am using standard Lennox Bi metal blades 1 1/4 wide 1" pitch...
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22nd January 2015, 07:32 PM
Thread: Cranked up the Bandmill
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Don't look too hard, you may see some more...
Don't look too hard, you may see some more re-purposed steelwork, like solar Mount unistrut, HJ75 Cruiser bumper bar and maybe a few other things,I hate to see stuff thrown away.
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22nd January 2015, 06:10 PM
Thread: Cranked up the Bandmill
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Rob, Just North of Emerald on top of the hill...
Rob, Just North of Emerald on top of the hill opposite the radio towers, Nice and close to town, and all the right equipment to handle logs. A very valuable club member.
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19th January 2015, 01:18 PM
Thread: Cranked up the Bandmill
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Cranked up the Bandmill
The local wood Group have been collecting a few Logs recently from the Local tree loppers. We decided we would have to process some of them, even though it was bloody Hot to be cutting Wood. We...
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6th September 2013, 10:13 PM
Thread: another horizontal bandsaw mill build
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The Measurement I mentioned was Feet per Minute...
The Measurement I mentioned was Feet per Minute not Revs per Minute ,As far as I am Aware there is no Magic Speed as such, The only advice I got was to run the blade as slow as possible that you do...
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5th September 2013, 10:22 PM
Thread: another horizontal bandsaw mill build
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I went down this same path, it took me several...
I went down this same path, it took me several years to gather the Bits to Build mine. the hardest part was finding 2 space saver/Emergency spares the same size, I collected a total of 6 before I got...
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4th September 2013, 09:17 PM
Thread: The importance of even teeth?
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I had the same problem when sharpening my saw, I...
I had the same problem when sharpening my saw, I got a good tip from an old bloke one day, Once you sharpen one side of the chain( Dominant side) Turn the saw upside down, You are now sharpening the...
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4th August 2013, 07:19 PM
Thread: Coolibah Burl
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Coolibah Burl
The Local Wood Club came across a Coolibah tree on one of our wood gathering Expeditions that was covered in Burl. We decided to take the whole tree as it looked pretty sick and would not survive...
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26th July 2013, 03:33 PM
Thread: Jet 22/44 Drum Sander Help
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Paintman the Jet Sander we have has oveload...
Paintman the Jet Sander we have has oveload protection fitted, The issue with these unit are that the On/Off switch only controls power to the Drum Sander motor not the Conveyor Belt Motor. To...
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21st July 2013, 09:09 PM
Thread: Bandsaw Blade Sharpening
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Bandsaw Blade Sharpening
There have been a couple of threads lately about bandsaws and blades. There are a few of us Bandits out here that are still Learning the Black art of Bandmilling. Here's your chance to spread your...
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17th July 2013, 03:59 PM
Thread: Bandsaw portamill "little ripper"
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Welcome to Forum, I am guessing the Machine you...
Welcome to Forum, I am guessing the Machine you have is the One made in Coluondra by Dinasaw Industries. I knew a bloke that had one of these years Ago. My understanding is that they used a 2"...
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16th July 2013, 09:50 PM
Thread: bandsaw mill plans free to a good home
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Whitworth, I have a very early version of the...
Whitworth,
I have a very early version of the Dinasaw Profiler to sharpen my Blades. I was lucky enough to score this for nothing from a friend of friend. I will Take some photo's on the weekend... -
15th July 2013, 10:12 PM
Thread: bandsaw mill plans free to a good home
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Whitworth I built a bandmill using a 13Hp Chonda...
Whitworth I built a bandmill using a 13Hp Chonda (Chinese Honda) and Plans purchased off the Net. I used the Plans as a Guide and adapted them to the Bits I had Already Scrounged. If you are...
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10th July 2013, 09:27 PM
Thread: Jet 22/44 Drum Sander Help
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Joez, Thanks for replying, I rang Carbatec and...
Joez,
Thanks for replying, I rang Carbatec and one of the Spare Parts boys were able to read the Value of the resistor off a new board 10K Ohm 10 watt. Thanks to Carbatec:2tsup:. I will get the... -
10th July 2013, 09:18 PM
Thread: Stuff we use and abuse
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Here is a picture of my old Fergy. I found it in...
Here is a picture of my old Fergy. I found it in Pieces in a dump. Its a FE35 petrol with Inter B414 Wheels on the Back( I couldn't find the Fergy Rims).The Bonnet and Radiator are from a later...
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21st June 2013, 01:36 PM
Thread: Jet 22/44 Drum Sander Help
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Jet 22/44 Drum Sander Help
Our local Club has a Jet 22/44 Drum Sander, The Feed Motor no longer Works, I suspect the a Large Ceramic Resistor has failed. The Numbers on this resistor are illegible. Does someone have a Cct...
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3rd April 2013, 10:51 PM
Thread: Dry Hire rate for Lucas?
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Thanks Mapleman! I am not doing for...
Thanks Mapleman!
I am not doing for commercial Purposes, Just want to cut some Timber for myself. I already have heaps of timber but I just can't stop Cutting more!:U I suppose there could be... -
2nd April 2013, 07:50 PM
Thread: Dry Hire rate for Lucas?
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Dry Hire rate for Lucas?
I want to dry Hire a Lucas 8" of a mate of Mine. What is a good hourly rate to offer him? I am hoping someone out ther has done this in the past and maybe able to assist.
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6th February 2013, 10:28 PM
Thread: Storm Chaser
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Scott, Not sure Yet, probably build some blanket...
Scott,
Not sure Yet, probably build some blanket Boxes or something. Here is an earlier one I made.
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11th January 2013, 10:44 PM
Thread: Storm Chaser
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Spraytech, timber is Acaia Salicina( Sally Wattle...
Spraytech, timber is Acaia Salicina( Sally Wattle ). This timber is great to cut, It machines well. I am using a Bimetal Blade from Henry brothers, it doesn't seem to to dull to quickly, I admit it...
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7th January 2013, 11:40 PM
Thread: Storm Chaser
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Storm Chaser
Every Time we get hit with a Summer storm, I grab the saw, hook the trailer up an go driving. I was rewarded after a recent storm. I found a Black Wattle that came down in a front yard:U, they were...
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2nd January 2013, 09:13 PM
Thread: Homemade Bandmill (update)
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Thanks for the info Dean, It is so hard to get...
Thanks for the info Dean, It is so hard to get good info on building a Mill,I live next door to a bloke who owns a Bearing and Hydraulic Business, He is a good bloke to Know, We have been looking at...
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1st January 2013, 07:35 PM
Thread: Homemade Bandmill (update)
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Hey Dean! What PSI are you pumping the Porta...
Hey Dean! What PSI are you pumping the Porta Power too? I am thinking of going Hydraulic tension on My Mill, Currently I just have a screw thread and it is hard to get accurate tension on the blade....
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10th December 2012, 09:58 PM
Thread: Camphor Log
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Vern, I am sure we can come to some...
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9th December 2012, 09:37 PM
Thread: Camphor Log
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Sliced and Stacjked
Cut up the Camphor this morning. Bit warm to be doing this sort of thing, I would normally not cut any timber this time of the year. The timber cut quite easily and showed a lot of Colour. There was...
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2nd December 2012, 06:04 PM
Thread: Camphor Log
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Camphor Log
Just Had a week in Brisbane, hoped topick up som Camphor while down here but my plans were thrown into chaos. I put out a call on the forum and Neil came through with some great detective work to get...
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29th November 2012, 06:32 PM
Thread: Help!! Camphor Logs wanted
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Logs Found!
Thanks to all those that replied, I have found some logs south of the Border from one of our fellow Forumites:U.
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27th November 2012, 11:11 AM
Thread: Help!! Camphor Logs wanted
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Help!! Camphor Logs wanted
I had arranged for some Camphor logs off a bloke down the back of the Gold coast, I am in Bris Vegas this week with an Empty trailer, The Logs I had organised has fallen through. Can Anyone help with...
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10th November 2012, 06:07 PM
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The Box is 800mm long x 500mm wide x 500mm high...
The Box is 800mm long x 500mm wide x 500mm high
Cheers Jon