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Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone knows of any websites/buyers/sellers for used sawbench blades?

Thanks in advance

Gordo

I should have mentioned it's a new skip tooth ripping chain from 'sawchain', worked a treat too. I've done 2 practice cuts, and now it's time to try and produce a better quality slab so need to...

Morning all,

has anyone got any pointers on sharpening a ripping chain with 10' top plate angle for milling timber slabs? I've only ever sharpened standard chains and even then only to cut up...

I'm using a 404 skip with chamfer chisel. not sure of all the dimensions but it has a 10' top plate angle. i found the saw handled the cut comfortably, only bogging down in the cut a few times.

just had a quick look at the slab, as you say, first cut is quite rough compared to the second cut.

hopefully the next few cuts will be as smooth if not smoother than the second cut.

please don't apologise, i wouldn't have got this far without your advice on my own and others posts.

The cut you are looking at was the first cut, my longitudinal steel guide rails were...

Cheers bob, I’ll see if i can find a copy or excerpt of the book. The finish in the last pic looks a lot worse than it actually is as the sun was shining on it from the far end, exaggerating the...

Milled my first slab this weekend on a trial log, 1170mm at it's widest point, 50mm thick, 2400mm long. Very happy with the results. I've picked up a few small things that need fixing but otherwise...

I ended up getting the 404 skip. this is my first dedicated slabbing bar so I've nothing to compare it to and figured I'd start with this one and maybe try a 3/8 on the next bar.

60" bar and chain turned up this morning. It's ridiculously big. and I love it.................

That's the sort of thing I'm after. Any idea what the outside clear tube is for? to show the level of oil?

Hey guys,

does any one have some plans/pics of an auxillary oiler i can build from a local hardware (bunnings or similiar) parts?

It's to mount onto an alaskan sawmill.

Cheers

one last question about chain sizes if you all don't mind. What are the pros and cons of .404 vs 3/8 if i want to run it on the 60" bar?

For the 60" bar, at the moment i'm leaning towards 3/8 in...

lets say 5 (You're right, there's every chance it will turn into 50 over the next 20 years, but i don't see me neeeding more than 5 any time soon)
1.1m, this is the size of my current table and...

trying to attach a couple pics of my first (and very rushed) cut. I ran out of time to go pick up the ladder i was going to use so i just screwed a couple 3x1's to an old dry ironbark as a practice....

Hey Bob,

another question if you don't mind. I find myself facing a dilema. i'd like to able to cut a handful of table slabs up to a bit over a metre when the opportunity arrises, but I'm not...

change of plans, Baileys could only ship via UPS due to recent missing packages which put the price up around the local market with the current aussie dollar, and hey, why buy overseas for the same...

I think I'll jump in straight away and fit a winch when mine is delivered.

I ordered my granberg alaskan today with 24" rails. I'm going with bobs suggestion of buying the 24" and upgrading the length with locally supplied longer rails. does anyone know where to get the...

all good advice thanks guys.

think i'll go with the 42" and get a mill from Baileys like bobl suggested on a different thread.

sounds good. i actually stumbled across another of your replies to a previous thread offering similiar advice.

what about a longer bar, say 44" plus but only regularly using it for a 36" cut? ...

Hi guys,

i've got a husky 395xp that i want to use for some milling with an alaskan style mill. can anyone recommend what size maximum bar it will take for milling slabs? manufactureres...

lesson learnt. It's not.

about to give it a once over with 2000 grit and then polish it with mr sheen. hope this is the right way to go about cutting back and buffing

Could someone explain the process of "cutting back and buffing" a varnish finish? I've got about 5 coats of two part wattyl on my table top but it could really do with a sand to remove a couple of...

I haven't heard of this before. So what's the go, a few coats of varnish and then sand it back a little bit before buffing with....furntiure polish or similar??

could be a goer to remove some of...

Getting there, the leg frame has had 4 coats and is now curing for a couple days. The top has had 4 coats and is about to get a 5th. Heaps of two part Wattyl for the top left over so i'll add a...

Righto, tonight is the night. 1st coat on the legs, second coat on the top, then tomorrow morning a light sand and recoat both. Then let them sit till Sunday afternoon and then carry them into the...

It's a fitting name considering the problems it gave me on the weekend.

Note to all, do not try to glue the frame up after working on the table and boat floor repairs for 12 straight hours. I...

Silly question, do you glue the corner bracket also or just screw it?

I filled the bottom holes first with wood putty, however it would appear that i wasn't thorough enough. In the end i filled the top with wood putty that was a similiar colour, if i ever have to do...

Thanks, predrilled, 10 gauge and steel it is.

cheers mate.

Would you predrill the hole first? and as for screw type, brass, metal etc?

Hey TT,

what sort of screws did you use, and if you predrilled them, how did you work out what size drill bit to use?

thanks in advance, i'm trying to finish my own table off this weekend.
...

Hi all,

trying to finish of my tallowood slab table this weekend, see thread in "big stuff". Can anyone help with what sort of screw i should be using to attach the corner brackets??

The...

here are some pics.


1-4: table top with chicken pox
5: side - natural edge left on
6: chainsaw marks being left in, adds to the story
7: legs and end rails
8:nothing says working too late...

No pics yet. to be honest my carpentry skills are not the best and my mortise and tenon joints are average.

A few teething problems, the jig didn't work like i thought so i'm having to widen and...

Progress ansd more questions:

4 legs routed for side rails. The mortise is only 35mm deep instead of the planned 45mm due to the length of teh router bit. Anyone think this will be a problem?
...

I belt sanded the top with 40 and then 80 grit to get rid of the planner ripple. Worked a treat. Ran the orbital sander once over it with 80 grit and then gave it a wipe down.

Yesterday...

Righto, wife and kids are at the inlaws for 10 days. work on my table recommences today!

Wife and kids are going away for 10 days to see the inlaws in a couple weeks. I plan on eating dinner off this table by the time they get back. stay tuned for a flurry of activity over the next few...

More family stuff than table stuff this weekend. bought a couple 1500mm wood clamps which will look after gluing up the ends. I've decided to trial taking the bulk of the tenon out with the circ saw...

Yep, I have too many hobbies to have all the tools etc for all of them

Back to plan A, due to lack of time and not being happy with the removable legs idea. So, MT joints it will be. I'm curious about a few techniques, so any asitance would be good.

Tenons: to...

Thanks for this bit of info. It might sway me back to a MT joint. hey, if they break something, i can always fix it.

I hear you, i've hurt my back twice moving mine around and my nearest mate no longer answers my calls on a weekend as it's usually "if you've got a minute, can you pop round and help me flip my...

haha, who am i kidding, a 1/2" lag screw??? what an idiot. back to the sketch paper.

then again, maybe 150mm is spot on. see attached. any suggestions??

i've been looking at these but would prefer to use a timber corner bracket with 2 vertical lag screws. I've been eyeing of the 150mm lag screw as everything else i've found is 75mm and i don't think...

I move with work, work pays for removalists, removalists break stuff, especially table legs (our's do anyway).