Beware!!

[artme]

Our club was give a number of cypress logs as the result of some clearing at one of the local
foreshore areas. The clearing caused some controversy but what is done is done.

The newly made chainsaw slabbing rig was set up and away the boys went. Cutting was very slow.
Once the first slab was removed the reason became apparent. Three roofing screws that had been
overgrown by the bark, and were therefore not visible, had been cut through.

A warning that next time the members should use their METAL detector!!!!!

[Christos]

Now that is a bugger.

[rustynail]

Typical. Realestate agents are the worst offenders.

[Bushmiller]

Arthur

I think your club has stumbled on the primary reason most commercial sawmills are totally disinterested in back yard trees.

Regards
Paul

[BobL]

Arthur

I think your club has stumbled on the primary reason most commercial sawmills are totally disinterested in back yard trees.

Those hardened type Tek Screws are amongst the worst things to strike with a chain but at least a metal detector will pick them up.

A friend wanted me to mill a tree that had short pieces of fence picket screwed onto the trunk all the way up like a sort of a ladder to a cubby house .
I said I would do it provided he made sure all the screws were out and I even went over the spots where the screws were with a metal detector and it was clear
All was good until the last cut when the chain struck a broken rusty coach bolt that was buried under the bark on the other side of the log.
He reckons he knew nothing about this one but I could see it had been part of the cubby support.
Fortunately it was a soft iron bolt which the chain cut through without almost blinking, nothing broken and just needed a bit more sharpening that usual.

[Yanis]

Picked up a beaut little metal detector from ebay for about $20 shipped and it has already saved a saw blade. Was looking at making a mini bench from a slab of old jarrah and when I swept it, it picked up 3 rusty old wood screws recessed into one side that I could not get out. Went onto plan B.

John