Thread: planking logs

Watch our for blue metal, termite treatments, and the stuff they used to spray onto the track to attempt to sanitise the human waste.

Seriously, bandsaw is about the best way. You'll need a helper, a sharp low TPI blade, and unless you have really good dust extraction, a good dust mask.

What Bob said!!!

I have seen apparently clean sleepers tear chainsaw chains to shreds.

A band saw is the way to go.

I use a one inch TCT blade for re-sawing, but would be loath to risk such an expensive blade on old sleepers. If such a blade is buggered by the sleepers, it makes for very expensive timber. Even grit (which has a lot of silica) trapped in the grain of old sleepers can ruin a good blade.

Perhaps you might consider buying something like a 3/4" carbon steel re-saw blade (1-2 TPI). If that is destroyed/damaged, the cost is not too bad.

I keep such a blade for jobs like this, just so the expensive blades are not put at risk.

Cheerio!

John