Thread: Dodgy blades

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

0 clearance on top and sides? No wonder it wandered wherever the grain led it...

Oh well, at least you can slab up any billets of aluminium or masonry left lying around while you wait for your new saw blades...

Yeah. Know anyone who wants some done.
Ps there is some clearence at sides. the tc tips are 5.5mm wide.

heh, put it in the "things i learnt today"file and move on,no lasting damage doneso no problems

STONE BLADE?!?!?!? I'm no Lucas expert, but didn't know there was such an animal??? Maybe it was someone's attempt to make something new?? the blade looks like it hasn't been used in a long time - not like you where cutting with it recently...

Tim, to be honest, I think a bigger problem is not having all the blade guards around your sawblade. At some point in time, maybe before you got the mill, someone has given it a big hit too! first pic shows how bent the powder coated part of the frame a blade guard should attach to (via the empty bolt holes) has been smacked hard - bent 2mm thick steel.
Second pic also shows blade guard stopping things flying back at the operator has been removed....you didn't buy this of Carl (aka Weisyboy) did ya

Pleased you will be back to cutting soonish

Originally Posted by Sigidi

STONE BLADE?!?!?!? I'm no Lucas expert, but didn't know there was such an animal??? Maybe it was someone's attempt to make something new?? the blade looks like it hasn't been used in a long time - not like you where cutting with it recently...

Tim, to be honest, I think a bigger problem is not having all the blade guards around your sawblade. At some point in time, maybe before you got the mill, someone has given it a big hit too! first pic shows how bent the powder coated part of the frame a blade guard should attach to (via the empty bolt holes) has been smacked hard - bent 2mm thick steel.
Second pic also shows blade guard stopping things flying back at the operator has been removed....you didn't buy this of Carl (aka Weisyboy) did ya

Pleased you will be back to cutting soonish

My saw doc made up the blade from one that lost its teeth on a lump of steel about 24 months ago. We have a a few stone cutters down here and he does their blades. I've got a fabulous rock with a dish in it that needs adjusting to make a basin out of for the bathroom.
As far as the gaurds go, they were missing and I didn't know of them. I'll look into them. Thanks.

Tim, sorry, was having a chat with Carl, he said his mill went south

but he did mention that his 8-27, the powder coated green guards where the standard guards and teh bolt holes where for guards which would be needed if using the 9" adapter kit.

The guards I've had experience with (and was talking about) have been on my two 10-30's so they may not be 'needed' on your mill, but one guard is bent from hitting the log at some stage - could straighten that back up with a good 10"-12" shifter.

Let us know how ya go when ya blades come back good luck

Originally Posted by Sigidi

Tim, sorry, was having a chat with Carl, he said his mill went south

but he did mention that his 8-27, the powder coated green guards where the standard guards and teh bolt holes where for guards which would be needed if using the 9" adapter kit.

The guards I've had experience with (and was talking about) have been on my two 10-30's so they may not be 'needed' on your mill, but one guard is bent from hitting the log at some stage - could straighten that back up with a good 10"-12" shifter.

Let us know how ya go when ya blades come back good luck

Nice to know the info. My saw came from A bloke named Peter in Karrak Flat near Taree. Evidently he bought it to cut his own posts and rails off his own block and then sold it to me. So Carl's off the hook .
I'm off for the next couple weeks so I won't be trying out anything for a bit. I'll let you know how it all goes when I get the blades back. Something tells me I won't see them for a while. Him being so busy. I'm trying to be the squeaky wheel something I'm not real good at.

Just thought I'd give credit to the guys at lucas mill. Here I am bought me a second hand, out of warranty saw mill and I get into a spot of bother and Out of the blue I get a call offering to help and a DVD just shows up in the mail. Now that's rare in this day and age! Great stuff Lucas!

Welcome to the family mate

Originally Posted by Sigidi

Welcome to the family mate

HALLELUJAH, BRO. AN' PASS ANUDER LUMPOWOOD

Right we're running again. Got one of my blades back at last. Turns out the face of the teeth were slightly off square so will check the sharpener settings. Cuts beautifully now.
I've learned a couple things from the DVD from Lucas Mill. The main thing is not to bite too much at a time when cutting horizontally. 8.5" at a time is just too much sawdust for it to clear and it builds up under the blade, over heating it and causing it to ride up. The other problem was that one of the posts was low, woops. which caused a twist in the rails. Not sure what happened there. I'm usually real careful with that.