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10th December 2020, 02:28 PM #31
Like aldav sez, you really have to put a flat on any round object you want to rip on he BS - the risk of it rolling & catching (especially with coarse teeth) is a bit much even for someone as cavalier as myself. I occasionally ignore that sound advice for a small piece that looks straight & not likey to roll, but often as not I end up with a spiral cut that takes more effort to straighten than chopping a quick flat with a hatchet &/or drawknife would've taken. A flat on the down side & some sort of straight line to follow makes all the difference, you should get a face on a short billet like yours that you could clean up with a jack plane in short order.
I never use a fence with my BS, I can't even remember where I've "stored" it, because I mostly use my BS for rough breaking-down or cutting curves. Occasionally I do use it for re-sawing, but I find it quicker (than finding & setting up the fence) to run a kerf around the top & bottom of the board with a thin-kerf blade & the BS blade will follow that very reliably (unless it happens to be the very last board of something very precious, in which case the blade will invariably wander! ). I'm far happier using hand tools too, but there are some jobs brute force just makes a lot easier....
Cheers,IW
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10th December 2020, 04:02 PM #33
Yes, behind the blade, but I’m replacing them all and I’m so grateful they’re not expensive. I’ll be making a fence as well.
Here’s something to ponder over. The other logs are minimum 400mm in diameter. My bandsaws throat opening can accept only 300mm dia. So, all this fussing about I’ve been doing is only to re-saw a smaller log or rip a larger diameter into a smaller one to accommodate the saw. This is where I find machinery limiting. They can cut fast, but that’s about all they can do. With a frame saw that I plan on making it’ll cut slower, but I’m not limited. This is one reason I choose to work with hand tools over power tools, it frees me rather than constrains me. Having said that, if you're in business then machinery is a must for survival.
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10th December 2020, 07:01 PM #34
Ian you were correct all along. It was the bearing that were shot. I re-sawed one 8" (200mm) dia. like through butter. The blade I replaced with the last one I had carbon 3/4" 3 tpi. Like you said it should sail through and it did. However, a new BI metal blade 1" (27mm) 1.3tpi has been ordered as I don't believe I will have the same luck with those large pieces. Friggin bearings.
Well, out of that one small log I managed to get 4 useable 1 1/4" thick boards. I would rather use the word pieces as they're not very big at all.
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I don't think I'll get any use out of the one in the middle. All that's left to do is to sticker them outside somewhere for the next year and a half. It'll be almost 2 years before I can use them. I'm glad it's done though and I've learned heaps. Thanks to everyone who contributed towards this successful outcome.
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10th December 2020, 07:08 PM #35
This is where some sort of sled can be a big help. If you take a slab off two opposite sides, it'll likely fit under your 300mm saw....
However, I do agree that becoming dependent on machines can be limiting. I've often limbered up & re-sawn boards by hand that were too wide for my (also 300mm) saw. You'll often see advice to cut wide boards down the middle so they'll fit your machine, then glue them back together after sawing them. Sorta defeats the purpose, imo...
Cheers,IW
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