Page 9 of 18 FirstFirst ... 4567891011121314 ... LastLast
Results 121 to 135 of 259

Thread: Surprise!

  1. #121
    FenceFurniture's Avatar
    FenceFurniture is offline The prize lies beneath - hidden in full view
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Location
    1017m up in Katoomba, NSW
    Posts
    10,649

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post
    Re the rip blade ............slow but steady wins the race
    Hmmmm, but better than before?
    Regards, FenceFurniture

    COLT DRILLS GROUP BUY
    Jan-Feb 2019 Click to send me an email

  2. # ADS
    Google Adsense Advertisement
    Join Date
    Always
    Location
    Advertising world
    Posts
    Many





     
  3. #122
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Perth
    Posts
    27,756

    Default

    You would be much better off with a small alaskan mill like this.

    Sorry I only have the mostly "schlomo" version uploaded on youtube.



    After watching a few seconds the rest is more or less the same.

    Thats a 71cc saw running a 3/8 Lopro chain sharpened to a ripping profile - its about 30% narrower than regular 3/8 chain.

  4. #123
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Camden, NSW
    Age
    74
    Posts
    3,576

    Default

    Thanks Bob. The timber I’m cutting is already roughly milled to 150 x 150 and what I was looking for (and thought I had bought!) was something like a Haddon Mill where you screw a guide to the timber and then cut at 90 deg to that guide. I’ve also seen them described as a beam saw or beam saw jig?
    My current one tracks along (an inadequate!) triangular extrusion which allows a lot of rotation. I have seen another, and will try to find a link, where a ‘saddle’ fits over a 6 x2 fixed to the workpiece.
    a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!

  5. #124
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Camden, NSW
    Age
    74
    Posts
    3,576

    Default

    a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!

  6. #125
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Perth
    Posts
    27,756

    Default

    Yep you ned to be able to completely lock it down and kill that rotation.

    I made a similar thing that rides on a 3.5 m long, 70 x 35 mm RHS galv steel beam. Mine has multiple fine adjustment capabilities and can operate using the back of the bar so that forces the sawdust down instead of up all over the operator. The other benefit is it will work at any angle even upside down if needed.

    I still don't think its' as good as an alaskan for accurate milling.

    I use mine mainly for making park furniture out of whole logs.
    cutting1.jpg Hcut2.jpg Sofa3.jpg

  7. #126
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Location
    Brisbane (western suburbs)
    Age
    77
    Posts
    12,093

    Default

    Alan, I think it would be pretty difficult not to get some twisting with such a lightweight guide - you are extending it past its design limits, I reckon!. But if you are getting consistent results and the laminates are coming off close to parallel, wot's the worry? Presumably you are allowing a bit extra in width for trimming after glue-up, so it should all end up square after clean-up??

    Something like this "Ripper Mill" gives you the stiffness you are after, but this would be a bit too bulky for you current job: pic 1 Carriage.jpg pic2 carriage on rail.jpg

    There are lugs on the rail so it can be screwed onto the log (roofing screws are ideal). Roll the saw onto the guide, set the distance & blade angle & away you go: sawing camphor.jpg

    I think it was made somewhere up the road (Sunshine Coast area)??. My old pot bought it about 30 years ago & I inherited it about 15 years ago. It's the bees' knees for logs over about 500mm diameter and heavy enough to sit stably while you are pushing the saw through. Gotta love the handle attachment he made for it, with a bicycle gear-cable jury-rigged to the throttle. The 070 died a few years ago, and I had to get a replacement. The old handle can't easily be adapted to the new saw, so on the few occasions I've used it, since, I had to just pull the saw through by its normal handle - makes it 3 times the work! I'll get a round tuit & make a new handle someday, but I don't do much milling any more - my body tells me it's not as much fun as it used to be...

    Cheers,
    IW

  8. #127
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Location
    North Of The Boarder
    Age
    68
    Posts
    16,794

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post
    No, the first 2 we did were quite square but the 2 I did today were both equally UNsquare? The petrol saw is considerably heavier so that might have something to do with it. For the next one/s, I’ll cant the guide board.
    Re the rip blade ............slow but steady wins the race
    Sounds like an Oregon I got you milled and cut timber for. Good job you've had you eyes fixed

  9. #128
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Camden, NSW
    Age
    74
    Posts
    3,576

    Default

    I’m back on to the project. Basically, cutting the multiple laminations for the curved pieces has been making too much dust because the poorest part of my dust collection regime has been the above blade collection on the table saw. It had to be fixed! That job led to another ..... and another ..... and another!
    Today I cut enough laminations (with little dust!) to finish the job and glued and clamped another curved rail...

    1F5848EB-4B24-4406-8370-3DA565FCAEFD.jpg

    I trialled the dowel joining of the curved sections to the posts. The self-centring dowel jig won’t drill on the centreline of a curved piece so I corrected it by packing out one side by 2.5mm.

    36D0949F-6B33-43EE-B01F-F6C472FCBDFA.jpg

    The posts were drilled with with the same jig by drawing a centre line on the post AND REMOVING THE 2.5mm PACKING

    B09C22A1-A0F4-4E62-B795-386715DFFCF8.jpg 81585FBC-613D-44BE-93CD-5D334DD5780F.jpg

    One of my concerns was how well the straight face of the post would merge with the curved face of the rail but I now don’t think I have a problem...

    53A173DB-0BCA-4D03-8D6E-DFB373411BA5.jpg
    a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!

  10. #129
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Camden, NSW
    Age
    74
    Posts
    3,576

    Default

    Yay, last curved rail is in the former........... unless I change the design AGAIN?

    DD8370D8-BC10-4F42-B931-0A47A0389A18.jpg

    Mind you, that does bring epic amounts of sanding even closer
    a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!

  11. #130
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Location
    Brisbane (western suburbs)
    Age
    77
    Posts
    12,093

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post
    .....One of my concerns was how well the straight face of the post would merge with the curved face of the rail but I now don’t think I have a problem...
    Dontcha remember your high-school maths, Fletty? - if you take a small enough part of a circle, it's straight....

    Yuk, sanding, don't envy you one jot!

    Cheers,
    IW

  12. #131
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Location
    Sydney Upper North Shore
    Posts
    4,464

    Default

    What brands the doweling jig Fletty?

  13. #132
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Camden, NSW
    Age
    74
    Posts
    3,576

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Lappa View Post
    What brands the doweling jig Fletty?
    Ill check the box tomorrow but I doubt it’s a ‘prestige’ brand?
    a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!

  14. #133
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Camden, NSW
    Age
    74
    Posts
    3,576

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post
    Ill check the box tomorrow but I doubt it’s a ‘prestige’ brand?
    It appears to have NO BRAND but in the instructions it is referred to as ‘The Eagle’?
    I got it from Carbatec many years ago but the $79 price tag surprises me?

    B6EFECBA-2E01-4D5B-897F-721C8B47E004.jpg 6085D21C-3198-4310-A98B-E9E8ACE2A0E9.jpg 6C586425-51E2-452B-A554-79C55368AD8C.jpg
    a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!

  15. #134
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Location
    Sydney Upper North Shore
    Posts
    4,464

    Default

    Found that Eagle item. $85 used, up to $170 new.

  16. #135
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Camden, NSW
    Age
    74
    Posts
    3,576

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Lappa View Post
    Found that Eagle item. $85 used, up to $170 new.
    $79 doesn’t surprise me anymore!
    a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!

Page 9 of 18 FirstFirst ... 4567891011121314 ... LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. It's a Surprise
    By Rodgera in forum WOODIES JOKES
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 1st November 2017, 02:44 PM
  2. Bit of a surprise.
    By artme in forum TABLE SAWS & COMBINATIONS
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 22nd June 2016, 10:39 PM
  3. SURPRISE........surprise........
    By kcam in forum WOODTURNING - GENERAL
    Replies: 8
    Last Post: 20th September 2015, 08:22 PM
  4. Another surprise
    By plantagenon in forum WOODTURNING - PEN TURNING
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 7th August 2012, 10:19 PM
  5. Surprise
    By wheelinround in forum WOODIES JOKES
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 29th February 2008, 03:14 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •