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Mark

Your only a few hours away from us here in Bellingen although it will most likely be another few weeks before we can demo anything again as of today we are back to being water logged. All...

Bob

List price AUD$6000 for the petrol and AUD$7000 for the electric. The extra cost of the electric is the variable speed controller which allows 15amp single phase to run the 3.7kw 3phase...

Picture of our new Hobby Bandsaw we didnt manage to get to the Malaney Timber SHow.

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Uses 415mm diameter...

Its all down to surface areas. When all are setup for correct running you measure the surface areas in contact plus and friction reducing components. ie grease, bearings, oil, even air will affect...

Carl

Its not a replacement for a full kiln just an alternate to airdrying without the costs involved with kilns and running them.

The only drying system you can setup and walk away from is...

mathuranatha

where you are you have plenty of sun power so solar is the best.

There is however a halfway system between kiln and air dry which I have used for many years with good results....

Carl

bring a couple of small logs upto Malaney next week (one for your Lucas and one for my EcoSaw) and you can have a play on both and maybe get some ideas on how to mod the Lucas or your...

In general all this information is correct but you do get the odd log which defies known knowledge.

I have had a few red ironbark and one red bloodwood do the total opposite with the board...

Bob

video only done on mobil phone as the batteries failed on the VC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhfE-WufzWU

We actually cleaned up a lot of rubbish lying around, processed some old,...

There are two courses TAFF do for timber grading.

one is grading sawn timber and the other is grading logs. Both are two day courses and with hire of classroom, visit to timber yard or sawmill...

BobL

did you use a crosscut or ripping saw blade. makes a big difference in how the saw will work including heating up. Might need to reduce the number of tips on the saw. Big advantage is the...

BobL

electric hand tools.

if you mount a router you are then looking at a meansto dress your slab.

If you also have an accessory in the form of side moving end clamping you have an...

BobL

have you thought of a jig so you can mount a ripsaw or skillsaw to the rail as an option to the chainsaw. If the slab is only a few inchs thick it would work well. If you made the jig for...

Best milled green.

However, it has been found that trees covered by water in flooded dams or those logs salvaged from the bottom of rivers, although they have not dried out they have become...

Bob

do yo find the 1" x 1" ok or due you prefer bigger:U

Bob

I agree with you about the remote throttle.

remote throttle is always the way to go if you want to save your back. Unfortunatly they are NOT supplied with the chainsaws when you buy them...

Bob

seems your sapplings are a little small :hahaha:

Bob

you will find with most chainsaw mills when you are getting to the end of the log both you and the log will be close to the ground.

Most users of these types of mill ours or others will...

It all depends on the timber you are using and your milling process. example: timber like Bloodwood is very stable but would only work as weatherboard if backsawn as it has a tendancy to split along...

I will have to take up the Radial Milling argument here.

Like I have said before, NOT ALL hardwoods are good for tappered weatherboards as some have the tendancy to split along the grain so need...

It also depends on the timber you are using.

A good deal of hardwoods will actually split if quatersawn due to the grain so your better off with backsawn.

Are you Radial milling your...

If your doing high quantities of slabs you will get the best results by using 4" vertical bandsaws. You will however need to take the log to the mill.

Cheapest are the Alaskan type slabbing...

Dazzler

Normally I would agree with you its a way of life.

However this time the area has been deemed a disaster area twice in 6 weeks with the last measured rainfall nearly twice what has...

Bob

Its a matter of educating everyone possible about salvage.

The storms we had last week must have knocked over 1000's of trees. Our road had a tree every 100m and the next road every 50m....

Bob

thats the intension. I already have a few on there for the EcoSaw mills. I guess I should have a video of all our products but when your a one man demo its a bit hard to hold the video...

Bob

On our monorail I have found that when you extend you can tension the rail with wirerope and turnbuckle. You will need to play a bit for your particular setup but by attaching at a number...

thanks bob

we have organised to video the processor under full speed so if you cant get it the day we will at least have a cd to send out.

Will be trying a number of chain alternatives to see...

Actually just Saturday Morning 18 April 2009

We are demonstating our Commercial Firewood Processor Saturday morning near Port Macquarie, NSW.

If your interested in attending please call for...

karl

This is the sort of feedback which gets modifications done.

As the EcoSaw has always had two riving knives I can confirm that you are right and it does prevent the operator from doing...

With electric its not just the price of the motor its the controls you need. The 3phase is better but even though a motor will only cost a few hundred the control system for it (ie the starter) can...

Peter

You are best to keep your rakers for smoother slabbing. They can play quite an important part of the rough sawn quality of the slab. You might want to just have them slightly bigger gap...

For ANYONE who wants to modify their mill.

Us manufactures are always modifying and improving our mills due to both competition and feedback from our customers as well as safety issues pressed on...

Neale

sometimes the wheel needs to be re-invented:doh:

with the new Lucasmill 10" and the EcoSaw 12.5" the need for backcuts will be reduced by a long way.

Dont know about Lucasmill owners...

Dudley

good to have all the info.

I new it was some sort of thirdparty problem and knowing what is happening in SA with our own brand I was certain that it was the blade or bolts causing the...

thought is was a dam:D

You may have noticed the reports from Coffs Harbour and Bellingen.

Twice in six weeks we have been made a disaster area.

Six weeks ago we had 496mm in 14hrs and up river they had 650mm. A...

Mathuranatha

Lucas and others drive their gearbox from the side so they only have a 90degree swing. Therefore to mill on the otherside of the log you need to rotate the milling head.

The...

timbertalk

as your in Coffs harbour you should pop down and see us. 35km shortest 50km through Bellingen on sealed road.

I have some shafts and hydraulic gear here you could look at.
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Bob

the free stuff is only for the industry safety. Im sure once we release it, it would just be a matter of time before it is modified or copied so for the sake of the swingers against other...

Bill

Last year a miller was killed in South Africa using a Lucasmill when the bolts sheered off leaving the bolt shanks in the hub.

Dont know if it was an operator fault or defective bolts....

Sigidi

If you think that logs float away you have been watching too many American movies.

Simple maths. Take the weight of water per cubic meter and take the weight of the log per cubic...

Peter

Clutch engage speed can be requested when ordering your clutch. We use 1200 to 1400rpm for our bandsaws. This speed enables you to run with choke and still not have an engaged clutch.
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Before removing anything give Lucas a call and ask them why the blade guards are welded on.

BLADE GUARDS are there for a reason and Lucas weld them on so you cannot remove them like you can on...

Sigidi

I wouldnt worry too much.

We have had no power all week with both rain and wind. Second time in 6 weeks our area has been deemed a disaster area.

I lost a set of rails under a few...

Sigidi

Now you have looked at your mill deeply we have at least one con amounst your pros. Im sure you have more in you if you really think about it and look hard?

There is no problem...

Im happy to sell just our milling head to anyone who recons they can build their own mill. I will also give you whatever help and advise needed.

Word of causion though - everyone who has done...

Damian

your right about the TV weather being a joke.

I worked at the European Centre for Midrange Weather Forcastes for 14 years as part of the team running the super computers doing the...

Peter

Cheaper and quieter to use belt drive as you can mess around with the speed ratios to get the right speed for the timber you are milling.

High speed gearbox's will cost a fortune and...

For light aircraft you can buy headphones which cancel out the noise. The way they work is to sample the background noise and playback the negitive of it. Works realy well for the person wearing...

WillBrook

you too seem to have missed the point of this thread. FC is NOT after your preference or opinion but Pros and Cons of the mills. Your opinion is just that but opinions are NOT pros...