Where have all the Ripsaw users gone?

[gemniii]

There used to be several RipSaw users here, about the time I came aboard. Have they all died out?

http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=109451&highlight=ripsaw

 

[BIG JAKE]

There used to be several RipSaw users here, about the time I came aboard. Have they all died out?

http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=109451&highlight=ripsaw

No-still here. Only been out milling one time this year. I need one more truck and trailer load of firewood this weekend then the milling will start as I still need alot of lumber to finish my porch. I'm going to try to mill every weekend unless something else comes up!

 

[DaltonPaull]

I still have my ripsaw but I've been doing most of my milling with the Alaskan. I'll probably do some quartersawing with the ripsaw next month.

 

[smokinj]

Who sales the ripsaws?

 

[mtngun]

Who sales the ripsaws?

The ripsaw company.

 

[smokinj]

The ripsaw company.

They dont give a whole lot of info about how much are they?

 

[DaltonPaull]

Prices are on there. Website says they start at $1589

 

[smokinj]

Prices are on there. Website says they start at $1589

Thanks they do look like the ticket for 1/4 sawing.

 

[gemniii]

Who sales the ripsaws?

There's two websites, the ripsaw.com and http://www.rip-saw.net/ripsaw.html

The latter I THINK is the more recent.

more to come
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So I called Ripsaw. Per phone con with a nice Southern Lady at Ripsaw Monday Jan 4th 2010 about 0915 -
she's not sure if or when production will resume but it will only produce the adapter for the Stihl MS361. They do not have a backstock of adapters

So - back to the search for a truly portable bandsaw solution.

It looks like since then they have got back in production. Their number is 256-728-3070, which is long distance for me.

 

[DaltonPaull]

Thanks they do look like the ticket for 1/4 sawing.

That's a big part of why I bought it but I'm still trying to work out a good way to hold the cants for quartersawing.

 

[smokinj]

That's a big part of why I bought it but I'm still trying to work out a good way to hold the cants for quartersawing.

Let me know when you figure it out!

 

[BIG JAKE]

The beauty of them is you don't need any equipment to move logs to the mill, just slice it up where it lays. They are really fast. Look at some of Woodshop's posts he's done a lot with his. Probably mothballed the thing because he has too much lumber, he-he!

 

[BIG JAKE]

That's a big part of why I bought it but I'm still trying to work out a good way to hold the cants for quartersawing.

Woodshop also has a thread about a sawhorse he made to hold logs/cants-really neat setup.

 

[smokinj]

Woodshop also has a thread about a sawhorse he made to hold logs/cants-really neat setup.

Holding cants or 1/4 sawn?

 

[BIG JAKE]

Holding cants or 1/4 sawn?

You might want to PM him about the 1/4 sawn-From looking at his posts he'd just mill the log into cants, then slice it up. When you get to the pith and the growth rings are perpendicular to the cut those boards are 1/4 sawn lumber. I'd guess he'd just separate the 1/4 sawn boards and mill on-then the next log you do the same thing-easier that way. If you set out to just 1/4 saw a log your gonna have to do a lot of log manipulation and deal with the associated waste lumber also. In my neck of the woods we don't have those kinds of hardwoods growing it's all conifer and urban trees, so I haven't had to work out a method. He did have a nice set of adjustable saw horses he made taylored to the Ripsaw. If you look at 'em you could probably come up with an idea for some adustable dogs that would be workable for the purpose. But the reason I mentioned him is because in the Ripsaw realm I'd consider him the go-to guy he milled some beautiful stuff-alot. No screwing around with moving logs either which was the attraction for me. http://www.scottbanbury.com/qsawmethod2.pdf

 

[BIG JAKE]

Woodshop's saw horses

Here's the thread: http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=37392

 

[offgridchris]

after ripsaw information

i hope to be a ripsaw user. i just need to find out if the ripsaw will take my stihl ms880? the lewis winch i have just got had to be slightly modified ( a little filing). also has anybody used the carriage?

ive been chainsaw milling the timber for our oak frame. now im after a bandsaw for all the cladding and boards. possibly shingles????

 

[Hillbilly3995]

I just realized their outfit is only about an hour or so West of me....

may be a road trip in the future.

I think they should donate a rig for evaluation...To me of course...

 

[BIG JAKE]

i hope to be a ripsaw user. i just need to find out if the ripsaw will take my stihl ms880? the lewis winch i have just got had to be slightly modified ( a little filing). also has anybody used the carriage?

ive been chainsaw milling the timber for our oak frame. now im after a bandsaw for all the cladding and boards. possibly shingles????

No-the 066/660 is the biggest powerhead you can use on the ripsaw, but that would be overkill. The smallest powerhead I've used on it was the 039 and it drives it fine. I've since gotten rid of the 039 and plan on using the 046 to drive it this year. I recently picked up a Makita DCS 6401 which would be perfect for the ripsaw, but my ripsaw is configured for Stihl powerheads.

 

[peterrum]

Where's Woodshop

Does anyone know what happened to Woodshop, he hasnt been on in a long time, really enjoy his threads.