Nikko
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Thanks for the info. I believe the mill is the larger one and we found it in a barn, minus the sled etc. I picked up a used 33" bar yesterday hoping it would work - sounds like it will.
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
In my experience...a bandmill will generally cut smoother boards than a chainsaw mill. A chainsaw mill will generally cut flatter boards than a bandmill. This is with sharp cutters on both mills and both properly set up. If you think about it for a minute this makes sense. There is much less flex in a chainsaw bar than there is in a bandmill blade. There is much less kerf on a bandmill blade and the set is small and stiff. Both mills can produce good lumber and there is a place for both of them. Try getting a bandmill on the side of one of these mountains around here. Some places are just not accessible.
Rodney my friend... go back and re-read my posts in this thread if you must, but I never "called the man" anything, just disagreed with Slabmasters assessment of the differences between a csm and a bandmills ability to mill flat boards. My experiences with both mills differed from his, and I expressed that. As some one who has disagreed with just about everybody here in the past... you should understand that one....So the thing is, I don't find a thing wrong with what Slabmaster was saying. I do however, have a little trouble with all you called the man...
Friend? Most likely not. Several reasons for that. Right off the top of my head is two or three posts like this one on this thread alone. The biggest one, You just ain't that damn important to me.Rodney my friend... go back and re-read my posts in this thread if you must, but I never "called the man" anything, just disagreed with Slabmasters assessment of the differences between a csm and a bandmills ability to mill flat boards. My experiences with both mills differed from his, and I expressed that. As some one who has disagreed with just about everybody here in the past... you should understand that one.
As for me having "yes men" ? ...sheeeeesh... that's a little demeaning to the rest of us here ain't it? From what I've seen past couple years I've been here, all of the regular posters here are perfectly capable of speaking for themselves... don't ya think? If some happen to agree with me on something (and fortunately not everybody does), maybe it's because... they agree with me?
Here is a real interesting link with great milling pictures I came across while doing a search on a GB mill.
http://woodgears.ca/chainsaw_mill/index.html
Even with that large log your cutting in the picture,if you look about half way down the top you can see the rise in the middle of the log.That's the wagon tongue effect you get from a bandmill.A thinner blade will never cut a flatter board than a wide blade.Bandblades aren't even close to being as wide or stable in the cut as chainsaw bar and chain width.It's common since,that a scroll saw won't cut as strait as a hand saw in the cut because it isn't as wide or stable going down the slab.Mark
I've said this before, but once again it bears repeating. One of the problems with forums and even chat rooms where you can interact with people in real time via IM, is that it's just a very poor excuse for a face to face conversation. The tone of your voice, the inflection of it, facial expressions... all the little signals and info we unknowingly (or sometimes knowingly ) give off when we are talking to some one are missing in a forum. All you have is words, which often can be taken several ways, often depending on your mindset reading them in the first place. Thus, if you're dealing with the type of person who you generally have to walk on eggshells to begin with so as not to offend them even talking face to face, in a forum like this it is virtually impossible not to ruffle their feathers. Folks... ya just can't take this stuff too seriously, gosh you're gonna die WAY before your time!! In this case, could I have taken more time and perhaps chosen my words more carefully so as to be absolutely positively dang sure what I wrote wouldn't be taken the wrong way or too seriously and thus offend somebody? ...um... sure, I could have... do I want to have to do that every time I stop by this computer and jump online for a few minutes? NOT... I'm mildly sarcastic by nature... "maybe where you come from folks don't know how to set up a bandmill"... and with the vast majority of folks on here, I simply don't have to work that hard. Nor do they for me. For those few in that small category, I honestly do feel sorry for ya. I've only carried this (responding to it) as far as I have because I wanted to make a point. Usually, like most folks here, it's just ignored... life's too short. Use that time instead to MILL MORE WOOD!!!
Speaking of which, (WARNING, more friendly sarcasm coming) I've been given a 48" dia tulip poplar log I'm going to tackle this Sat if it doesn't rain. I'm going to use my chainsaw mill to cut it down to VERY strait VERY flat cants before I mill those cants into wavy boards with the Ripsaw bandmill.
Well said Dave , Kind regards from the yes man Matildasmate:hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange:
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