how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[Workshop]

Morning everybody.

 

[nbbt]

Morning MW'er. +25f to start our morning and likely to be a cloudy one with +26f being suggested for the daily warmup.

 

[Sawdust Man]

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Mornin.
31/51 sun and clouds.

 

[JimBear]

Supposed to be mid 30’s here today & windy again …

 

[JimBear]

Mama had the living room @ 85* this morning & was still cold. I was in the kitchen with porch door open & thought I was going to have a heat stroke.

That menopause is a brutal thing ..

 

[Semotony]

Got to 34 here in the Blacksnake Hills today.

Above freezing!

33° they claim now guessing for 47° awhile later, believe it when it's felt

 

[Sawdust Man]

Chainsaw related question....

Seems a lot of people have a strong dislike for spur drive sprockets.
Does it affect the rate at which the saw cuts? or is it something else?
Cut rate is really all I care about with saws since that's what they're for anyway.....as long as a spur doesn't cause catastrophic failure of bearings or something.

 

[Semotony]

Cuz the LT 35 or 40 is what I’m looking at right now.

There is a used mill site out there. Been too long since I looked at it to give directions. Seek and ye shall find

 

[nbbt]

Windy as **uck and +27f already.

And today is the start of the polar plunge fundraisers in MN for those looking to do some supporting of special Olympics.

 

[67L36Driver]

Chainsaw related question....

Seems a lot of people have a strong dislike for spur drive sprockets.
Does it affect the rate at which the saw cuts? or is it something else?
Cut rate is really all I care about with saws since that's what they're for anyway.....as long as a spur doesn't cause catastrophic failure of bearings or something.

About equal in performance IMHO.

A spur/drum is 15-25 bucks when the teeth get bad. A rim sprocket is 3-6 bucks.

 

[Only the Tony]

Morning MW'er. +25f to start our morning and likely to be a cloudy one with +26f being suggested for the daily warmup.

I am tired and read that so wrong the first time. Though I was in the NSP thread.

Chainsaw related question....

Seems a lot of people have a strong dislike for spur drive sprockets.
Does it affect the rate at which the saw cuts? or is it something else?
Cut rate is really all I care about with saws since that's what they're for anyway.....as long as a spur doesn't cause catastrophic failure of bearings or something.

About equal in performance IMHO.

A spur/drum is 15-25 bucks when the teeth get bad. A rim sprocket is 3-6 bucks.

This and the ability to do a quick change by pulling a clip off and swapping in about 30 seconds. You want to change bar length and go from a 7 pin to an 8. Easy peasy.

 

[Only the Tony]

Crunchy water launching this morning. Crappie have moved off brush and scattered for now, could only catch some whites but still had fun. Otter was playing on the ice for a while.

 

[Jetmd]

Today’s afternoon bake

 

[Workshop]

Chainsaw related question....

Seems a lot of people have a strong dislike for spur drive sprockets.
Does it affect the rate at which the saw cuts? or is it something else?
Cut rate is really all I care about with saws since that's what they're for anyway.....as long as a spur doesn't cause catastrophic failure of bearings or something.

Spur drive is probably easier to install at the factory. Those guys are always looking for faster ways to build things. I’m happy with either one but I’ll take a rim drive over a spur anytime if given a choice. From what I’ve seen everything comes factory with a seven pin drive (correct me if I’m wrong), whether spur or rim. I put an 8 pin on my 390, it’s a rim drive.

 

[Hedgerow]

Haven’t un crated it yet..

8” helical drum jointer..

Gonna get some perfect boards hopefully..

 

[Hedgerow]

Chainsaw related question....

Seems a lot of people have a strong dislike for spur drive sprockets.
Does it affect the rate at which the saw cuts? or is it something else?
Cut rate is really all I care about with saws since that's what they're for anyway.....as long as a spur doesn't cause catastrophic failure of bearings or something.

Either are fine.

Rims are best, but only cuz they are cheap to replace. And scale able.. The spur is attached to the drum and therefore more expensive to replace .. $20. Vs $9.. that’s about it.

 

[Hedgerow]

There is a used mill site out there. Been too long since I looked at it to give directions. Seek and ye shall find

Yeah…

Used LT 40 for $35,000

I can buy a new one right now for $33,000

The used market is out of touch right now. Factory wants to sell units too bad.

 

[Hedgerow]

I found a Norwood HD 36 with hydraulic package built by our friend Dave Boyte..

May go look at it.

Some of you remember him from the GTG’s..

 

[Sawdust Man]

Thanks for the feedback on sprockets guys.....I feel smarter now.

As long as it's not a major preference issue, I really don't care one way or the other.
I actually kinda like spurs because they're easier to load a new chain vs a rim sprocket floating around dodging the chain drivers.

Doesn't really matter because most of my saws have rims, but I've got a few with spurs and thought maybe I really needed to change em over before they exploded or something...lol.

 

[Sawdust Man]

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Haven’t un crated it yet..

8” helical drum jointer..

Gonna get some perfect boards hopefully..

Awesome, I'm jealous.....

That will run amazingly quiet compared to a regular cutter head.

It will make flat boards outta warped ones so easily it will make you smile.