What? No bandsaw milling threads?

[Sawdust Man]

Cut a piece of Mimosa this evening.

 

[Sawdust Man]

Did that today.

 

[Mastermind]

Neatest looking lumber stacks I've ever seen.

 

[Sawdust Man]

Neatest looking lumber stacks I've ever seen.

Thank you sir.

Better stacks make better lumber, and I hate building with warped sub-par lumber.

 

[Mastermind]

@Sawdust Man I kept going back to this picture you posted in my mind.



My mill is small. Only has the ability to cut down 6" till I hit the top of cant. But I used this to cut a poplar 10x10 this evening. As you well know, cutting a 2x into 2 1" boards can be a challenge if the lumber wants to bow up or down much. Once I was down to a 6x10, I left the boards on the mill till I'd sawn the whole cant up. Nothing moved at all. Thank you for teaching me this trick.

 

[Sawdust Man]

@Sawdust Man I kept going back to this picture you posted in my mind.

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My mill is small. Only has the ability to cut down 6" till I hit the top of cant. But I used this to cut a poplar 10x10 this evening. As you well know, cutting a 2x into 2 1" boards can be a challenge if the lumber wants to bow up or down much. Once I was down to a 6x10, I left the boards on the mill till I'd sawn the whole cant up. Nothing moved at all. Thank you for teaching me this trick.

Oops.... I didn't mean to teach anybody anything.....lol


I almost always leave the boards on the cant.... as long as it's not a piece with a really bad attitude, it'll stay put with the weight of the boards.
If it's a bad piece.... just go ahead and get mad...and plan on being defeated....

 

[Mastermind]

Oops.... I didn't mean to teach anybody anything.....lol


I almost always leave the boards on the cant.... as long as it's not a piece with a really bad attitude, it'll stay put with the weight of the boards.
If it's a bad piece.... just go ahead and get mad...and plan on being defeated....

I appreciate you posting about your milling adventures. I need all the help I can get.

 

[Sawdust Man]

I appreciate you posting about your milling adventures. I need all the help I can get.

You're welcome boss!
I enjoy bragging as much as the next guy....

 

[Mastermind]

You're welcome boss!
I enjoy bragging as much as the next guy....

Did you figure out what was causing the odd cut you posted about?

 

[Sawdust Man]

Did you figure out what was causing the odd cut you posted about?

No, I decided not to try too hard to figure it out while I was cutting the white pine because that's something I'd never milled before, so I don't necessarily know how it outta behave.... I thought maybe it's just what happens when you saw wide white pine?
Probably wishful thinking, but I figure eliminating the variables is a reasonable approach.

 

[Mastermind]

No, I decided not to try too hard to figure it out while I was cutting the white pine because that's something I'd never milled before, so I don't necessarily know how it outta behave.... I thought maybe it's just what happens when you saw wide white pine?
Probably wishful thinking, but I figure eliminating the variables is a reasonable approach.

I can see sappy wood causing some odd happenings.

 

[Sawdust Man]

I can be sappy wood causing some odd happenings.

Yes, that's what several people on the other site thought could be my problem.
I'm thinking something mechanical, or a hormonic issue....but we'll see what happens when I start sawing again tomorrow or Friday.

 

[Mastermind]

Yes, that's what several people on the other site thought could be my problem.
I'm thinking something mechanical, or a hormonic issue....but we'll see what happens when I start sawing again tomorrow or Friday.

I've talked to a few local guys who mill a lot of pine. Most use diesel fuel for blade lube.

 

[Sawdust Man]

I've talked to a few local guys who mill a lot of pine. Most use diesel fuel for blade lube.

I mix powdered laundry soap into my lube water.... generally it's sufficient, but when I get a really goopy pine I'll spray diesel on the blade periodically to keep it from gumming up.
Never tried running straight diesel, it probably works wonders.

 

[Ketchup]

Pine sap is oil soluable. I get it out of my clothes with mineral oil. I bet that’s why the diesel
works.

 

[Mastermind]

I mix powdered laundry soap into my lube water.... generally it's sufficient, but when I get a really goopy pine I'll spray diesel on the blade periodically to keep it from gumming up.
Never tried running straight diesel, it probably works wonders.

I use a little Dawn in my water. Haven't had a problem.....yet. Lol

 

[JIMG]

I put a router sled together to run on the mill rails. It could use some tweaks but the initial results were pretty satisfying. The big plank shown was a plain sawn hard maple slab cut at over 2" thick. It developed a severe twist while set aside to dry. The sled brought it back to flat at about 1 1/4" thick, 18" wide.

 

[Sawdust Man]

I put a router sled together to run on the mill rails. It could use some tweaks but the initial results were pretty satisfying. The big plank shown was a plain sawn hard maple slab cut at over 2" thick. It developed a severe twist while set aside to dry. The sled brought it back to flat at about 1 1/4" thick, 18" wide.



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Slick!
Patent it....no joking...

 

[Sawdust Man]

Today's stuff....
Ugly chunk of white oak somebody wanted slabbed....


Mimosa....

I gotta spread em out and hit em with the hose for better display.

 

[Sawdust Man]

And a bit of dinky cedar....






Got chattery cuts in the mimosa & oak, but nice and smooth in the cedar.
I guess there's still something outta whack somewhere.