Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[John_Mc]

Can we all please not derail this thread into yet more political BS? There are plenty of places I can go to get a dose of that. TBN is not the place I seek out for that, and particularly not on a thread entitled "Tractors and wood!..."

 

[hunt4570]

So we might have covered this but do any of you sharpen your own band sawmill bands? What do you use and how do you like it? And what about teeth setting??

 

[Oldpath05]

So we might have covered this but do any of you sharpen your own band sawmill bands? What do you use and how do you like it? And what about teeth setting??

Here you go Shane>>>

My son likes hand on do it your self so 8 years ago I bought the Woodmizer combo, still bout the same price and took about two months to get it, might be longer now, stone and oil is extra. BMS250 and BMT250 Combo Bundle

 

[Oldpath05]

Can we all please not derail this thread into yet more political BS? There are plenty of places I can go to get a dose of that. TBN is not the place I seek out for that, and particularly not on a thread entitled "Tractors and wood!..."

I haven't noticed any political BS, should be shut down most of the ones that started this thread are gone, put your mask mittens on you'll be alright............

 

[hunt4570]

Here you go Shane>>>

My son likes hand on do it your self so 8 years ago I bought the Woodmizer combo, still bout the same price and took about two months to get it, might be longer now, stone and oil is extra. BMS250 and BMT250 Combo Bundle

Ouch, 5 grand?? I was looking at the basic model which is still automatic of just a sharpener not setter and it’s 800 bucks. Looks to work identical to the one you showed.
And how often do you set the teeth. And who the heck is Shane?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I use to do both, sharpen and set all of my bands, but for the last couple years I've been taking them to a guy that does an excellent job, for $7.00 ea. and let him do them.

OK, I won't mention team "sniff and blow", don't want to upset the crowd!!
SR

 

[hunt4570]

I use to do both, sharpen and set all of my bands, but for the last couple years I've been taking them to a guy that does an excellent job, for $7.00 ea. and let him do them.

OK, I won't mention team "sniff and blow", don't want to upset the crowd!!
SR

So why did you go to letting someone else sharpen them for you? I have a stack of dull blades, "they" say I can get 5 sharpening's each , if that's the case with as few as I go through in a year I could get a sharpener for $800 ish and never buy another blade.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

There's a learning curve to --------> properly sharpening bands, it's sometimes a steep curve. They need to be set too...

At 7 bucks to get them "properly" set and sharpened , it's well worth it to me to not have to deal with it.

SR

 

[two_bit_score]

There's a learning curve to --------> properly sharpening bands, it's sometimes a steep curve. They need to be set too...

At 7 bucks to get them "properly" set and sharpened , it's well worth it to me to not have to deal with it.

SR

$7 sounds incredibly reasonable.

 

[BackRoad]

Gentlemen...

Any ideas on how much of a gap in time is generally safe for Maple to be cut down - before being milled...and still have good wood (not stained)?

And similar question for pine, if it's off the ground?

For Northern PA...