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T minus 8 days and counting....

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  1. Hedgerow

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    Very cool...
     
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  2. swags

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    Well todays the day isn't it Scotty? Were expected top notch video here, cant wait to see it.
     
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    Agreed. Waiting.... (im)patiently. :)
     
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  4. Scotty Overkill

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    Had some technical difficulties already......a bolt broke on the front headblock and when the carriage was coming back past the blade the headblock log dog ran throght the saw.......destroyed quite a few teeth on the 48" blade......not a good day.

    So now, we installed a 52" blade on the mill and are repairing the headblock.......should have some pics and a video later......
     
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  5. papadave

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    Well, I'd like that post, but that wouldn't be right.
    Glad he's got a backup blade.
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    I thought the same thing. Wanted to like it. But thats not something I would "Like" to happen to anyone.

    Glad he has another blade. Ive been waiting about 8 days for this. :)
     
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    Yeah major brain fart on my part took my eyes off the saw for a sec and it wasn't pretty. Taking donations for a new back up blade.
     
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    That really sucks, what's a 48" blade like that cost ?
     
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  9. Scotty Overkill

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    Its actually a 50" Simonds replaceable tooth blade...and its really expensive........
    Might be cheaper to just buy a brand MS880 and a 6' bar!!
     
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  10. cwn877

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    Brand new without shanks and teeth $1600 with $2100
     
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    wow that's not cheap
     
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  12. cwn877

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    No will do some shopping around. They last along time if you pay attention to what you are doing. We finished the day out good after a slow start.
     
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    For sure they are not cheap. That sounds really nasty and something bad could have came out of that. Glad not injuries were reported. Those dogs just don't cut very easy do they Scott?!
     
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  14. Scotty Overkill

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    No, they don't......thankfully no one was hurt, that's the important thing. We'll find a blade and new teeth, at least we still have the 52" blade which is in good shape, and also the experience of what happened fresh in our minds.
     
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    Scott and my sister got some pics and video so hopefully soon they will be loaded.
     
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    Some pics......

    John and I setting a log up on the carriage
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    good shot of the first slab off of a pine log
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    a shot of a cant being lined up for the next cut.....probably my favorite picture of the day.....
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    Some more.....
    a nice shot of the blade entering a big white pine log
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    a nice pine cant being slabbed into siding boards.....
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    a view during the cut of the above cant....
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    And more...

    John and I on the loader end, spinning the log onto the carriage...
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    some of the finished product.....
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    And a few more...
    running a slab off of a big white pine log....
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    finished product...
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    Good view of the log being squared up before slabbing...
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    the sawdust exiting the vacuum chute
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    Chris oiling the blade at the end of the day...
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    The day's casualty.....notice the broken shank and missing teeth/locks....
    This was where it caught the log dog early in the morning. Thankfully, we had the spare 52" blade or else the day would have been shot.....and thank God, no one was injured......
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    I'll upload my two videos in a bit. I just wanted to say that Chris's sister Jamie took all the photos, and I think she did a fantastic job! She's got a good eye, and a good camera....Kudo's Jamie!!:thumbs:
     
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