found this in the ashes this evening....

OhioStihl · Dec 30, 2013

Better take that to the blacksmith shop and not waste it
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That's is what I thought when I saw the pic of the nail. Scotty will turn that into a rustic work of art.

Glad the saw missed it Scotty. Some of that good karma is coming back at you.

Scotty Overkill · Dec 30, 2013

I think I'll pound a nice rat tailed "S" hook our of it when we fire up the forge here next week.......

clemsonfor · Dec 30, 2013

Many mills in this area no longer run metal detectors? Ply mill do sent!!!

My IS heats my home · Dec 30, 2013

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Was a time in the PNW, "tree huggers" were spiking trees.
Many used ceramics so metal detectors would miss them.
Ruined lost of saw chain & saw mill equipment, dangerous to loggers.
Now, mills run logs thru metal detectors & scanners now, before running thru the saw.

"Tree spiking is a type of ecotage which is intended to prevent loggers from taking trees. In the United States, it is a federal felony, as of 1988."

"Tree spiking, or treespiking, is a form of industrial sabotage (or "ecotage", or "ecoterrorism") which involves a person spiking an iron rod or some ..."

"Tree spiking was more recently described in Earth First! co-founderDave Foreman's bookEcodefenseas a way that environmental activists could thwart logging operations. It involves driving large metal nails (16d or larger) or spikes deep into trees scheduled to be logged, then warning the logging company or public officials that the area's trees had been spiked. The theory is that companies would then not log because the spikes could damage sawmill equipment. To avoid this, some sawmill operators check trees with metal detectors prior to milling, and in turn Foreman advocates the use of ceramic spikes which quickly become impossible to detect."
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I have friend who has a small mill, on recycled materials they will use a X-ray type machine to spot any foreign objects before working with the wood.

Mastermind · Dec 31, 2013

I cut into a 3/8" log chain with a saw once.......wrecked a nice new 36" chain.....

MasterMech · Dec 31, 2013

Mastermind said: ↑

I cut into a 3/8" log chain with a saw once.......wrecked a nice new 36" chain.....
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Yeouch! So was the chain in the tree or one you were using?

bogydave · Dec 31, 2013

My Oslo heats my home said: ↑

I have friend who has a small mill, on recycled materials they will use a X-ray type machine to spot any foreign objects before working with the wood.
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Saves saw blades & orients the log to
Maximize the usable board feet

clemsonfor · Dec 31, 2013

Good too see you here randy. Right as I join AS you end up parting!! Dang it!

Mastermind · Dec 31, 2013

MasterMech said: ↑

Yeouch! So was the chain in the tree or one you were using?
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Yep.....and it was in a willow tree that my wife planted.....I was the one that hung the piece of chain in the crotch. Oh.....about 25 years ago. Willows grow really fast.

clemsonfor · Dec 31, 2013

I just found a piece of wire in mine. Fence wire like 1/16 round strand wire. Was in a big pine split.

MasterMech · Dec 31, 2013

Mastermind said: ↑

Yep.....and it was in a willow tree that my wife planted.....I was the one that hung the piece of chain in the crotch. Oh.....about 25 years ago. Willows grow really fast.
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I helped a girl cut up a decent sized Oak just down the lane from my house, and I have never seen so much metal in a tree. Hose hangars, lag bolts, wire, utility insulators, you name it, it was in there. Thrashed 7 chains (all repairable). It was like a tree with braces.

Yes, she was very good looking.