@@toddsoutsideagain It took just that lol. We delivered it to my daughter yesterday. I love watching the lumber come off. Thanks Todd for the continued support.
New OS27 owner, sawed 20+ logs so far, building shed over mill now, similar to yours. Burned through 4 bands, of course nails inside the logs never work well :). I skid my own logs out on my land. Ash trees dead all over, upstate NY, they are hard wood. Dull a band quick. I have a chain saw sharpner would like to use on bands at some point. I am 69 yrs old and my family and friends think I am nuts buying a saw mill, maybe I am.... Learn something each episode. Thanks
@@squizz41 that's fantastic. I plan on using a sawmill until I can't lol. Check out my blade sharper videos. I don't have a playlist but it's under my popular videos. I use a chainsaw sharpener as well. 20 plus logs puts you on your way to having a grasp of the "hobby". You're doing great. Stay safe and happy milling.
@@squizz41 Sawmills are the cat’s ass. One of the most useful tools on a homestead plus you have opportunities to make a little money too. Jerry always has good sawmill videos
Nice work Jerry! Lots of sawyers have troubles with broken blades. I watched a few Woodmizer videos regarding calibrating the guides, blade angle, etc. which are not at all intuitive, but need to be done periodically in order to obtain best cuts and blade life....
@@charliesaul729 Charlie thank you for the kind words. That's a real possibility. After those broke I did adjust the blade guides. They were a bit too far back. I may have gotten a bit sloppy. Thanks for the comment. I'll keep a close eye on those.
Good morning Jerry, some days you get the bear and some days the bear gets you. Actually 3 to 4 sharpenings is a good use of the blades. A good many board feet on the those blades. Solid Oak picnic table will be awesome. I have plans to attempt a picnic table like Penniac Wilderness did. It’s on the list😂 Have a good week buddy
@@rsra048 that's great. They held up for me as well. I only broke 1 of my first 11. The rest just completely shot after half a dozen or more sharpenings. Might have to consider going back to them. Thanks for the comment. Happy milling.
oooh man, 2 blades break on one log, thats no good. Why have you been going to 17.5lbs ? did you find 15lbs wasnt enough ? Ive got some Ripper37s with 5 to 6 sharpens but they are the 1.5 wide bands not the 1.25 bands. Nice to see progress none the less, be nice to see the table finished and see how you do yours, as you know i make some and i think i finally have a design down i like. Great work though Jerry, and remember, KEEP SMILING 😁
Smiling always helps. I went to 17.5 foot pounds because to get to the 4.5 to 5 turns, after the slack is it, like the book says it was almost 25 foot pounds. I thought I was over tightening. Since I've leveled my saw head I've not broken one. We'll see what happens. Thanks brother for the comment. Truly appreciated.
I had seriously considered switching to Ripper 37 blades because they were cheaper(about $3 dollars a blade) than the Lenox blades I have been using, but I think I'll stick with what I have been using. For one thing I can get 7 or 8 sharpening's and rarely break a band unless I'm forcing the cut. Other than that Jerry, that was some pretty nice lumber you got. Have a good week. Ed
@@jbarlazye911 hey Ed, I agree. My sabertooth lasted about 7 or 8 sharpenings as you stated. These blades have been a big disappointment. I still have a bunch of 10 degree which I've not broken a one (I don't think). I'm debating if to give rippers37 another shot at 7 degrees. I love seeing the lumber come off the mill. Thanks for the comment and continued support.
Time to break out the welder and tack them back together. Just a thought to know the history of each blade. Each time I sharpen I put a / on the blade. When I set the blade I put an S. If I weld the blade I put, you got it, a W. I put the marks at the factory weld so I know where to look for them. So a blades history may read as: / / S / / S / W S /. Nice looking oak. Those are going to be really heavy picnic tables. You won't have to worry about anyone sealing them us less they come with an FEL and trailer.
Have you ever measured the gullet depth before and after sharpening?? I don't recall ever hearing just how much needs to be removed to get the micro-cracks, but if you are grinding enough gullet to get those micro-cracks, but not so deep as to overheat the ground out area to harm the steel, those type of failures need to be accepted as "worn out!" Knock on wood, but your older blades aren't breaking on the weld, so after that many sharpening's, and that much fatigue, it makes sense that the gullet would be the weak spot for the blade to eventually break!
I agree Tim. I've never measured. I'm sure it's only a few thousandths. I'm just skimming over it. Since these had a couple sharpens they are probably warn out. Thanks for the comment.
what blades are you all using
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Nice lumber! You won’t have to worry about the table walking off on ya. It will take 4 people to load it😂 Good stuff Jerry👍🏻👍🏻
@@toddsoutsideagain It took just that lol. We delivered it to my daughter yesterday. I love watching the lumber come off. Thanks Todd for the continued support.
New OS27 owner, sawed 20+ logs so far, building shed over mill now, similar to yours. Burned through 4 bands, of course nails inside the logs never work well :). I skid my own logs out on my land. Ash trees dead all over, upstate NY, they are hard wood. Dull a band quick. I have a chain saw sharpner would like to use on bands at some point. I am 69 yrs old and my family and friends think I am nuts buying a saw mill, maybe I am.... Learn something each episode. Thanks
@@squizz41 that's fantastic. I plan on using a sawmill until I can't lol. Check out my blade sharper videos. I don't have a playlist but it's under my popular videos. I use a chainsaw sharpener as well. 20 plus logs puts you on your way to having a grasp of the "hobby". You're doing great. Stay safe and happy milling.
@@squizz41 Sawmills are the cat’s ass. One of the most useful tools on a homestead plus you have opportunities to make a little money too.
Jerry always has good sawmill videos
Nice work Jerry! Lots of sawyers have troubles with broken blades. I watched a few Woodmizer videos regarding calibrating the guides, blade angle, etc. which are not at all intuitive, but need to be done periodically in order to obtain best cuts and blade life....
@@charliesaul729 Charlie thank you for the kind words. That's a real possibility. After those broke I did adjust the blade guides. They were a bit too far back. I may have gotten a bit sloppy. Thanks for the comment. I'll keep a close eye on those.
Good morning Jerry, some days you get the bear and some days the bear gets you. Actually 3 to 4 sharpenings is a good use of the blades. A good many board feet on the those blades.
Solid Oak picnic table will be awesome. I have plans to attempt a picnic table like Penniac Wilderness did. It’s on the list😂
Have a good week buddy
@@AppalachianFarmstead thanks Mike as well to you. It turned out great. Delivered to my daughter's yesterday. It'll out last me lol.
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Morning Jerry , I like how you angled the rollers for the sawed boards . That’s going to be a nice picnic table . 👍🏻🇺🇸
@@inthebackyardwithdel438 thanks Del. The table turned out great. Just took it to my daughter's year. Thanks for watching. Have a great week buddy.
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I bought a 10 pack of sabre tooth from Norwood a while back. I am just starting the 3rd rotation of them being sharpened. So far Ive only broke 1 .
@@rsra048 that's great. They held up for me as well. I only broke 1 of my first 11. The rest just completely shot after half a dozen or more sharpenings. Might have to consider going back to them. Thanks for the comment. Happy milling.
oooh man, 2 blades break on one log, thats no good. Why have you been going to 17.5lbs ? did you find 15lbs wasnt enough ? Ive got some Ripper37s with 5 to 6 sharpens but they are the 1.5 wide bands not the 1.25 bands.
Nice to see progress none the less, be nice to see the table finished and see how you do yours, as you know i make some and i think i finally have a design down i like. Great work though Jerry, and remember, KEEP SMILING 😁
Smiling always helps. I went to 17.5 foot pounds because to get to the 4.5 to 5 turns, after the slack is it, like the book says it was almost 25 foot pounds. I thought I was over tightening. Since I've leveled my saw head I've not broken one. We'll see what happens. Thanks brother for the comment. Truly appreciated.
I had seriously considered switching to Ripper 37 blades because they were cheaper(about $3 dollars a blade) than the Lenox blades I have been using, but I think I'll stick with what I have been using. For one thing I can get 7 or 8 sharpening's and rarely break a band unless I'm forcing the cut. Other than that Jerry, that was some pretty nice lumber you got. Have a good week. Ed
@@jbarlazye911 hey Ed, I agree. My sabertooth lasted about 7 or 8 sharpenings as you stated. These blades have been a big disappointment. I still have a bunch of 10 degree which I've not broken a one (I don't think). I'm debating if to give rippers37 another shot at 7 degrees. I love seeing the lumber come off the mill. Thanks for the comment and continued support.
Time to break out the welder and tack them back together. Just a thought to know the history of each blade. Each time I sharpen I put a / on the blade. When I set the blade I put an S. If I weld the blade I put, you got it, a W. I put the marks at the factory weld so I know where to look for them. So a blades history may read as: / / S / / S / W S /. Nice looking oak. Those are going to be really heavy picnic tables. You won't have to worry about anyone sealing them us less they come with an FEL and trailer.
@@jims6308 nobody will steal that's for sure. Wow I love that. I assume you are using a die grinder or engraver to mark your blade? Excellent!
@@BigelowWoodcraft Nothing that fancy. Just the awl on my leatherman tool.
Have you ever measured the gullet depth before and after sharpening?? I don't recall ever hearing just how much needs to be removed to get the micro-cracks, but if you are grinding enough gullet to get those micro-cracks, but not so deep as to overheat the ground out area to harm the steel, those type of failures need to be accepted as "worn out!" Knock on wood, but your older blades aren't breaking on the weld, so after that many sharpening's, and that much fatigue, it makes sense that the gullet would be the weak spot for the blade to eventually break!
I agree Tim. I've never measured. I'm sure it's only a few thousandths. I'm just skimming over it. Since these had a couple sharpens they are probably warn out. Thanks for the comment.
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