It's a Woodblokewoodgloat!

[woodbloke]

Do you not own a bandsaw rob - or are you just a secret masochist :lol:

Yes...but it's a little'un and there's no way it would have coped with this monster lump - Rob

 

[Karl]

Blimey Rob. That looks like serious hard work. 90 minutes though - you need to get some work in with that ripsaw! Out of interest, what TPI is it?

BSM - even if you had a bandsaw, it'd be difficult for one person to lift that slab onto a bandsaw table/roller stand AND be able to safely cut.

Cheers

Karl

 

[big soft moose]

BSM - even if you had a bandsaw, it'd be difficult for one person to lift that slab onto a bandsaw table/roller stand AND be able to safely cut.

good point, I'm used to having plenty of help as i only ever resaw bits that thick at work.

Mind you presumably rob had to lift it by hand onto whatever clamping device he used while ripping it with the diston

 

[CHJ]

Rob, whatever you decide to produce as an end piece or pieces they should carry a picture archive with them to show the sheer effort you have put into the project, stamina beyond the cause as far as I'm concerned.

 

[woodbloke]

Blimey Rob. That looks like serious hard work. 90 minutes though - you need to get some work in with that ripsaw! Out of interest, what TPI is it?

BSM - even if you had a bandsaw, it'd be difficult for one person to lift that slab onto a bandsaw table/roller stand AND be able to safely cut.

Cheers

Karl

3 tpi or thereabouts Karl. I still can't lift the bigger lump so I had to 'walk' it across the 'shop floor to get into into the rack. The dust that came out the middle seemed quite dry, difficult to say exactly what the MC is but I reckon it's not too bad...fingers crossed - Rob

 

[big soft moose]

Do you not own a bandsaw rob - or are you just a secret masochist :lol:

Yes...but it's a little'un and there's no way it would have coped with this monster lump - Rob

personally if i had to do that on my own , i'd have left it on the floor and used a chainsaw (that was what miles and I did with the big lump of mahogany he scored from somewhere)

 

[woodbloke]

Rob, whatever you decide to produce as an end piece or pieces they should carry a picture archive with them to show the sheer effort you have put into the project, stamina beyond the cause as far as I'm concerned.

I intend to Chas as the conversion into usable timber is going to be a story in itself.

BSM - I didn't need to clamp it, the sheer weight of the stuff :shock: kept it rock solid on the table - Rob

 

[Doctor]

Rob, whatever you decide to produce as an end piece or pieces they should carry a picture archive with them to show the sheer effort you have put into the project, stamina beyond the cause as far as I'm concerned.

I intend to Chas as the conversion into usable timber is going to be a story in itself.

BSM - I didn't need to clamp it, the sheer weight of the stuff :shock: kept it rock solid on the table - Rob

I find this fascinating, from a commercial point of view this seems totally pointless buying a big bit of wood and spending hours cutting it into cheaper planks which could have been bought for less than the original amount.
I suppose I'm spoilt as well by equipment which could do these cuts in seconds.

 

[andycktm]

Com 'on Rob lets have a look of the culprit! :lol:

 

[woodbloke]

I find this fascinating, from a commercial point of view this seems totally pointless buying a big bit of wood and spending hours cutting it into cheaper planks which could have been bought for less than the original amount.
I suppose I'm spoilt as well by equipment which could do these cuts in seconds.

Interesting point and probably quite correct. From a commercial viewpoint I agree, but then as a pro you receive a job and organise the wood to fit it (plus a margin for waste) With this way though, the JKish approach to a project can be adopted which is entirely the other way round, in other words, you have a nice big lump or two on the bench and then you see what comes out of it, so it can be converted however I want (into veneers, or 200 x 20mm, 50 x 50mm pieces etc)...the eventual sizes and grain pattern of the timber determine what's going to be made (which is great for an amateur or hobbyist) so there's no pressure to make the wood fit a pre-determined design.
It'd still be nice though Doc, to have the machinery to sort the stuff out in the first place - Rob

 

[TheTiddles]

given that your garden's on a bit of a slope, couldn't you have made an impromptu saw pit and got one of those big old two-handed saws? Would have made a good picture...

Aidan

 

[woodbloke]

given that your garden's on a bit of a slope, couldn't you have made an impromptu saw pit and got one of those big old two-handed saws? Would have made a good picture...

Aidan

Great Aiden...tell you what?...how about you in the pit and me as top sawyer :lol: :lol: - Rob

 

[jimi43]

I still have the huge posts that I have reclaimed and I still don't have a use just a glimmer of an idea for them. So far they have wrecked two sets of high quality planer blades getting the crap and paint off and have great splits in them but I can see them in a future kitchen of mine...

At the moment they are taking up valuable space in my workshop...

Jim

 

[RogerM]

given that your garden's on a bit of a slope, couldn't you have made an impromptu saw pit and got one of those big old two-handed saws? Would have made a good picture...

Aidan

Great Aiden...tell you what?...how about you in the pit and me as top sawyer :lol: :lol: - Rob

Hence the terms "Top Dog" and "Under dog". This is an extract from the 1876 "Yale Review"

"The saw-pit was a rude structure about seven feet high, made of strong posts set in the ground wide enough apart to hold one or two pieces of heavy pine timber, and the sawyers, one above and one beneath, sawed out one hundred feet per day."


100 ft per day!!! Rob - you're definitely slacking.

 

[TheTiddles]

given that your garden's on a bit of a slope, couldn't you have made an impromptu saw pit and got one of those big old two-handed saws? Would have made a good picture...

Aidan

Great Aiden...tell you what?...how about you in the pit and me as top sawyer :lol: :lol: - Rob

Tends to be my lot in life...