[SEL] Saw Outfit Blade finish

[Richard Strobel]

Thanks guys for the replies, suggestions, and cautions.  Will be careful 
with this blade and discard it if it doesn't behave itself.  I was also 
under the impression that wobble only occurred in the larger blades.

Leroy..never seen a doyle log scale...I don't think.  Enlighten me.

Nice job Kelley.  The bluing looks great.

Take care ya'll
RickinMt


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leroy C." <oldengin at udata.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Saw Outfit Blade finish


>   blade?
>
> >I believe it's ~30 inches in diameter.  I've got it blasted now.
> >=        =        =        =        =        =        =
> >Hi Rick,
> >
> >I wire wheeled mine to get the heavy rust off - then kept it oiled.
> >
> >If you're going to use it, I wouldn't try for a real nice finish.  The
> >oil gave a nice dark finish.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Rick, I would now be a little scared of the newly sandblasted blade.
> Take it to an old timer and see what he tells you about it. Hammering a
> blade, I though, was for blades of 48 inch or larger, seems they want to
> wobble when running and hammering the blade will stop this wobble. See
> you can hammer right or left handed blades and you hammer at a given
> speed of the blade. Also hammering was for blades with the removable
> teeth.  Now I might be wrong here as it has been over 23 years since I
> last worked with the big blade and with the circular mill. My brother
> has a band saw now and he cuts mostly telephone poles. If you think you
> want to try this newly sandblasted blade then here is what I would try....
> Install blade keep everyone and everything away from the direct line of
> the blade, sharpen the teeth and start cutting small, about 3 inch,
> limbs. The wood will drag at first then will start cutting easier.
> Cottonwood is good to saw cause it is full of sap, cools the blade,
> after about 20 minutes shut down blade and feel it for heat, it should
> have a little at the blade hub, if any at all. Have you ever set a saws
> kerf? I still have one of the hand tools to do this with, also we would
> SWEDGE the teeth on the big mill cause you could not set kerf..  And on
> a chain saw you would file the rakes..... ever see a chain saw race?
> they always use a wore out chain.  We would oil the blade every so often
> but not make a habit of it, if she was running hot she would get oil or
> if it was to set for a long time ( hardly never happened) she would get
> some oil on her. My sawyer could have been a rich man cause of some of
> the ideas he had and did. We would work a woods with only a flat bed
> truck and an old wc ac. No tracks, no lost young timber and easy to do.
> Man those days where fun, for 3.00 per hour!
> PS ever seen a doyle log scale?
>
> -- 
> C-ya
>
>   Leroy Clark
>
> "We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give."
>             W.A. NANCE
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