[SEL] Fun Saturday with old iron!

[Curt]

Duncan Denman wrote:

>
> Hi Curt,
>
> During the course of the year, I save up all the limb wood I can 
> (stuff smaller than five inches in dia.) and have day of sawing with my
> 3 HP Fairbanks Morse belted up to my buzz saw and saw up limb wood. 
> Much easier to do the small stuff that way than using a chainsaw.

Duncan,
And I find it to be much safer and faster too. As you know a 3" limb is 
cut thru in the blink of an eye.
I used to use the 6HP Herc buzz saw for this but then painted it all 
shiny. It's working days are done for a while....at least 'till the 
paint dulls.
Once I got the 8HP Famous going it would be hard to go back to using the 
Herc. There is no comparison. Though the Herc worked well it moved 
around as it is built lighter than the IHC. On the other hand the Famous 
is a rock solid buzz saw. There is no flexing of the saw table or any of 
the parts supporting the belt. It would be interesting to know the 
difference in the original selling prices as there is a real difference 
in the original quality!
Curt