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Here is a video of how my hand sharpened blade cuts

7/8/15       
Rod Hays

I made this video that shows how a hand sharpned blade cuts after I sharpened it..

7/10/15       #2: Here is a video of how my hand shar ...
Dave Boyt  Member

Website: http://www.norwoodsawmills.com

Looks good! You're gonna have to shovel some sawdust pretty soon, though.

7/10/15       #3: Here is a video of how my hand shar ...
Rod Hays

Yes I do. more to sawing then just sawing logs. I noticed after I sharpened the blade the blade was slowing down because the belt was slipping from the blade being so sharp. Now I need to get a new belt. Also that was a 22'' poplar log that I was cutting.

7/10/15       #4: Here is a video of how my hand shar ...
grouser Member

nizzzz!!! Just a suggestion.If you had put that crack in the log parallel to the bed, it would have been gone in a board or two instead of half of them,,,

7/11/15       #5: Here is a video of how my hand shar ...
Rod Hays

True,I could of,but I was lazy. I like cutting logs like this so much more. This is what I cut this morning.

7/11/15       #6: Here is a video of how my hand shar ...
Rod Hays

Another video of the same log that I'm still using the same blade I hand sharpened a few days ago.

7/11/15       #7: Here is a video of how my hand shar ...
Rod Hays

This photo shows how flat the wide boards are


View higher quality, full size image (2048 X 1152)

7/13/15       #8: Here is a video of how my hand shar ...
Rod Hays

Here's a longer video of me cutting with the same blade that I sharpened a few days ago cutting another log. This is how it's cutting after about a 1000 board feet of 1'' lumber.

7/14/15       #9: Here is a video of how my hand shar ...
chip geffre

Nice work Rod!

7/15/15       #11: Here is a video of how my hand shar ...
olcus  Member

Howdy Rod, Curious... do you use a file or dremmel, or something else? I'm having problems with my Norwood hardwood blades dulling and walking downward after a few cuts through my red, white, and post oak logs, here in the Missouri Ozarks. I'm fixin' to set up their blade sharpener (comes with a dremmel) and tooth setter. I like your mill by the way. I think you made that one your self didn't you?

7/15/15       #12: Here is a video of how my hand shar ...
rod hays

i've been using diamond honing stones. sounds like maybe your blade needs more tension.

7/19/15       #13: Here is a video of how my hand shar ...
grouser Member

Well I would never talk down about getting things done on your own,,, my hat is off to you!!!
But,, if your putting a 1000 brdf on a single sharpening, my bet is your actually killing the life of your blade in the long run. Right from the start there are micro cracks in the gullets that form from the stresses of pulling that tooth thru the wood. The more you cut the bigger they get and the duller your blade gets the more it pulls and opens the cracks. If your not taking time to grind the full profile and hitting the gullet, you are not getting rid of those cracks. Your blade will break well ahead of it's normal time doing that. It's much better to take a blade off the mill after 5 to 8 hundred brdft (totally dependent on what species wood, how clean etc etc) when it's just STARTING to get dull and then it only takes a light grind (hitting the full profile of the tooth) to get it sharp and the cracks cleaned up. Do you keep track of how many total brdft you get out of a blade you have maintained this way???

And as far as the other poster having the blade dive on him that is usually a sign of a roller out of whack on my mill. But you can have it happen if your set is off or one side is sharper than the other or you did'nt take the burr off the blade after sharpening it. Just my 2 cents worth

 

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