08-30-2012, 09:49 PM
A clean shop is the sign of idle hands. No seriously i figure if there is enough mess and you don't put things away eventually the tool or piece of metal you need will be at hand.
On the design side.
I'd hoped to cut the shingles down the grain rather than across. When your sawing lumber the blade travels across the grain and shears the wood fibbers. By turning the 16 inch block across the bed the blade would travel with the fibbers and leave a smoother surface which would be more rot resistant, similar to split shakes.
DOESN"T WORK.
I screwed two blocks to a couple of 2 x 4 s that I could hold in the log bunks. No taper but good enough for a test.
The saw produces shavings of incredible length that stick to the blade and travel around to the feed side. I'd have the easter egg packing market cornered, but think thats too seasonal. The shavings had the guards packed and the guides jammed in about 10 cuts. Time to go for design 2. Cut the blocks across the grain. Figured if I'd stayed with plan 1 I'd have a pile of shavings the size of the shop by the time I had the shingles cut to side it.
Still making parts, will post photos when something looks more complete.
On the design side.
I'd hoped to cut the shingles down the grain rather than across. When your sawing lumber the blade travels across the grain and shears the wood fibbers. By turning the 16 inch block across the bed the blade would travel with the fibbers and leave a smoother surface which would be more rot resistant, similar to split shakes.
DOESN"T WORK.
I screwed two blocks to a couple of 2 x 4 s that I could hold in the log bunks. No taper but good enough for a test.
The saw produces shavings of incredible length that stick to the blade and travel around to the feed side. I'd have the easter egg packing market cornered, but think thats too seasonal. The shavings had the guards packed and the guides jammed in about 10 cuts. Time to go for design 2. Cut the blocks across the grain. Figured if I'd stayed with plan 1 I'd have a pile of shavings the size of the shop by the time I had the shingles cut to side it.
Still making parts, will post photos when something looks more complete.
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Greg
Greg