David Rose
04-06-2003, 3:40 AM
When I get wood from the borg (seldom, except for SPF) I *carefully* check the ends for staples. Often they use about 5 to hold one one label. I always figured sure as the world I would hit one of those on a bandsaw rip. So I watch. I thought...
I had one piece left to joint an edge. It sounded odd after about an inch of cut. Knot, thinks me. Not knot. Staple. Just hammered that little bugger down flat. The process also left a good 1/8" nick in the blades. These were NEW blades! Drat it! And Scott Whiting told me they were some sort of bimetal (Jesada) that would only sharpen a time or two. I'll bet I lost all the sharpening times in one whack. And I hate to set those things up, though it goes pretty fast really using the "tick" method. I'll try offsetting them first, but...
For some unknown reason the next face cut wasn't smooth on about an inch of the left end of the blades. I checked the last face cut and it was smooth as could be. I did face a knot at exactly the spot where the blade is no longer smooth cutting on the last board.
Not my night, I guess. Maybe tomorrow will go better.
David
I had one piece left to joint an edge. It sounded odd after about an inch of cut. Knot, thinks me. Not knot. Staple. Just hammered that little bugger down flat. The process also left a good 1/8" nick in the blades. These were NEW blades! Drat it! And Scott Whiting told me they were some sort of bimetal (Jesada) that would only sharpen a time or two. I'll bet I lost all the sharpening times in one whack. And I hate to set those things up, though it goes pretty fast really using the "tick" method. I'll try offsetting them first, but...
For some unknown reason the next face cut wasn't smooth on about an inch of the left end of the blades. I checked the last face cut and it was smooth as could be. I did face a knot at exactly the spot where the blade is no longer smooth cutting on the last board.
Not my night, I guess. Maybe tomorrow will go better.
David