Not sure if this is the right group for this:

Where do I find information concerning specifications (types, uses,
horsepower requirements) for blades in the 32" to 48" range? Primary use
will be in a cross cut fashion.

Just point me where to look, or proper key words for a successful google
search.

Thanks in advance!

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:17:12 -0700, "jbeck"
wrote:

Not sure if this is the right group for this:

Where do I find information concerning specifications (types, uses,
horsepower requirements) for blades in the 32" to 48" range? Primary use
will be in a cross cut fashion.

Just point me where to look, or proper key words for a successful google
search.

Thanks in advance!


I hope that you're talking about bandsaw blades, not saw blades...
unless you own a sawmill..

mac davis responds:

Not sure if this is the right group for this:

Where do I find information concerning specifications (types, uses,
horsepower requirements) for blades in the 32" to 48" range? Primary use
will be in a cross cut fashion.

Just point me where to look, or proper key words for a successful google
search.

Thanks in advance!


I hope that you're talking about bandsaw blades, not saw blades...
unless you own a sawmill..

Sawmills don't have a lot of use for crosscut blades. There are several
companies specializing in large blades for sawmills, but they're rip blades,
not crosscut, AFAIK.

Charlie Self
"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity
has made them good." H. L. Mencken

Charlie Self wrote:
mac davis responds:


Not sure if this is the right group for this:

Where do I find information concerning specifications (types, uses,
horsepower requirements) for blades in the 32" to 48" range? Primary use
will be in a cross cut fashion.

Just point me where to look, or proper key words for a successful google
search.

Thanks in advance!



I hope that you're talking about bandsaw blades, not saw blades...
unless you own a sawmill..


Sawmills don't have a lot of use for crosscut blades. There are several
companies specializing in large blades for sawmills, but they're rip blades,
not crosscut, AFAIK.

Charlie Self
"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity
has made them good." H. L. Mencken
And they use rip blades to cut the ends of the board off or to cut
shorter boards?

Buzz saws also use crosscut blades, 30 inch maybe larger.

"George E. Cawthon" wrote in message
...
Charlie Self wrote:
mac davis responds:


Not sure if this is the right group for this:

Where do I find information concerning specifications (types, uses,
horsepower requirements) for blades in the 32" to 48" range? Primary
use will be in a cross cut fashion.

Just point me where to look, or proper key words for a successful google
search.

Thanks in advance!



I hope that you're talking about bandsaw blades, not saw blades...
unless you own a sawmill..

Not talking about bandsaw blades...not useable for the application.




Sawmills don't have a lot of use for crosscut blades. There are several
companies specializing in large blades for sawmills, but they're rip
blades,
not crosscut, AFAIK.

Charlie Self
"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than
Christianity
has made them good." H. L. Mencken
And they use rip blades to cut the ends of the board off or to cut shorter
boards?

Buzz saws also use crosscut blades, 30 inch maybe larger.

That's what I am looking for...didn't know if they were that or not. I
found a few leads off the 'buzz saw' word. Thanks!

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:39:59 -0700, "jbeck"
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

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Why so mysterious about all of this? What are you _doing_? Timber,
firewood....?

Where do I find information concerning specifications (types, uses,
horsepower requirements) for blades in the 32" to 48" range? Primary
use will be in a cross cut fashion.

Not talking about bandsaw blades...not useable for the application.

George Cawthon writes:


Sawmills don't have a lot of use for crosscut blades. There are several
companies specializing in large blades for sawmills, but they're rip
blades,
not crosscut, AFAIK.

Charlie Self
"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than
Christianity
has made them good." H. L. Mencken
And they use rip blades to cut the ends of the board off or to cut
shorter boards?

Buzz saws also use crosscut blades, 30 inch maybe larger.

No, but in general, the sawmills around here don't cut the boards to length.
They cut the LOGS to rough length with a chainsaw.

What is a buzz saw used for? You say it crosscuts. I've been hearing about
"buzz" saws my whole life and have yet to see any saw identified as such...or
for that matter find any kind of ID of such a saw in a wood or woodworking
source. Woodweb has one reference to a guy cutting 16" slabs with a "buzz" saw.

I used to buy firewood from a sawmill in upstate NY where the owner cut wood to
length on a 30" blade, though at that point in my life, I didn't know enough to
check what tip grind and other features that saw had. You might call that a
buzz saw. I'd call it a portable crosscut saw, with one helluva long support
table to the left.

Charlie Self
"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity
has made them good." H. L. Mencken

"Charlie Self" wrote in message
...
George Cawthon writes:


Sawmills don't have a lot of use for crosscut blades. There are several
companies specializing in large blades for sawmills, but they're rip
blades,
not crosscut, AFAIK.

Charlie Self
"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than
Christianity
has made them good." H. L. Mencken
And they use rip blades to cut the ends of the board off or to cut
shorter boards?

Buzz saws also use crosscut blades, 30 inch maybe larger.

No, but in general, the sawmills around here don't cut the boards to
length.
They cut the LOGS to rough length with a chainsaw.

What is a buzz saw used for? You say it crosscuts. I've been hearing about
"buzz" saws my whole life and have yet to see any saw identified as
such...or
for that matter find any kind of ID of such a saw in a wood or woodworking
source. Woodweb has one reference to a guy cutting 16" slabs with a "buzz"
saw.

I used to buy firewood from a sawmill in upstate NY where the owner cut
wood to
length on a 30" blade, though at that point in my life, I didn't know
enough to
check what tip grind and other features that saw had. You might call that
a
buzz saw. I'd call it a portable crosscut saw, with one helluva long
support
table to the left.
Charlie, you've got the concept right! I'm posting a couple pictures on ABPW
referencing this thread. Any of these general types were called buzz saws,
and were used primarily for cross cutting wood into stove/furnace length
before chainsaws came into general use. In those days felling was done with
ax and 2 man crosscut saws, "limbing" with an ax, and logs to length with
the 2 man crosscut. Limbs were then cut for firewood with the buzz saw, logs
brought to manageable size with wedge and sledgehammer, then cut to length
with the buzz saw.

The buzz saw was one dangerous piece of machinery!(DAMHIKT)

--
Nahmie
The law of intelligent tinkering: save all the parts.

Charlie Self wrote:

I used to buy firewood from a sawmill in upstate NY where the owner
cut wood to length on a 30" blade, though at that point in my life, I
didn't know enough to check what tip grind and other features that
saw had. You might call that a buzz saw. I'd call it a portable
crosscut saw, with one helluva long support table to the left.

A neighbor had one back in the 1970's. It was powered by a wide leather
belt from his Ford tractor. (For the terminally curious he had a
PTO-to-pulley attachment, the only one I've ever seen.) It cut logs into
fireplace length extremely efficiently but that huge, exposed spinning blade
scared the snot out of me. I opted for jobs that kept me at least 10' away
from the blade & belt.

-- Mark

On 25 Nov 2004 23:38:09 GMT, otforme (Charlie Self)
wrote:

mac davis responds:

Not sure if this is the right group for this:

Where do I find information concerning specifications (types, uses,
horsepower requirements) for blades in the 32" to 48" range? Primary use
will be in a cross cut fashion.

Just point me where to look, or proper key words for a successful google
search.

Thanks in advance!


I hope that you're talking about bandsaw blades, not saw blades...
unless you own a sawmill..

Sawmills don't have a lot of use for crosscut blades. There are several
companies specializing in large blades for sawmills, but they're rip blades,
not crosscut, AFAIK.

Charlie Self
"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity
has made them good." H. L. Mencken

that was all that came to mind when I pictured a 3 foot high saw
blade... like those old mills in the ghost towns..

jbeck wrote:

Not sure if this is the right group for this:

Where do I find information concerning specifications (types, uses,
horsepower requirements) for blades in the 32" to 48" range? Primary use
will be in a cross cut fashion.

Just point me where to look, or proper key words for a successful google
search.

Thanks in advance!

Try a google search for "industrial sawmill cut off saw". This should get
you started.

http://www.forestindustry.com/sector...ular_saws.html

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
(Remove "SPAM" from email address to reply)

"Nova" wrote in message
...
jbeck wrote:

Not sure if this is the right group for this:

Where do I find information concerning specifications (types, uses,
horsepower requirements) for blades in the 32" to 48" range? Primary use
will be in a cross cut fashion.

Just point me where to look, or proper key words for a successful google
search.

Thanks in advance!

Try a google search for "industrial sawmill cut off saw". This should get
you started.

http://www.forestindustry.com/sector...ular_saws.html

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
(Remove "SPAM" from email address to reply)



Thank you very much for the link. Those key words seem to be bringing up
what I was looking for. Well know after I've had a chance to look through.
Thanks again!

Blades like this are generally custom or semi custom made. The best thing to
do is talk to manufactures. They have engineers that will fit a blade to
your requirements.

"jbeck" wrote in message
...
Not sure if this is the right group for this:

Where do I find information concerning specifications (types, uses,
horsepower requirements) for blades in the 32" to 48" range? Primary use
will be in a cross cut fashion.

Just point me where to look, or proper key words for a successful google
search.

Thanks in advance!

"CW" wrote in message
...
Blades like this are generally custom or semi custom made. The best thing
to
do is talk to manufactures. They have engineers that will fit a blade to
your requirements.

Thanks for the information. Am really trying to find something that is 'off
the shelf'. Heck, so far haven't had much luck in finding manufacturers of
blades this size.

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:24:22 -0700, jbeck
wrote:

"CW" wrote in message
...
Blades like this are generally custom or semi custom made. The best thing
to
do is talk to manufactures. They have engineers that will fit a blade to
your requirements.

Thanks for the information. Am really trying to find something that is 'off
the shelf'. Heck, so far haven't had much luck in finding manufacturers of
blades this size.



who built the machine? They must have gotten the blade from somewhere.

"U-CDK_CHARLES\Charles" "Charles wrote in message
news:I9Gqd.1033$UU1.724@trndny04...
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:24:22 -0700, jbeck
wrote:

"CW" wrote in message
...
Blades like this are generally custom or semi custom made. The best
thing
to
do is talk to manufactures. They have engineers that will fit a blade to
your requirements.

Thanks for the information. Am really trying to find something that is
'off
the shelf'. Heck, so far haven't had much luck in finding manufacturers
of
blades this size.



who built the machine? They must have gotten the blade from somewhere.


The machine was a 'homebrew' cobbled together thing.

Neverfear, I've found a blade supplier!!!!

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:17:12 -0700, "jbeck"
calmly ranted:

Not sure if this is the right group for this:

Where do I find information concerning specifications (types, uses,
horsepower requirements) for blades in the 32" to 48" range? Primary use
will be in a cross cut fashion.

Just point me where to look, or proper key words for a successful google
search.

Here ya go: http://www.lumberjackent.com/competition.htm
The picture on the top is of a 2-man saw. Is this the type
of crosscut saw you seek?

If not, a few more details might help people point you in the right
direction.


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http://www.idsconsulting.com.au/sb2.htm this is the type of machine he
wants.

"Pat" wrote in message
...
http://www.idsconsulting.com.au/sb2.htm this is the type of machine he
wants.


Thanks Pat:

That illustrates very well what I am asking about.

"jbeck" wrote in message
...

"Pat" wrote in message
...
http://www.idsconsulting.com.au/sb2.htm this is the type of machine he
wants.


Thanks Pat:

That illustrates very well what I am asking about.


PS

Also gives me another potential source!

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:34:13 -0800, "Pat"
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

remove ns from my header address to reply via email

http://www.idsconsulting.com.au/sb2.htm this is the type of machine he
wants.



They should use _that_ in a horror movie! G

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 10:38:30 +0800, Old Nick
wrote:

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:34:13 -0800, "Pat"
vaguely proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:

remove ns from my header address to reply via email

http://www.idsconsulting.com.au/sb2.htm this is the type of machine he
wants.



They should use _that_ in a horror movie! G

All they have to do is shoot some footage in an orchard where it's
operating. I've occasionally seen things like this in use in citrus
orchards and it is flat scary just in normal operation.

--RC

Sleep? Isn't that a totally inadequate substitute for caffine?

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:32:04 GMT, vaguely
proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

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Not on the hooror front (and I can where that thing would look very
predatory) the most amazing thing I have watched is tree harvesting.
This machine was grabbing 120' 3' diam trees (Tassie Bluegums) and
cutting, trimming, topping and debarking them like they were
toothpicks. unbelievable. It would cut though the tree in what, under
5 seconds (?). Then trow it down abd sort of nibble its way along the
tree debranching, then ZIP 2 seconds to top the tree, theh back and
forth a couple of times through these toothed wheels to get rid of the
bark.

Actually I was considering tree farming at the time. But these
extraction companies were out for themselves to the nth, and the 24
hour per day methods, and mess they left behind was frightening to
behold. To say nothing of 4* 3' tree stumps every ten square yards,
acre after acre.

All they have to do is shoot some footage in an orchard where it's
operating. I've occasionally seen things like this in use in citrus
orchards and it is flat scary just in normal operation.

--RC

Sleep? Isn't that a totally inadequate substitute for caffine?