[AT] Just Like……..

[Dave Rotigel]

Last year at Zolfo I was cutting a 29" popular log in about 12 minutes John. I then read a lot and learned a lot about sharpening saw blades over the next few months. (http://www.bchw.org/Tech%20tips/FilerDVD.htm is the BEST thing I've come across!) By the time Apple 'n Arts rolled around in October I was cutting a 24" popular log in about 4 minutes.  The fellow that intruduced me to drag saws, years ago, once told me "Don't ever sharpen the blade real good. Everytime it goes through the log you have to move the damn saw!" (He was, if course, talking about cutting rounds at a show, NOT for production.)
	Dave
PS, There is a video of the Log saw at Zolfo last year at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0jGsc_eM7I
PPS, Here is a video at Cotton Ginning 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7aFdcfBODA We had 8 log saws there last year.

On Jan 10, 2014, at 10:52 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:

> Don't think any of my 2-man chainsaws would come close in a race against 
> that contraption! But I could beat your drag saw Dave! At an antique show we 
> used to attend they hosted a crosscut saw competition. You'd think young 
> guys would be the ones to beat but it was generally a pair in their '50s 
> that would win--old enough to know how to saw properly and young enough to 
> have one good race in them I suppose.
> 
> John Hall
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Dave Rotigel
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 7:33 PM
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> Subject: [AT] Just Like……..
> 
> ……..my Hercules 1 1/2 HP drag saw! See: 
> http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/01/10/aussies-unleash-v8-powered-chainsaw/?intcmp=features
> Dave
> PS, OK, my drag saw might be a bit slower, but you can see it (ie my drag 
> saw) first hand at the Zolfo FL show Feb. 26-March 2.
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