[AT] Oil dry / Rural King / And even more O.T. stuff

Sat Feb 28 18:07:26 PST 2015

Yes, I do sharpen the blades myself. The BEST information I've come across is at http://www.bchw.org/Tech%20tips/FilerDVD.htm I think that is the link I posted to the list some time ago. About 98.68419% of the information there transfers directly from sharpening a crosscut saw to a drag saw blade. That series of videos (and now a fair amt. of trial and error) and I'm able to do an OK job on the drag saw blades. Typically it takes me about 3 hours to sharpen a blade that has been used and poorly "sharpened" over the years. I'm able to resharpen one that I've done , and then used for s show, in less than an hour. In either case, it's something I really enjoy, so the time spent becomes not much of an issue.
	Dave

On Feb 28, 2015, at 8:30 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:

> So have you learned to sharpen them yourself? I guess its pretty much the 
> same as a crosscut saw. I believe you shared a link on how to sharpen them 
> once.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Dave Rotigel
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 6:49 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Oil dry / Rural King / And even more O.T. stuff
> 
> Hi John,
> I was up to about 23 minutes on each saw cut today! The blade is getting 
> real dull, but I was too lazy to put another blade on. Don't think I'll cut 
> at all tomorrow--just pack up and leave. Thus, one sharp blade got me 
> through about 10 feet of log at about 2" per cut. I can live with that given 
> how darn hard that live oak is!
> Dave
> 
> On Feb 28, 2015, at 7:02 AM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> 
>> I also observed many folks had a much more keen interest in watching saws
>> run compared to other equipment we were demonstrating.  Some because they
>> were just so darn loud, but most because sawing wood was something they
>> could relate to. About even in interest was running a stationary baler,
>> there's tons of non-farm guys that helped load hay at some point in time 
>> and
>> can therefore relate.
>> Threshers, silage cutters, grist mills, corn shredders---the pool of
>> interested folks grows much smaller. Partly because they have NO idea what
>> they are looking at and still don't even when you try to explain it. The
>> other reason, there just aren't many folks alive that ever saw this stuff
>> used when it was new. At 84 years old, my dad never helped run a thresher
>> until he was about 65. He saw a few folks do it when he was young. His dad
>> replaced a wooden hand fed Geiser thresherwith a Massey pull type combine
>> right around the start of WWII.
>> 
>> I will say it is easy to spot a good Southern cook, she's the lady who
>> inspects the final product coming out of a grist mill and gives you her 
>> $.02
>> as to the quality of the grits or corn meal you are grinding.
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Dave Rotigel
>> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 9:14 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Oil dry / Rural King / And even more O.T. stuff
>> 
>> Hi John,
>> The 16' live oak log was about 24 inches at the butt when I started on 
>> Wed.
>> I'm down to about 7' now and my guess on the dia. now is about 20". That
>> live oak is the hardest "stuff" I've ever cut. It takes about 18 minutes 
>> to
>> make one cut. I go through a poplar log of that size in about 7 minutes at
>> home in PA. On the other hand, 18 minutes is about the time it takes to 
>> down
>> a 16 oz Old Mil, so it's not all bad!
>> Dave
>> PS, Like you, I find that everything I cut is hauled away. (Tables, 
>> Clocks,
>> Cutting Boards or whatever.) I had one woman ask me if I could speed up 
>> the
>> saw because she didn't have the time to wait around. I smiled and asked 
>> her
>> if she would like a cup of coffee. I think she must have been from Naples!
>> 
>> On Feb 27, 2015, at 8:34 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
>> 
>>> Running your drag saw I assume? How big of a log were you cutting? Years
>>> ago
>>> when my dad was able, we used to demonstrate our 2 man chainsaws. A nice
>>> 24-30" Poplar log made for one heck of a display. A lot of folks wanted
>>> those cuts for crafts. One fellow in particular was going to make clocks
>>> out
>>> of them.
>>> 
>>> John Hall
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>> From: Dave Rotigel
>>> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 7:59 PM
>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Oil dry / Rural King / And even more O.T. stuff
>>> 
>>> I have been at the Zolfo show (FL) for three days now cutting up a 18' 
>>> log
>>> into 2" pieces. Lots of sawdust there for anyone who wants to use it for
>>> "oil dry"!
>>> Dave
>>> PS, GREAT Show and ONLY a little rain!
>>> 
>>> 
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