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05-06-2008, 09:01 AM
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Name: Nicholas City: Tarboro State: NC County: Edgecombe Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 65 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 66 days | Lucas Saw Mills
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05-06-2008, 03:57 PM
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Name: Jerry Edmonds City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 47 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.89 over 66 days | Re: Lucas Saw Mills
IIRC Kyle's slabber is a Lucas. Maybe he'll chime in as to the Lucas' worth. As a curiosity question though (Kyle, Jeff, Scott, Ivey, etal): why do most mills here seem to be band & not swing?
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05-06-2008, 07:02 PM
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Name: Kyle Edwards City: Iron Station State: NC County: Lincoln Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 41 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.36 over 66 days | Re: Lucas Saw Mills
its a decent mill.. I have a model 618 which i have converted to a dedicated slabber. Scott has a swing arm as well (Peterson) | |
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05-06-2008, 09:05 PM
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Name: jeff... City: State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.68 over 66 days | Re: Lucas Saw Mills
If I remember correctly without the slabber attachment it's limited to a 6" or 8" wide board depending on the model. I also recall reading something about doubling the width by doing something with the sawhead but I don't recall what it was, so that would give you a 12 ~ 16 wide board. I think it's a good machine, it'll make some saw dust that's for sure - buy one you'll be happy you did.
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05-06-2008, 11:04 PM
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Name: Scott Smith City: New Hill State: NC County: Chatham Join Date: Mar 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 3.71 over 66 days | Re: Lucas Saw Mills
Jerry, there are pro's and con's to swing mills versus band mills, and I know some sawyers that have both.
As Kyle mentioned, I have a Peterson swing mill. My maximum board size is 10" x 20" (x 60').
Band mills have the benefit of a thinner kerf than swing mills (better yield), and they cut pretty fast.
Swing mills work better when you have extremely large logs. I like the fact that quartersawing is easy with a swing mill too. | |
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