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[Retired]

Hi,

Thanks Lawrence. no you didn't misunderstand my tyre question I did mean the tyre around the band wheel rims. On my Startrite these are rubber and I was curious about the saws you used with red diesel to prevent resin build up on the band; I hadn't realized the wide band saws ran the band metal to metal so to speak; although the band wheels are crowned was there any provision to prevent the teeth coming into contact with the band wheels as this would quickly remove the set of the band on the side with contact on the band wheel?

I too noticed the one dog used and thought it looked quite dangerous and the saw operator appeared to be throwing the sawn timber around randomly rather than stacking it neatly? The large pressure rollers look to be very efficient but as you say they only apply freewheeling pressure unlike power feed rollers.

I imagine if a band suddenly breaks it would be highly dangerous to anyone in close proximity to it; I've had bands break on my own saws and it doesn't half make me jump. Now with lots of practice I can tell when a band is on the way out by the sound of it.

Not a bad job in summer but being so exposed to the elements won't be a joy mid winter?

I've just returned from taking a full car load of conifer branches to the tip. These are the branches damaged by last winter's snow fall so I've removed them as it would have been a big job to try to realign and tie them in position.

Kind regards, Col.