The amount of deflection would be the same on the top and bottom of each cut, so they're still parallel, if not necessarily level (ignoring the tiny curvature in the bend of the bar).
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There's that too.
You don't actually need the saw level - you just need every cut to be coplanar.
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My saw came in yesterday so I’m anxiously awaiting your report. Like goatface, I assumed I’d need to stabilize the tip of the bar.
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I'll fire it up tonight. All I need to do is drill in the chocks to support the log and we're good to go.
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So today I got some time to sand and clean the cabinet for my table saw. Next week I might get to painting it.
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This may well turn into the small engine repair thread. Thing died 3/4 thru a cut. I figured it was out of gas...still plenty in there, but it's got a fuel filter on an end of a hose, so that could have came out of the fuel, so I filled it up.
Unfortunately, nothing. Won't start. New spark plug, won't start. I'm getting spark off it. Been about 25 years since I've done small engine repair, so I guess I'm googling that for the rest of the evening.
This is why we can't have nice things!
Unfortunately, nothing. Won't start. New spark plug, won't start. I'm getting spark off it. Been about 25 years since I've done small engine repair, so I guess I'm googling that for the rest of the evening.
This is why we can't have nice things!
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Aight, I think I've got bar flex figured out.
Piece of angle iron going up from the saw mount about a foot. Piece of angle iron running over the saw parallel to it. Drill a hole in the bar near the tip, run threaded rod thru the hole, attach to angle iron, pull to level.
Piece of angle iron going up from the saw mount about a foot. Piece of angle iron running over the saw parallel to it. Drill a hole in the bar near the tip, run threaded rod thru the hole, attach to angle iron, pull to level.
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Just a thought - what if you replaced one of the bolts on the bar right by the body with another long threaded rod up through the angle iron? That way you wouldn't be flexing the blade against the body at all, but it would be 100% bar pressure on your wood.
Maybe a dumb thought.
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No, it's a great thought...I just didn't think of it first. Now I've got all the iron, so nbd.
Slabbed that other log, leveled the mill in every direction. Sharpened both saw blades, rain just stopped, might be able to roll the other one over here shortly and get going.
Pics and videos to come later.
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Stack so far, and the final rig.
I gotta admit though, I am kinda at my wits end.
We leveled the bar. We leveled the rig. The top of the log is level. It's level in literally every plane across the entire rig. We secured the mount from moving in any direction.
1-1/2 on one side, 2" on the other.
Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot. Over.
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