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Specter

12-23-2004 16:41:49




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How fast should a cordwood saw blade turn? Are they rated in RPM or in Feet Per Minute?




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Gordy

12-29-2004 16:54:36




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 Re: Cordwood Saw in reply to Specter, 12-23-2004 16:41:49  
I have been around these saws all my life and have made one with a Continal Y112 engine from a John Deere combine. I used the main pulley for the saw and the auger shaft for the spliter, works very well and saw turns at 840 RPM and would like to turn it up to around 925. Have been told for years to run around 900 RPM. works for me. Just my two cents.



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Dave NE IOWA

12-25-2004 18:02:08




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 Re: Cordwood Saw in reply to Specter, 12-23-2004 16:41:49  
I have read somewhere that the speed of a saw for a sawmill was based on diameter, and the hammering. I think Blue falls Wisc. is a big saw blade hammering shop, but just not sure of myself. At times like this I wish the good Lord had made me smarter instead of so darn good looking. I certianly do have a way of finding this information, so if you are not satisfied post back. Dave NE IOWA



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Leland

12-24-2004 19:41:33




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 Re: Cordwood Saw in reply to Specter, 12-23-2004 16:41:49  
We always ran my FILs wide open of course the H did not spin that fast.



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Leroy

12-25-2004 18:38:20




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 Re: Cordwood Saw in reply to Leland, 12-24-2004 19:41:33  
Just a little over an idle was proper for an H IHC tractor, you don't want to run them too fast, start out at idle and try and if blade wants to bind from lake of speed ad 50 RPM at a time and try, also for heavier wood you can possibly use a few more RPM's, just don't go to high, the higher the more dangerous



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Leland

12-25-2004 20:10:10




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 Re: Cordwood Saw in reply to Leroy, 12-25-2004 18:38:20  
Of course I forgot to post that we ran off of a belt, and running slow seemed more dangerous bacause blade would catch if it was not spinning fast and this was a very sharp blade



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Leroy

12-26-2004 08:13:42




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 Re: Cordwood Saw in reply to Leland, 12-25-2004 20:10:10  
The Farmall H has a fast turning pully, could it be that you had an extra large pully on the mandrel that would have slowed it down, our H the tractor pully was bigger than the saw pully and if you opened up the speed of the tractor the blade would sound like it was going to fly apart. Saw would turn at double the pto RPM



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Leland

12-24-2004 19:41:15




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 Re: Cordwood Saw in reply to Specter, 12-23-2004 16:41:49  
We always ran my FILs wide open of course the H did not spin that fast.



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RWK in WI

12-24-2004 05:07:29




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 Re: Cordwood Saw in reply to Specter, 12-23-2004 16:41:49  
30 to 40 years ago it was common to see ads in farm catalogs ( Sears / Mon. Wards / etc. ) that sold replacement blades. They were sold by diameter, number of teath, and gauge - thickness of the blade and center hole / mounting bolt pattern and spacing and all were listed as having a maximum RPM.



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PJB

12-23-2004 19:36:03




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 Re: Cordwood Saw in reply to Specter, 12-23-2004 16:41:49  
It depends on what speed the saw is hammered for....



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paul

12-23-2004 19:35:09




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 Re: Cordwood Saw in reply to Specter, 12-23-2004 16:41:49  
I'll guess fpm, but I do not know the correct number. The bigger the blade, the larger the pulley I'm thinking, to keep fpm about the same?????

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Leroy

12-23-2004 17:37:27




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 Re: Cordwood Saw in reply to Specter, 12-23-2004 16:41:49  
Have no idea on speed but you can tell from sound when running at corect speed



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