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[Tvoivozhd <tvoivozd AT infionline.net>]

Rob wrote:

> At  10/4/2004 02:29 PM, you wrote:
>
> > tvoivozhd---I'm easily confused---too many Robs.  I know one Rob  has 
> > a handheld portable bandsaw you carry to the log---wonderful machine 
> > for modest amounts of bandsawing boards, three or four-inch wide roof 
> > beams, squared posts.
>
>
> That's me, it's a Ripsaw ( www.ripsaw.com ). Works great but does have 
> limits, 12" wide (the biggest "I" could do and 9" deep.


tvoivozhd---Hm-m-m, I have a vague memory of the RipSaw advertised as 
being capable of cutting a 20" log---maybe that was with a chainsaw head 
on each end of the saw??  You got one powerhead or two?  Think they had 
a hydraulic two-headed drive too, forgot where the engine(s) went, maybe 
on the ground.

> I also have a Granberg Mini-Mill, it attaches to my large chain saw, 
> is used vertical and has a good guide. I can cut consistent straight 
> edges with this. The mini-mill paper work limits it to a 20" bar. 
> Consistent is the key word here, one I couldn't use with the BeamMachine.
> It's good to be able to carry it to the tree when you don't have the 
> machinery to carry the tree. It's a lot easier to carry a 20' 2x12 out 
> of the woods (by hand) than a 20' log.
> I used the Ripsaw to frame the addition to my old (pos) mobile home 
> back in Minnesota plus lot's of other projects.
>
>
>
> Rob
>
> becidawa AT hctc.com
> Now in western Washington, USA