A couple Belsaw Questions

[snowshoveler]

Captain...you take care of that 2100. Those are special saws and we won't ever see their like
again. The new stuff is heavy and ugly and only servicible in a shop.
And I know this because im the guy that works on em.
 Without getting banned from the club,does anyone have a spare guide for a belsaw.
A good picture might even be a be good. I could fab one maybe.
  regards Chris

[snowshoveler]

Almost forgot.
 Captain I feel bad for your loss of the camera...but you have to fix
up a few pics of those big trees that are now logs...couldn't you use crayons or somthing
   regards Chris

[reride82]

Captain...you take care of that 2100. Those are special saws and we won't ever see their like
again. The new stuff is heavy and ugly and only servicible in a shop.
And I know this because im the guy that works on em.
 Without getting banned from the club,does anyone have a spare guide for a belsaw.
A good picture might even be a be good. I could fab one maybe.
  regards Chris

Chris,
I may have a spare guide in my pile of spare parts. Shoot me a pm if you're interested.

Levi

[captain_crunch]

I have an original saw guide fer Belsaw we built or own thing factory was not husky enough

Let me know ifn you want it

[snowshoveler]

Captain...

  In the picture you have is that the original guide or the one you built.
It looks a lot like a big shackle thats mounted on a pin. If so and it works
I can easliy do that myself. I was trying to make it complicated I guess.
The books I have don't show any detail of the guide at all.
 Thanks again    Chris

[captain_crunch]

S_N
you pay shipping and I weil give origanal they are kinda light duty we made mine out of a refabbed shackle. Drawback of mine is you cant adjust it with saw running so you have to kinda read what saw does in cut and go from there. If board is thin on end check guide never have problem with adjustment on outside it however is on an adjustment screw

[aardquark]

I shotgun barrel those logs that are too big.  No need to blind saw...

Please help an ignorant newbie and tell me what "shotgun barrel" and "blind saw" means here.

[snowshoveler]

I will try to explain these terms...I learned them here.
Shotgunning ,I beleive means to cut the log into an octagon instead of a square or rectangle.
It takes a bit longer but allows a smaller saw to do the job.
Blind sawing is when the top of your blade dosen't come up through the log.
You either have to trim the log with a chainsaw or give the log a 1/8 turn like
shotgunning.
 Captain Crunch has an eccellent picture of the blind sawing ,and I think he used a chainsaw to finish the cut.
 These are pretty good ways to saw up a log that would otherwise not be able to be
processed on a mill.
I wouldn't want do it all the time but for a special log ,sure no problem.
  Chris

[bandmiller2]

Shotgun barrel,refers to making multiple shallow slab cuts to reduce the size of the log until the saw can cut its full diameter.Blind sawing is when the saw is burried in the log and you can't see the saw on top of the log.A burried saw has a real chance of hanging or binding and stoping in the log. Frank C.

[aardquark]

Thanks for the explanation, bandmiller2 and snowshoveler. Sometimes I have to do "blind sawing" on my radial arm saw when I'm trying to cut 6" material. It's a real pain to line up exactly for the second cut, especially if I'm cutting on the diagonal. And that is with flat stock. I can imagine the difficulty with a log.