I Knew it was too good to be true

[SW_IOWA_SAWYER]

I have a friend who does tree work and who has given me a log or two from time to time. He called the other day and said he had a nice white pine and asked if I was intereseted. I of course said "no" cause I have way more logs then I can use (so after I got the log home :D) I put on one of the 1/2 logs and started to mill. I always wear hearing protection as I want to try and keep what I have left but I heard a zing that sounded like trouble. I finished the cut and pulled off the board and sure enough it was a nail. It was my lucky day or so it seemed because I just skimmed the nail no harm to the blade. I pulled out the nail and continued on. No more metal and some beautiful white pine knot free lumber.

So I am on a roll and eager for some more clear white pine and I toss on the other 1/2 well..... I didn't hit one nail I hit seven right in a matter of or 3 inches so fast I didn't even to react and stop the sawhead. Pulled them out and didn't hit anything else.

What was amazing was the blade it still cut and wasn't in bad shape no missing teeth no tracking problems I cut some basswood and a little butternut with it and it was fine.

YES I think it was a Christmas miracle (Or a really tough batch of blade steel) so I guess all in all it was a good day of sawing (is there a bad day?)

[Mooseherder]

Bad batch of nails. :D

[mike_van]

Did you see a lot of dis-color in the log face above the nails? Unless you were on a slab cut, this is usually a give-away for metal.  Basswood stinks, i think it's the only wood i don't care for the smell of.

[leweee]

Yup ...bandsaw blades do make good metal detectors. ;)

[woodmills1]

yes good metal detectors or should we say good............expensive.....metal detectors.