Hi Sandy, very helpful video. An old mechanic once told me to alway’s “unload” your torque wrench due to the spring weakening. Kinda like taking the tension off the blade on your saw. Just for your info. Thank’s for all of your video’s. Dan

@sawingwithsandy

Жыл бұрын

Great tip there Daniel! Thanks for sharing that one

Great blade change 👍 all is well.

@sawingwithsandy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Galan

I'm still saving up maybe one day ,thanks

Nice tutorial! Thanks

@sawingwithsandy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks DR. Happy sawing

Hey buddy how are ya? Thanks for showing us the deal on blade changes. There is a young fella that runs a 130 and I think he runs the blades tell they break then puts a new one on. I guess trying to get every bit of use out of them? I was thinking about the sharpener they sell set up and it goes by its self I like that. Can keep sawing while the blades are sharpening. But it’s like 600 bucks. Thanks as always for what you do. I’m always waiting for the next video. Have a great day and God bless you and yours.

@sawingwithsandy

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah you’re right there about the cost, bit scary at 600. I probably should buy a sharpener at some point but maybe I’ll have to crunch the numbers again to see if it’s worth it . Hope all is well with you

@heyyoubuddy6749

4 жыл бұрын

Sawing with Sandy 600 almost buys 3 boxes of blades. That’s a lot of trees to cut.

Good video. My blades don't go on that easy on my hm122. Very tight goin on even with no tension.

@sawingwithsandy

4 жыл бұрын

Is that right eh. I’ve not tried any other machines. I may have just gotten lucky here

Good day Sandy. Good tips and demo. Did you ever look into making your own bandsaw blade sharpening? It’s a thought I been thinking of sense you showed your chain sharpener. I don’t think it would be easy but I’m pretty sure you could do it. It might not be Worth your time. Have a great week

@sawingwithsandy

4 жыл бұрын

That did remind me that I should look into that. Not sure if I could make my chainsaw sharpener do double duty but worth trying as the sharpeners are quite expensive as you probably know.

Great video... Thank you. Do you ever have to align the flywheels? If so, is it difficult? Michael from Alberta

@sawingwithsandy

4 жыл бұрын

The non-drive wheel is relatively easy to adjust. In the video I made a slight adjustment to it . The drive wheel is a bit more trick I find

And friend of mine bought a woodland mill. When you loosen the blade tension handle the blade wheel dosen't move enough to put the new blade on. Every time he has to loosen all the ailment bolts. I had a woodmizer same concept. Something is right with his. Any help would be appreciated.

@sawingwithsandy

2 жыл бұрын

From time to time the band wheel closest to the t handle needs a little bump with your hand after you loosen the tension in order for the bandwheel to move enough to give room for a new blade to be installed

You've convinced me to pick up a hm126 for the homestead partner. What size and material base would you recommend?

@sawingwithsandy

4 жыл бұрын

The 126 sure is a nice mill. My mill paid for itself on the first building build. My base isn’t that great right now so I’m likely going to find two large beams either steel or wood to lay my mill on. That way I’m not having to constantly re level each adjustable leg on the mill, I just have to level the big beams. Thanks for watching

Is a smudge a Canadian metric thing? In the US😁 its a smidge.

Hot and cold stress on the steel

@sawingwithsandy

4 жыл бұрын

You’re probably right

Why not raise the cutting head to a more comfortable height for blade changing. Try using a small scraper instead of the screwdriver to clean the wheel belts.

@sawingwithsandy

3 жыл бұрын

I like to sit on the log bunks