Brendon_t Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 I remember recently there was a thread about a gent making a cut on the bs that resulted in a nasty harder tan solid material coating the blade, tires and guides. I looked for it last night but couldn't find it but I've got a decent idea. Yesterday I made A cut on a big walnut limb with my circle jig for a buddy who's going to carve it onto a bowl. During the cut, the saw was NOT liking it at all. After about 30 seconds a knocking sound started which sounded like a tooth of the blade hitting the guide. Turn the saw off to find the half inch blade is now a quarter inch thick with a hard almost looks like clay. Back the wood out of the cut open my wheel doors and this crap is everywhere. At least a quarter inch coating on the top of each tire outside of where the blame is tracking leaving a very deep valley. The guides were so coated they could not spin any longer. The lower Drive Cog on the Wheel had so many of these bumps on it it was causing the belt to jump every Revolution. I scraped everything off, called my buddy up from down the street to find out that this bowl blank had been anchor sealed three times in the last year. That information leads me to believe that anchor seal plus a bandsaw blade and sawdust create that disgusting hard almost resin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 Good to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 What is anchor seal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 15 minutes ago, K Cooper said: What is anchor seal? It's a dressing that you put on the end of fresh milled boards to control checking and for not allowing the moisture in the wood to run out the end of the board, thus giving even moisture evaporation through the sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 It's kinda waxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 http://uccoatings.com/products/anchorseal/ http://uccoatings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ANCHORSEAL-Literature-2015-web-US-CAN-.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 $30 a quart , $40 a gallon. I haven't bought any in years but when you think about the loss of useful timber saved it's worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 So, if I buy a piece of turning wood from Woodcraft to use a parts for other projects, I could have trouble?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted June 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 20 hours ago, Ronn W said: So, if I buy a piece of turning wood from Woodcraft to use a parts for other projects, I could have trouble?? I don't think that is anchor seal, more of a thick hardening wax. Also don't think you should have a problem on the lathe. The tool should just peel it off like the wood. The band saw blade seems to pull it into the cut, mix with the dust created and turn Nasty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 I had a circ saw blade sharpened once and instead of peeling the red wax off the tips, I figured runnng it thru a board would be a quicker way. Ended up being a hail storm of red wax. That was a one time leason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 Sounds like rough turning green, then sealing for use later is the way to do it, so the bandsaw can be taken out of the process. I've not used end sealer too many times, when I wished later that I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted June 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 21 hours ago, Tom King said: Sounds like rough turning green, then sealing for use later is the way to do it, so the bandsaw can be taken out of the process. I've not used end sealer too many times, when I wished later that I had. I agree Tom and that's what I advised him to do. After I "turned" the outside vessel shape, he hollowed it and put it in a cardboard box with planer shavings to let dry more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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