No need for a vac table on this job.

[knight_toolworks]

a importer of tiger wood has me flatten these log rounds to give away to deals. the last ones were not so big and I could get them on the table myself. these no way maybe 130# about 5" thick around 39" round though they are a bit oval. with chainsaw marks and gouges and all waxed both sides. once I got help with each one on the table it was not so bad. eyeballed the highest part zero'd with my flattening bit (I used a square for the shape as it gets everything and cranked up the speed to 8ips and 1/8" passes. as long as it did not rock the weight keeps them in place. only two slightly moved and I just wedged scrap under them. the flipped them over with great effort. I just rezeroed at the last depth cut and off I went. I made the tool path cut to 1.5" and just watch till the last pass removes the last of the low spots and stop the machine. these were not as bad and at most I had to remove an inch on one side. a couple only 1/2" total. wore out with this job.

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[genek]

Steve how hard was it on your bits. thought tiger wood was a hard hard wood.

[genek]

Steve you have a tube sander on the left side of the picture...where did you get the inflatable sanders at and what size of pulleys and motor did you use. I need to make me one.. I have one set up to run a flutter wheel and one side to drill holes on a horizontal plane.

[MogulTx]

Do you re-wax them for him after?

I did a section of a log for a friend of mine. Flattened the top and then flipped it and flattened the second side. Then calculated a wagon wheel type pattern for the second side and pocketed out for everything but the spokes and rim. Made it about 1/2 as heavy. Then I sealed it for her. Left the bark on and everything. She uses it for rustic weddings ( supports the groom's cake, I think.)

[knight_toolworks]

I cut for 3.5 hours and the shavings looked the same. no wax that's part of what I was doing removing the wax. here is a closeup of my inflatable drum sander. I used a 1750 rpm motor I got it from grizzly their inflatable drum sander setup. but I found their drums were way to hard. so I ahve about a 3" pulley on the motor and 6" on the drum sander.

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[Brian Harnett]

Steve, That picture looks my workbench most of the time.

[knight_toolworks]

Steve, That picture looks my workbench most of the time.
I resemble that remark. it almost never gets used anymore.

[Bob Eustace]

Hey Steve how would you go if Andrew paid you a surprise visit:eek:

[knight_toolworks]

more the merrier.