Heads up on that reclaimed barn wood from the old Miller place

Spent a full day planing and jointing a batch, only to find a hidden railroad spike that wrecked my helical head, setting the whole project back a week and costing me $400 for a new cutter set, so who else has a good method for scanning for metal before milling?

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3 Comments

leoward7d ago

A cheap metal detector from a pawn shop saved my blades last time.

allen.anthony7d ago

What kind of blades are we talking about, @leoward? I've always found those cheap detectors give too many false signals. I ended up missing a piece of rebar that bent my mower blade because it didn't beep right.

victor_carter517d ago

Did you see that article about using a strong magnet on a string? It's supposed to find nails and stuff that cheap detectors miss, which sounds way better than wrecking a cutter head.