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I don't know anything about logging at all, what is that jig called for the chainsaw? That really neat, and it doesn't look like it's something that would be super expensive either.
In the US, I used to own a Portable Granberg Alaskan Chainsaw mill. It looks to be very similar to the one he is using. They are cheap but slow. The 1/4" kerf of a chainsaw makes a lot of sawdust, burns a lot of fuel/oil. It takes a big chainsaw. I used a Husqvarna 3120XP. You will want to use a ripping chain. I found it useful if you needed to make a beam or something that is expensive to buy. I once cut a 10"X12"X24' hickory beam with it. Not a good use of time to make 2"X6"s though.
 
yeah there are various options for the alaskan styled chainsaw mills. I milled a 36" 26" x 35' piece of Japanese white oak for a friend with my 372... he needed custom cut beams to replace a cross beam in his house... If it had not been modded it would have been too much for it, and yes even with a fully modded/ported saw it still took a long time. a 3120 or a 395xp would be a better choice... that or one of the big boy stihls if you like creamsicles..

Edit: sorry folks I was half asleep after the drive home form Misawa to Yoko when I got on the forum. 36" would have been stupidly amazing it was a 26" piece that was 35' long.
 
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I don't know anything about logging at all, what is that jig called for the chainsaw? That really neat, and it doesn't look like it's something that would be super expensive either.
Its called Timberjig by Swedish company Logosol. To be honest, an Alaskan type mill is better for this size of log. I have the guide rail package


Ive mounted the guide rail hardware to a log table - a wooden structure that you can load the logs on to so you're not working too close to the ground. Ill try & find some photos & post them.
 
The 1/4" kerf of a chainsaw makes a lot of sawdust, burns a lot of fuel/oil. It takes a big chainsaw. I used a Husqvarna 3120XP.
Yep it sure drinks the juice ! 2 passes on this log, for a 2.5 M board, about 35 cm wide uses most of a tank of fuel, almost 1 Litre. As for the big saw thing, everyone says that but ive milled fresh, green pine with a 62 cc saw for years, smaller diameter, up to about 30 cm. In the photos is my 372 X torque which copes fine with this. It helps if you can sharpen, i do a quick file every 2 boards & i keep the saw spinning by keeping the feed pressure down, nice and steady.
You will want to use a ripping chain.
A ripping chain is just a standard chain ground to 10 degrees. Ive found that a semi chisel is best. I keep the rakers near stock, maybe going to 0.030.

Not a good use of time to make 2"X6"s though.
All the disadvantages you mention are true, if you've got lots of standing timber, easy access for a tractor or loader a bandsaw mill is the way to go. What you can't see in the photos is how steep & inaccessible the terrain is. A lot of our land is like this & this set up means we can carry in the kit, or at least get it close with the Landcruiser & then carry out the boards. We mostly use the log table set up which means working at waist height, a lot more comfortable. softwood, pine, is quite a bit quicker than oak or walnut, more doable for a smaller saw. We plank a few trees every year & the timber goes into the store, its there for any project that comes up. With the cost of timber, today & tomorrow, in terms of € saved will be well worth it but more importantly, I dont have to travel to get materials, pay tax on them or use money ive earned AND already paid tax on.
 
yeah there are various options for the alaskan styled chainsaw mills. I milled a 36" x 35' piece of Japanese white oak for a friend with my 372... he needed custom cut beams to replace a cross beam in his house... If it had not been modded it would have been too much for it, and yes even with a fully modded/ported saw it still took a long time. a 3120 or a 395xp would be a better choice... that or one of the big boy stihls if you like creamsicles..
Madre mía! That’s enormous, insane milling, even with a ported 372. Hats off to you mate.
 
Madre mía! That’s enormous, insane milling, even with a ported 372. Hats off to you mate.
shoot need to fix that it was 26" diam x 35 ' long when all said and done it was four 6 x 12" beams to replace the beams in his house. a bandsaw mill would have been much nicer and not have wasted as much material but I don't have one and my friend actually bought the mill for another project but never used it.

when he bought it, he new nothing about chainsaws and assumed with my chainsaw obsession that I would have something that works... like he is a pretty good carpenter but sometimes a total DA in other subjects...
 
Showing the wife how to use her new vegetable slicer... It works pretty good :LOL:
My pride is hurt more than my thumb. Thumbs up (y)
 
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That is my right hand space bar presser so I'll be typing a little slower for a while. Not sure how to do a spoiler.. I'll take it off :LOL:
 
Yep, there is a funny story here. Years ago using a old crossbow up in the mountains I cut my left thumb off. I pulled what was hanging back over the bone and it grew back. That was my left hand. My son reminds me of this all the time. Beware of the string... It grew back nicely. No doctors or anything.

Well this is my right thumb.. We will see what grows back... No Doctors yet.. I heal pretty quick. I did send this pic to my son.. He didn't think it was funny.
 

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I changed a toilet today... the old one was attached to the floor. I don't know what was used. 25yrs ago the plumber set the toilet on 4 pennies, then squirted white stuff that looks like calk, but it was rock hard. After I broke a utility knife blade on the stuff without leaving a scratch on it is switched to an oscillating tool...it laughed at the wood cutting blade and I had to switch to a diamond blade and that threw sparks.

I still don't have any idea what it was but I finally got the job done... an extra 2 hours just to cutting stuff. Pure white.
 
Yep, there is a funny story here. Years ago using a old crossbow up in the mountains I cut my left thumb off. I pulled what was haning back over the bone and it grew back. That was my left hand. My son reminds me of this all the time. Beware of the string... It grew back nicely. No doctors or anything.

Well this is my right thumb.. We will see what grows back... No Doctors yet.. I heal pretty quack. I did send this pic to my son.. He didn't think it was funny.
Damn Bob....thats going to need some stitches i do not care how fast you heal. with a deglovement (what happened with the bow) if its clean and you stuff it back on and take care of it the chance of it healing back properly is about 30% without medical intervention... what you have their my friend is not a deglovement this time, it has about a 1% chance of a DIy fix.... go to the hospital before its to late and you lose the tip.
 
Redoing the toilet in the master bath is on my to-do list. It is like mastic or something. Hard as crap..

Those flat oscillating tools are amazing!
 
Damn Bob....thats going to need some stitches i do not care how fast you heal. with a deglovement (what happened with the bow) if its clean and you stuff it back on and take care of it the chance of it healing back properly is about 30% without medical intervention... what you have their my friend is not a deglovement this time, it has about a 1% chance of a DIy fix.... go to the hospital before its to late and you lose the tip.
I don't know what there is to stich up. Tip was mostly dead skin. If it gets infected I'll go in.
 
try super glue... i have used it for cuts and blisters... not sure aobut something that large of an area.. word to the wise it burns like hell.
The Quick Clot bandages are amazing. I soaked it in a cup of peroxide and the glass got really hot and slowed it down. The QC bandage worked really good after that. Not beading anymore.

We ate the bloody eggplant casserole. I am too cheap to waist it.
 
Have you ever made cove cuts with your table saw? I built a roll top type desk in high school wood shop and made the base of the drawer bank detail using a couple different depth and width cove cuts.


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I am familiar, but I have not! When making the chess pieces, once I had it down ( first 4) it only took me about 75 minutes to make them all. It's amazing what can be done with a good table saw, especially with a couple jigs.
 
Yep, there is a funny story here. Years ago using a old crossbow up in the mountains I cut my left thumb off. I pulled what was hanging back over the bone and it grew back. That was my left hand. My son reminds me of this all the time. Beware of the string... It grew back nicely. No doctors or anything.

Well this is my right thumb.. We will see what grows back... No Doctors yet.. I heal pretty quick. I did send this pic to my son.. He didn't think it was funny.
Okay, that's disgusting!
 
Yep, there is a funny story here. Years ago using a old crossbow up in the mountains I cut my left thumb off. I pulled what was hanging back over the bone and it grew back. That was my left hand. My son reminds me of this all the time. Beware of the string... It grew back nicely. No doctors or anything.

Well this is my right thumb.. We will see what grows back... No Doctors yet.. I heal pretty quick. I did send this pic to my son.. He didn't think it was funny.


Shrug, I did similar recently, but on the side of a finger. I used bandaid to keep the flap in place until things were healed over...took a week before it stopped being a problem everytime I changed the bandaid. Was the size of a dime oval and well past the first 2 layers of skin. Down to the size of a pencil eraser. And mostly scar tissue.
 
I nipped the tip off a finger with a dump truck tailgate. I went in and it got a wet to dry dressing. Then I went to a PT place where the lady was good at bandaging these things and she looked at it and wrapped it and showed me how.
The key is how you wrap it so that it has a decent taper to it. a Telfa pad and some coban if you are talking doctor talk, or vetwrap if you go to the feed store :)
@BarracudaBob I can dig up some pictures if you like.
 

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