I got my Zozen mill last fall, and have a few suggestions: 1) For any bolts or set screws that you will never remove, use a removable form of LOCTITE. This will prevent them from loosening, but can still be removed or adjusted should you need to. 2) On bolts, nuts and set screws that you WILL be removing for adjustments, I secure them with some blue painter's tape. Easy to remove, except might be a bit stiff in cold weather. 3) Keep a small ziploc bag of extra nuts and set screws to hand, with a bit of that blue painter's tape. Stick that in the same bag the tools that came with the Zozen miller came with. 4) While the scales on the vertical adjustment posts are nice, don't depend on them for accuracy. Instead, use your own tape measure to ensure you have the right cutting depths. 5) Last but not least, you can get extension rails as extrusions from supply houses like FASTENAL. Just measure to make sure you order the fight sizes, as metric and USA sizes are available. You can also get rail joiners etc. to fit the extrusions, with the possibility of making an absurdly large tool able to mill redwood trees....should you find a chainsaw capable of it.
I have been told that you can use the 12” extension kit on both ends of the 36 inch mill. Making it a 60 inch mill. Does your mail look like that would work question
I've milled about 25 slabs with mine between 6-8ft and 16-24" wide . The knobs will frequently come loose while milling, and are hard to get really tight. This doesn't really affect anything though, other than potentially losing them. Speaking of losing things, I forgot to tighten up the nuts on the very bottom of the clamp bolts. Lost every single one of them (clamps never came loose though)! Went and bought about a dozen replacements in case it happens again lol. My only major gripe is that my final extension piece on one rail is slightly out of square. Bows slightly upward almost 1/8" over the 12" length of the extension. It hasn't seemed to have caused any major issues, but I'll probably order a set to replace it eventually. The mill can handle a 42" bar, which will get you 36" of cut. I messed up and ordered a 36" bar for my Holzfforma G660 Pro and only ended up with 30" of cut. Tomorrow I'm going to take on my biggest log to date, a 28" Pecan. Going to be all my setup can handle!
Do you think you could use a couple extension kits and really get this mill wide like over 60in, of course you would have to make the top bar longer to do this but being you own one do you think it's doable, asking advice before buying one
@@chrisholland2348 You could. But I imagine the more extensions you add the more prone the rails will become to bending. One of mine was slightly off from the factory, so I actually ordered an extension kit to replace that one rail. The extension kits come with two rail pieces as well as the top bar piece. So yeah, you could, I'd just be careful not to drop it or hit the mill against anything with any impact. And make sure everything is flat and square after adding extensions.
Removable LOCTITE on all set screws, nuts and bolts you will not need to move, but still can later. All other fasteners I use blue painter's tape to secure them.
Right on ! good job that's a big piece of hardwood you cut up there, I've only milled spruce and pine with an Alaskan mill, if you need a few boards they are an awesome investment. I'll be moving up a step this summer :)
Good day, Thank you, I'm happy it worked out as well as it did. I can't wait to mill some soft wood with a smaller bar so the saw can really ripp!! Great investment especially if one needs to cut long piece's of wood. Cheers
Nice review, and how is the saw holding up? It was mentioned to me that it is very important not allow any saw dust to get past the filter it’s one the major reasons for engine failure of course, and NeoTec will replace those caps!!! They did for me. Best of luck. Steve
Hi Stephen! The 892 is running great still, Thanks for the heads up with air filter, I've never even looked at it. I will be checking it out before next use, I bought replacement caps off Amazon and Neo tec said they will cover the cost, but the new caps leak too, hahaha, I'm going to try the automotive O rings. Or just get caps right from Stihl. Cheers!
I see this mill has a extention kit you can put on it do you think you could use 2 or 3 extention kits to make a 60 plus in wide mill ive got some big logs to mill and don't want to spend the coin for a 80 in granberg unit
Someone on Amazon told me that you could use the 12 inch extension kit on both ends of the 36 inch mill, making it a 60 inch mill. Does anyone know if this is true? Or if you own one, does yours look like that would work? Thanks.
Thanks for taking the time to post this. I'm looking to buy my first chainsaw mill and this could be a good starter choice. How's it going one month in?
Your welcome, I found it a bit confusing when I was buying one so I posted my own thoughts. The mill is still holding up well had no issues to speak of, Just the operator is falling apart from the labour hahaha. Cheers!!
I got my Zozen mill last fall, and have a few suggestions:
1) For any bolts or set screws that you will never remove, use a removable form of LOCTITE. This will prevent them from loosening, but can still be removed or adjusted should you need to.
2) On bolts, nuts and set screws that you WILL be removing for adjustments, I secure them with some blue painter's tape.
Easy to remove, except might be a bit stiff in cold weather.
3) Keep a small ziploc bag of extra nuts and set screws to hand, with a bit of that blue painter's tape. Stick that in the same bag the tools that came with the Zozen miller came with.
4) While the scales on the vertical adjustment posts are nice, don't depend on them for accuracy. Instead, use your own tape measure to ensure you have the right cutting depths.
5) Last but not least, you can get extension rails as extrusions from supply houses like FASTENAL. Just measure to make sure you order the fight sizes, as metric and USA sizes are available. You can also get rail joiners etc. to fit the extrusions, with the possibility of making an absurdly large tool able to mill redwood trees....should you find a chainsaw capable of it.
I have been told that you can use the 12” extension kit on both ends of the 36 inch mill. Making it a 60 inch mill. Does your mail look like that would work question
@@dibiase9502 Extensions offered by the manufacturer will work just fine.
I've milled about 25 slabs with mine between 6-8ft and 16-24" wide . The knobs will frequently come loose while milling, and are hard to get really tight. This doesn't really affect anything though, other than potentially losing them. Speaking of losing things, I forgot to tighten up the nuts on the very bottom of the clamp bolts. Lost every single one of them (clamps never came loose though)! Went and bought about a dozen replacements in case it happens again lol. My only major gripe is that my final extension piece on one rail is slightly out of square. Bows slightly upward almost 1/8" over the 12" length of the extension. It hasn't seemed to have caused any major issues, but I'll probably order a set to replace it eventually.
The mill can handle a 42" bar, which will get you 36" of cut. I messed up and ordered a 36" bar for my Holzfforma G660 Pro and only ended up with 30" of cut. Tomorrow I'm going to take on my biggest log to date, a 28" Pecan. Going to be all my setup can handle!
Do you think you could use a couple extension kits and really get this mill wide like over 60in, of course you would have to make the top bar longer to do this but being you own one do you think it's doable, asking advice before buying one
@@chrisholland2348 You could. But I imagine the more extensions you add the more prone the rails will become to bending. One of mine was slightly off from the factory, so I actually ordered an extension kit to replace that one rail. The extension kits come with two rail pieces as well as the top bar piece.
So yeah, you could, I'd just be careful not to drop it or hit the mill against anything with any impact. And make sure everything is flat and square after adding extensions.
@@generalkayoss7347 yeah it would need a center cross bar or 2 i imagine, thanks for the reply makes me feel better about buying one and trying this
Removable LOCTITE on all set screws, nuts and bolts you will not need to move, but still can later.
All other fasteners I use blue painter's tape to secure them.
Right on ! good job that's a big piece of hardwood you cut up there, I've only milled spruce and pine with an Alaskan mill, if you need a few boards they are an awesome investment. I'll be moving up a step this summer :)
Good day, Thank you, I'm happy it worked out as well as it did. I can't wait to mill some soft wood with a smaller bar so the saw can really ripp!! Great investment especially if one needs to cut long piece's of wood.
Cheers
Nice review, and how is the saw holding up? It was mentioned to me that it is very important not allow any saw dust to get past the filter it’s one the major reasons for engine failure of course, and NeoTec will replace those caps!!! They did for me. Best of luck. Steve
Hi Stephen! The 892 is running great still, Thanks for the heads up with air filter, I've never even looked at it. I will be checking it out before next use, I bought replacement caps off Amazon and Neo tec said they will cover the cost, but the new caps leak too, hahaha, I'm going to try the automotive O rings. Or just get caps right from Stihl.
Cheers!
I just got on love mine zozen well designed system I was milling 2 foot round logs
I see this mill has a extention kit you can put on it do you think you could use 2 or 3 extention kits to make a 60 plus in wide mill ive got some big logs to mill and don't want to spend the coin for a 80 in granberg unit
If you measure the extruded bars, you can get longer bars from FASTENAL or similar suppliers.
Just make sure if you have USA or Metric sizes.
Nothing beats the original granberg Alaska mill, I own the zozen also 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thanks for the info! Oh, and cheers🍺
Someone on Amazon told me that you could use the 12 inch extension kit on both ends of the 36 inch mill, making it a 60 inch mill. Does anyone know if this is true? Or if you own one, does yours look like that would work? Thanks.
Thanks for taking the time to post this. I'm looking to buy my first chainsaw mill and this could be a good starter choice. How's it going one month in?
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Your welcome, I found it a bit confusing when I was buying one so I posted my own thoughts. The mill is still holding up well had no issues to speak of, Just the operator is falling apart from the labour hahaha.
Cheers!!
lock washer maybe with a shorter nut?
Oh man! I wanted to see how it cuts.
It's in action in the next video
This is a good video just help me out. Thank you.
Just call it a chain saw mill. Calling it an Alaskan mill is like calling every wood shed an Amish shed.