Tyler...good video...we now know what frustrates you! i have never been a strong supporter of chainsaw milling...but if that is all you got...i guess you make the best of it. I think you end up wasting a lot of lumber. to make that work out, you need a router truing table and a large bit in a 3 HP router...and time. I enjoyed your video doing on-site milling. You got some nice looking lumber. Good luck and enjoy the mill.
Just bit the bullet and buy the Stihl duro chain for it, the chains last really well, and generally I get about 50 litres of fuel through the saw before the chains start to dull, and they can be sharpened, you just have to buy a sharpening grinder thing (can't think of the name) with a diamond wheel, the chains aren't cheap normally 3 to 4 times the cost of a standard chain. Your right to you have to have the chain sharp and your angles have to be exact on both sides otherwise it pulls and binds and so on,
I use a Dremel tool with Oregon stones and it helps speed up the sharpening chore . I am not real good at sharpening and I do pretty well with it . My set up looks like yours , I use a rip chain from baileys its not a skip tooth and it cuts flat . The chain milling is a good work out for sure .
Hah Buddy, what it is, is what it is! Don't beat yourself up!
u can’t move the forks closer in together?
It's just not you thing. It's a full body workout. Beautiful wood patterns.
Those giant cookies would make interesting end tables or small dining table.
Tyler...good video...we now know what frustrates you! i have never been a strong supporter of chainsaw milling...but if that is all you got...i guess you make the best of it. I think you end up wasting a lot of lumber. to make that work out, you need a router truing table and a large bit in a 3 HP router...and time.
I enjoyed your video doing on-site milling. You got some nice looking lumber. Good luck and enjoy the mill.
I have a chainsaw mill and you are correct it is hard work! but its a much easier time than our fore fathers had with manual saw pits.
THAT LOOKS LIKE A SAWDUST EVERYWHERE NIGHTMARE.
TIME FOR A SHOWER AND A BEER!
Hey someone will want them as they are so don't sweat it. But I'll just stick to milling cedar myself.....
It's called work. If you enjoy it too much you have to pay someone else for the pleasure of doing it. At least this way you get to keep the money.
Just bit the bullet and buy the Stihl duro chain for it, the chains last really well, and generally I get about 50 litres of fuel through the saw before the chains start to dull, and they can be sharpened, you just have to buy a sharpening grinder thing (can't think of the name) with a diamond wheel, the chains aren't cheap normally 3 to 4 times the cost of a standard chain. Your right to you have to have the chain sharp and your angles have to be exact on both sides otherwise it pulls and binds and so on,
Nice chunks of wood. Just sell them as "rough sawn". :-)
I use a Dremel tool with Oregon stones and it helps speed up the sharpening chore . I am not real good at sharpening and I do pretty well with it . My set up looks like yours , I use a rip chain from baileys its not a skip tooth and it cuts flat . The chain milling is a good work out for sure .
What are those cookies used for? Will they be used for table tops? When you water down the wood it was beautiful.
End tables or small table tops most likely. Thanks!
I see an lx250 in your future lol.
Yes that is definitely what I would prefer to have! One day