Today's milling

[AJStrees]

Did a bit more on the oak. Onto the next section. 
 

 

[Dodd]

On 11/02/2023 at 09:50, ucoulddoit said:

All these posts about South American hardwoods reminded me of a couple I met about 35 years ago at Bunessan, SW Mull. My wife and I had just sailed around Skye in my self built 25 foot yacht. They were building a larger steel hulled yacht, and were planning to sail to S America with a chainsaw mill. Then earn enough to keep going by milling trees in the forests there. Often wondered how their dream progressed. Hope the boat isn’t still ashore, as sometimes happens with these projects.

 

Andrew

I remember them at the boatyard, they finished the boat and set sail, no idea what happened after that.

[doobin]

Added a drop in mount for the chopsaw to do weathertops easier. 

[william127]

25 minutes ago, doobin said:

Added a drop in mount for the chopsaw to do weathertops easier. 

Those posts look great, are they for a job or just a sale? 

That Mill set ups getting better and better, extension, drill powered up and down and now the chop saw👌👌👌👌

Oh and it's indoors on flat concrete👍👍👍

[doobin]

1 hour ago, william127 said:

Those posts look great, are they for a job or just a sale? 

That Mill set ups getting better and better, extension, drill powered up and down and now the chop saw👌👌👌👌

Oh and it's indoors on flat concrete👍👍👍

The weather was so shit last month that it made sense to bring it inside. That post might have been for a job or for a sale, I can’t remember, it’s been busy. 
 

posted in another thread but we added the extension too. So it won’t forklift through the barn door anymore! 🤣 should be able to lift it out with the backhoe though. 

[doobin]

It’s tight but you can still load it with the forklift   The Sherpa is great for smaller logs too 

[topchippyles]

7 hours ago, doobin said:

It’s tight but you can still load it with the forklift   The Sherpa is great for smaller logs too 

Everything is coming together nicely on that setup the pallet workbench might need working on an improvment though. 

[doobin]

14 hours ago, topchippyles said:

Everything is coming together nicely on that setup the pallet workbench might need working on an improvment though. 

Pallets are all you need. That subframe means you can stick it down pretty much anywhere and it will still run true.

[Johnsond]

Couple of days contract cutting various hardwoods for some great guys who run a local woodlands trust, first day the wind was at my back, not so lucky the second day. An easy half shift on sun milling DF beams for myself to keep the woodlands shed build on track. Milled a couple of bits of old beech firewood lying around just for the sake of it. The DF which is quite dry now was proving to be hard on the blades, only getting about an hour out each of good cutting time. 

 

Edited April 10, 2023 by Johnsond

[Mr. Ed]

Lovely stuff. What’s the wood in the fourth photo? The one with the fancy markings…

 

And do you sharpen or buy afresh? Seems a stupid question but I was told (by a saw sharpener) that for smallish blades there was no point.

 

Mind, that’s not such a small saw - I have machine envy. That’s a luxurious setup.