Today's milling

[AJStrees]

Nice straight beech carried on with it.

[AJStrees]

So I finally got the 881 and the 74" bar into some photo worthy wood (Beech)! 6m long and 78" wide at the biggest point so I spent ages trimming. Overall a good day. Got a good amount of boards out of it, they all came out flat and the customer was very happy [emoji108]

It’s a corker! Who took the photos?

[AJStrees]

30 minutes ago, Tippin Alaybye said:

Bike shed. Might have enough for the doors

Nice, do you make cladding with the band saw? Can you? Have you made the whole bike shed from timber you milled? Might be silly questions. Haven't used a bandsaw mill, so wouldn't know. But at some stage later in life, I'm sure I will be investing in one (maybe in the next year or so...). 

[topchippyles]

1 minute ago, AJStrees said:

Nice, do you make cladding with the band saw? Can you? Have you made the whole bike shed from timber you milled? Might be silly questions. Haven't used a bandsaw mill, so wouldn't know. But at some stage later in life, I'm sure I will be investing in one (maybe in the next year or so...). 

Once you have used a bandsaw mill you will soon want one.

[Paddy1000111]

30 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

That 881 as good as roughy says it is paddy 

Hard to tell because I've not milled with an 880! For cutting though the 881 feels like a chainsaw. I don't know what's different, maybe just the shape? But it feels like a big chainsaw as opposed to a big lump with a bar. It feels nice with a 30" bar on. 

 

As far as milling goes it runs a treat. I was using a hyper skip chain for the first 2 chains and that was nice! I had to change to a skip chain afterwards and it was hard going. The saw was pulling itself into the cut and bogging so I fought it the whole way. Hyperskip is definitely a winner!

[topchippyles]

27 minutes ago, Paddy1000111 said:

Hard to tell because I've not milled with an 880! For cutting though the 881 feels like a chainsaw. I don't know what's different, maybe just the shape? But it feels like a big chainsaw as opposed to a big lump with a bar. It feels nice with a 30" bar on. 

 

As far as milling goes it runs a treat. I was using a hyper skip chain for the first 2 chains and that was nice! I had to change to a skip chain afterwards and it was hard going. The saw was pulling itself into the cut and bogging so I fought it the whole way. Hyperskip is definitely a winner!

I tend to stick with the milling packs Rob D sells for chains and bars. Need to spend a bit more time looking at his videos explaining all the different options. 

[Paddy1000111]

11 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

I tend to stick with the milling packs Rob D sells for chains and bars. Need to spend a bit more time looking at his videos explaining all the different options. 

I'd get a hyperskip chain and give it a go if you don't have one. It was lovely to mill with 👌

[topchippyles]

7 minutes ago, Paddy1000111 said:

I'd get a hyperskip chain and give it a go if you don't have one. It was lovely to mill with 👌

I have bought a couple of new GB bars off rob this week and will have a look at his website 

[Paddy1000111]

2 hours ago, AJStrees said:

 

It’s a corker! Who took the photos?

 

The customer! He's super into his photography and took 60 odd photos for me to use for my website 👌 

[Tippin Alaybye]

Nice, do you make cladding with the band saw? Can you? Have you made the whole bike shed from timber you milled? Might be silly questions. Haven't used a bandsaw mill, so wouldn't know. But at some stage later in life, I'm sure I will be investing in one (maybe in the next year or so...). 

You can make anything mate. Bandsaw is just a whole lot more efficient than a chainsaw. Took me 2 years to build this, 3/4 with logosol M8 chainsaw mill. When I got the bandsaw it was like going from walking to running.