Today's milling

[Johnsond]

On 23/07/2023 at 21:59, Stihl123 said:

Thought I'd try lasers 

Should save a bit of measuring! 

Looks a tidy set up, was that put together by yourself or is it kit ??.

[Stihl123]

10 hours ago, Johnsond said:

Looks a tidy set up, was that put together by yourself or is it kit ??.

i put it together myself, all the laser stuff came to just under £100, not bad at all

let me know if you want to know where and what i got

[AJStrees]

On 23/07/2023 at 21:59, Stihl123 said:

Thought I'd try lasers 

Should save a bit of measuring! 

I have probably asked before, but what mill is that?

[Stihl123]

2 hours ago, AJStrees said:

I have probably asked before, but what mill is that?

Rima 

 

They make the mills for alot of different companies 

[Stihllymok]

A decent lump of Yew...maxed out the 661 and 48"LP setup. 

 

[Stihl123]

On the sawmill, cutting some softwood and the blade seemed to be jamming in the log then riding the clutch, resulting in the clutch getting very hot. 

Thought blade was done so swapped it out, but still doing it. 

Did couple of cherry logs the other day, absolutely fine. They were down about 4 yrs before I milled. 

The softwood has been down about 8 months 

 

Any ideas please 

Edited August 8, 2023 by Stihl123

[Johnsond]

37 minutes ago, Stihl123 said:

On the sawmill, cutting some softwood and the blade seemed to be jamming in the log then riding the clutch, resulting in the clutch getting very hot. 

Thought blade was done so swapped it out, but still doing it. 

Did couple of cherry logs the other day, absolutely fine. They were down about 4 yrs before I milled. 

The softwood has been down about 8 months 

 

Any ideas please 

How many hrs has it done ??

Might be worth checking you’ve had no stretch on the throttle cable ie it’s definitely running flat out and the  clutch is fully engaged. Poss worth cleaning the clutch out too. Softwood I find  is often harder to cut than hardwood a lot depends on moisture content. What hook angle are you running on the blades?. 

[youcallthatbig]

try a blade with a bigger set to the teeth, sounds as tho the fibrous nature of softwood is binding on the blade, giving you better clearance so less drag...

[Stihl123]

9 hours ago, Johnsond said:

How many hrs has it done ??

Might be worth checking you’ve had no stretch on the throttle cable ie it’s definitely running flat out and the  clutch is fully engaged. Poss worth cleaning the clutch out too. Softwood I find  is often harder to cut than hardwood a lot depends on moisture content. What hook angle are you running on the blades?. 

not many at all as only just got it.

i did adjust the throttle a little as it has stretched a couple of mm

 

i'll clean the clutch out and see if i can see anything going on in there

defo is pretty wet timber 

 

they are Ripper37 blades, which i believe are 10 degrees 

 

thank you

 

[Stihl123]

2 minutes ago, youcallthatbig said:

try a blade with a bigger set to the teeth, sounds as tho the fibrous nature of softwood is binding on the blade, giving you better clearance so less drag...

brilliant, thank you. i'll get some on order and give that a go 👍