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84" Alaskan Mill issues


J Holtby
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On 16/08/2019 at 12:50, J Holtby said:

 

Big J - what do you use now? bandsaw? some of the pieces Ive milled (forks/crowns of trees etc) are over 6ft, what bandsaws are out there that could handle that?

 

 

I don't, as I'm semi retired from sawmilling (forestry now). When I sold the chainsaw milling gear, I bought a Trak TTS800 sawmilling with the wide head. That comes with it's own issues though as trying to keep a 60mm blade cutting straight over a 1.15m throat is tricky. 

 

All I can suggest is that someone needs to build a heavy duty slabbing mill, using a tensioning system on the bar that prevents flex. It would need to be a mill that is mounted on rails, very solidly built and designed for cutting 6ft diameter trees. As it is at the moment, it's far too easy to flex a long bar in a chainsaw mill and it's inevitable that you get some deflection.

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