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Just now, topchippyles said:

If you were a little closer could  have had a day milling and shown how i go about it. Works well for me 

I could have done with that! Always good to learn about it from someone who knows what they are doing.

Back in the aircraft world the scariest thing I've ever done was to fly to a foreign country where I didn't speak the language and replace an engine on a plane I've never worked on and then fly back on the repaired plane. If I'm still here after that, I'm sure anything is possible 😂

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2 minutes ago, Paddy1000111 said:

I could have done with that! Always good to learn about it from someone who knows what they are doing.

Back in the aircraft world the scariest thing I've ever done was to fly to a foreign country where I didn't speak the language and replace an engine on a plane I've never worked on and then fly back on the repaired plane. If I'm still here after that, I'm sure anything is possible 😂

someone who knows what they are doing. Not sure about that 🤣

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4 minutes ago, Moose McAlpine said:

 

More like a raspberry mate some days. 14 years of lifting gearboxes and 2 car accidents, my back's not great. Used to be stronger, but it's coming back slowly.

it's coming back slowly ? Do you mean in the lunchbox or fitness levels 🤣

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Never claimed to be a specialist, said i didn't see a need for it if it's between that and a 661 but need to do large felling. (36" bar territory.)
 
Yes, i think it's Stihl's novelty saw. First saw with fuel injection, very complicated and has mixed reliability and is terrible on fuel by all accounts. It's almost 661 money, 462 size and weight but 0.8bhp more powerful. 
 
You have one and love it, fair enough. It's not for me but i never said it's not for anyone else.
 
(When i bought my first saw i was actually looking at either the 500i and the 572XP. Lots of reading and watching reviews etc, ultimately chose the 572 on price, design, build quality and ergonomics and it turned out to be the right decision for me.)
I brought a 572xp back from Europe while working in Germany befor they were even available in the UK 572xp is a great saw I love mine. I no which saw i would take up the tree with me to have hanging on my side while rigging heavy wood down or If wanted blow a big top out with 500i ! Ground work amongst rough terrain felling hardwood I would choose the 572xp but who am I to judge ive only been at it 23 years [emoji57]
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Just by a bandsaw mill and not worry about it. Woodland mills seem a fair price and look half decent. Any chainsaw milling is slow.


I have a bandsaw, some will say a hobby version but unless you have over £12,000 to play with you’re not gonna get a bandsaw that cuts wide enough to make decently wide live edge slabs. That’s why I’m getting another saw and a 60” mill.
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I have a bandsaw, some will say a hobby version but unless you have over £12,000 to play with you’re not gonna get a bandsaw that cuts wide enough to make decently wide live edge slabs. That’s why I’m getting another saw and a 60” mill.

Get it bought. Drill the bar and have the extra hopper to keep things lubricated.
Go for a lopro bar and chain. I’d imagine that is the biggest thing you can do to reduce stress on the saw in milling so far as I know. Apart from a helper saw at the other end. Not much else too it. By virtue the Alaskan set up is very simple so not many options.

I don’t know if there is a panther at that size. That’s a fair length bar.
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3 minutes ago, lux said:


Get it bought. Drill the bar and have the extra hopper to keep things lubricated.
Go for a lopro bar and chain. I’d imagine that is the biggest thing you can do to reduce stress on the saw in milling so far as I know. Apart from a helper saw at the other end. Not much else too it. By virtue the Alaskan set up is very simple so not many options.

I don’t know if there is a panther at that size. That’s a fair length bar.

I started out Milling with a 48" Chillaskan and my 088. Sold it as I was not using it at all but now Im getting more and more requests to mill bigger logs than my B751 can handle and the logs I'll be getting in soon will be getting a load of Oak and hopefully Elm in that my Bandsaw cant handle either. So I'll get the 60" Panther and it should pay for itself very quickly. 

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