First chainsaw mill

[SteveMenhenitt]

Bought a cheap mill off ebay to play about with. I've personally never had anything to do with milling so will be looking for tips and advice. My Grandfather and father done a fair bit of it with this exact saw. We actually have 2 of these 070s and where both used on a double ended bar replacing a pair of Huskys. If I end up doing a fair bit I will invest in a larger one and probably an 880 but thats probably not going to happen if it does not anytime soon. Currently can only do 28" at a push if I take the felling spikes off and thats a 36" bar my 41" bar looks to be a tad long but will see once its drilled to fit the 070 as I should lose about an 1¼" length after. Looking forward to learning this been wanting one for years.

[openspaceman]

Bruce had a Forester vertical bandsaw IIRC.

[Bob_z_l]

Have fun.

 

I am looking forward to a days milling tomorrow. First for many months. 

 

Prep is everything, but that first cut. Exposing the inner beauty still gives me the God feeling as I'm the first to see it apart from him.   

Sorry for the derail. 

[SteveMenhenitt]

3 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Bruce had a Forester vertical bandsaw IIRC.

I remember father saying about these pair on the double ended bar might of been before going up surrey as he bought one of these 070s brand new in 1968 or there abouts then the other in an auction not long after.

[SteveMenhenitt]

12 minutes ago, Bob_z_l said:

Have fun.

 

I am looking forward to a days milling tomorrow. First for many months. 

 

Prep is everything, but that first cut. Exposing the inner beauty still gives me the God feeling as I'm the first to see it apart from him.   

Sorry for the derail. 

Im looking forward to it just got to find something to mill first was watching a chap at Launceston show milling a lump of sweet chestnut (I think) and the grain pattern was bloody beautiful.

[Bob_z_l]

44 minutes ago, SteveMenhenitt said:

Im looking forward to it just got to find something to mill first was watching a chap at Launceston show milling a lump of sweet chestnut (I think) and the grain pattern was bloody beautiful.

Not had any sizeable Sw Chestnut but it is so Oak like I'd love to have a crack.

 I've got 2 x 70cm by 2.9 m Oak butts tomorrow and the smell of the sawdust will be like heaven.

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Bob_z_l

[Bob_z_l]

p.s.I had a group scout leader Menhenitt in the 70's   Kingston?  John?

[SteveMenhenitt]

34 minutes ago, Bob_z_l said:

p.s.I had a group scout leader Menhenitt in the 70's   Kingston?  John?

Wouldn't be too certain on that my family is from and mostly currently in Cornwall. My Grandfather Bruce, father Christopher Paul and uncle Steven moved up to Dorking for a while I'm not 100% certain when this was long before I was born and no one is around anymore to ask. I do have an uncle Johnny and uncle Johnothan but he's always called by his middle name Mark. Not sure if they went up aswell. 

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