Static chainsaw mill

[Blaisey]

Thought I'd try. Will the mill become part of the mill if u know what I mean?

[Rob D]

No not really...

 

It's still early days and maybe I shouldn't have mentioned it....

 

It will come to fruition and it will be good. It will be transportable but biased towards a static set up.

 

There will always be work for an Alaskan to do...

 

Sorry about not being specific. As soon as I have more details I'll post.

 

 

 

[Blaisey]

Rodger that

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[David Myers]

Having seen the Logosol M7 (my neighbour has one that I don't think he's ever used!), I was wondering how many folk here have experience of static chainsaw mills, and how they compare to Alaskan-style mills.

 

I'm currently chatting to a chap at TCF engineering about this mill:

 

Home - TCF Engineering

 

I've been looking at it with passing interest for months on Ebay, and have been thinking more and more lately of the advantages that a chainsaw bar and chain has over smaller bandsaws:

 

* completely flat and level cut

* no degradation of finish when the chain starts to blunten

* chain can easily be sharpened whilst on mill

 

Obviously speed of cut and kerf are the main issues, but quality of board is very important to me. Alaskans cut superbly, except for if they skip or jump a little, in which case you can get scoring. If the bar is locked into a frame, it can't possibly do that.

 

Chatting to Tim at TCF, he reckons he gets around twice the cutting speed with this mill as opposed to a freehand chainsaw mill, but the main difference is that he can mill all day without fatigue. I'm pretty able to mill about 50 cubic foot a day with the Alaskan, but reckon that would jump to close to 150 with this mill as I wouldn't need to take as many breaks.

 

I'm not exactly sure what point I'm trying to make, but I suppose I was wanting to gauge opinion on it before going any further. I'm trying to change my supply of timber slightly to more predominantly forest grown stuff, so a fixed mill is ideal for the more uniform logs that I'll be getting.

 

Jonathan

Hi, I have both an alaskan mill and an M7 and both have great advantages, the alaskan is graet for timber in back gardens and hard to reach places though the finish is not as good as the m7 and its quite labourous. The M7 is great fun and easy to use and the finish is nearly as good as a band saw but at a fraction of the cost. We make furniture, chopping boards etc and also attend local shows and do promotional work. They are both great tools and hope you get the one that is best for you.

[bella wood]

Hello there,, message for big j

ive got an my old chainsaw mill that id sell,, can be used with any size bar but with 42inch has a cut about 100cm wide , solid bed and basic slide in posts and dogging system,, or i could make you a set up similar to my current model with is used with 60 inch bar giving cut of 140 cm ,, best thing is im just down the road at Hawick,,

 

i spoke to a friend of yours a couple of months ago ,,Ian i think

if interested get in touch ,,cheers graham

[oakleaf50]

If anyone knows anyone else selling a chainsaw mill for large diameter log, please post after one for a while now! In Dumfries and galloway area

[firewood]

pm Rob D on here. he sells them.

 

or see his web site:

 

alaskan mill I home of the portable chainsaw mill

[David Myers]

Yea, I wonder how long it would last?

 

The M7 is made of a high grade ali and though its more expensive than the alaskan, it is also far more versatile and requires less effort to create a vast range of cuts and though I have both, as they always say, you get what you pay for. They are Great to thier own application, We tend reduce the logs with the alaska so they can then be further reduce and finished on the M7.

[kimtree]

not quite an alaskan mill but have you considered a lucasmill dedicated slabber