Day with the Alaskan and mini mill

[mendiplogs]

Just thought I'd share some pictures of a recent. Bit of milling in the woods

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Got a stihl056 with a 36" bar and mill and a mini mill on an stihl290

 

HI BEN nice pics there mate it nice to it done jon

[martwizz]

how long did that take? From the pics it looks like you finished early evening, was it an all-day job? or just a few hours in the afternoon?

[Stihlben]

It was an all day job but the photos only show part of the days milling.

Got through 4 logs like that one getting between 14 - 17 8"x4"x8' sleepers per log.

[martwizz]

smart use of the ladder to get the initial flat guide

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Nice, been doing a bit meself and want the mini mill now! Quarter sawn is the way to go, my slabs are cupping sadly, lesson learned

[Rob D]

It was an all day job but the photos only show part of the days milling.

Got through 4 logs like that one getting between 14 - 17 8"x4"x8' sleepers per log.

 

 

 

That's a very good tally indeed for one day!

[Stihlben]

The first log was the slowest, we took 1 slab then the edge then reset the mill from 8 to 4".

The other logs went quicker as we slab bed them all at 8" then took an edge off each slab then reset the mill, having to change things only once rather than every slab 1 by 1.

[Stihlben]

That was meant to say slabbed. Damn autocorrect