New to Milling

[Daniël Bos]

I have a 36" rollo on my 660, with a £1.50 extension which allows a cut of nearly the full bar length.

I reckon at 50p/inch extra cut its good value.

[agg221]

I have a 36" rollo on my 660, with a £1.50 extension which allows a cut of nearly the full bar length.

I reckon at 50p/inch extra cut its good value.

 

I'd be interested in details of the extension.

 

I'm mostly running hard nosed bars but it was really noticeable back-to-back with Martin last week that his mill was significantly quicker. The only known differences were the chain and bar - mine being slightly longer and hard-nosed. I reckon it was worth around 25% on speed, so plan on going over to roller nose at some point.

 

Re OP: I understand the motivation. Your saw will be working really hard on anything of 2' and up. Quartering would therefore be well worthwhile. I suggest a mini-mill for quartering, as it will give you a better starting face, particularly on the butts which are too large to get through with the Alaskan and the ones where the middle is rotten so perfect cuts at the centre aren't so critical.

 

Alec

Edited April 9, 2013 by agg221

[Daniël Bos]

I'd be interested in details of the extension.

 

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Alec

 

Well, errrrm it's very technical and complicated...

 

I've glued a 50p coin to the bar, right in the centre of the nose wheel, one either side. It fits within the rivets so does not pinch it.

The other 50p is the deluxe upgrade I have on my bar, a 50p coin on a string to mark the difference in height as the riser is 50p higher than the one on the power head side.

 

Do you reckon I could sell the idea for much?

[agg221]

Well, errrrm it's very technical and complicated...

 

I've glued a 50p coin to the bar, right in the centre of the nose wheel, one either side. It fits within the rivets so does not pinch it.

The other 50p is the deluxe upgrade I have on my bar, a 50p coin on a string to mark the difference in height as the riser is 50p higher than the one on the power head side.

 

Do you reckon I could sell the idea for much?

 

Excellent - cheers. I reckon you could start installing the on people's mills for them and charging £1.50 a go

 

Alec

[bobh]

I love that idea, will be digging out the araldite this weekend