Double ended chainsaw milling

[Blaisey]

OMG how long are those beams holding the roof over your mill, are they one length?

[Big J]

OMG how long are those beams holding the roof over your mill, are they one length?

 

They are 40ft and yes, they are one piece. Chainsaw milling 40ft beams is the very definition of tedium (2 beams equals 320ft of cutting). The beams are 12x9 for the front, a touch smaller for the back (limits of the log).

 

Jonathan

[Blaisey]

Sounds like a right mission but defo worth the effort looks so cool. As regards the double end mill I can safely say after trading up from a 066 to an 088 it is amassing the difference. I would imagine two 088 would be the same felling! Rob suggested a winch system would be a good idea when ordering 66" rails. Its difficult to convey just how brilliant milling is now it just makes every thing better, I wouldn't mill without the which now ever!

 

Sorry to go on about the beams but how did you get the first cut on them?

[Big J]

Yet to try the winch - not sure it's needed on a double ended mill, but happy to be proved wrong.

 

To get the first cut, I just screwed down two 20ft 6x3.5 inch boards, one after the other. The beams aren't perfectly straight, but they aren't far off.

 

Jonathan