Rob D

The only tricky bit with this method is the rolling of the half log up - but the idea is then you can offer quartersawn/rift sawn boards using a chainsaw mill..... with this one I am using the bandsaw but you could quite easily just now work your way down that half log with the Alaskan.

Don't tend to do much contract sawing these days unless is very close by... But if I do it is £400-00+vat a day - includes combo of Peterson and chainsaw milling.

Good stuff Andy and thanks for posting the pics If you get a chance could you send to [email protected]?

Sorry - should have said - take that 14" section off and then re saw on the bandsaw in the direction of the blue lines... People seem to want quarter sawn off me more than anything else at the mo and it looks really good on chopping boards.

Cheers - idea is to take 14" off the top then mill as the blue lines show.

Nice sanding and rounding

Getting rid of around 60 pieces of wood on ebay cheaply - this is due to them being difficult to stack and store more than anything else. Timber sales, Sugihara bars for Stihl items in chainsawbars alaskanmill and treet store on eBay! I know people tend to slag ebay off but as a selling platform it is pretty much unbeatable - ok they take 10% of the sale price etc but then how much would it cost to host a full e commerce site to sell something like this? It's a hard thing to sell the timber you mill - fortunately I have the courier contracts in place to ship it and Toby lists it for 20% of the final sale price. Profit is tiny at around 10%-15% .... but hopefully this will increase if I can get the volume up.

This is as far as I have got with the log - will update in the future... Very kind of you Ted

When you first start using a chainsaw mill you tend to just through saw ie. take the top of the log off asnd then just straight plank it - it's easy and you produce lovely wide planks... trouble is they are a pain to move about, they cup or split and you end up having to saw them down the middle to plane them.... Quarter sawing is a much better way of sawing your timber but a pain to do - but here is a way of getting better quality boards out of a large log. Also it saves having to buy a larger mill/chainsaw if you come across an oversize log. Take the top of the log off in the normal way. Put a cut down through the middle (I used the mini mill here). Of course you have to be careful to secure the log using rachet straps etc so that when you complete the cut the log does not fall apart uncontrollably. Roll the log so that it is up on the flat surface - tricky but possible using winch etc... now you can mill this using the Alaskan. Advantages are: you run up a smooth flat surface so no need to guide the mill around lumps and bumps boards are smaller and easier to carry you mill quicker as instead of say 36" width you are milling 18" the middle boards will be true quarter sawn most importantly you will have a better quality board which will stay straighter and be more valuable. I'll update this thread as I continue to mill this log.

It's the hardest thing with chain to get your head around - 3/8 lo pro and 3/8 standard chain.... the easiest way is as above - the 3/8 lo pro (or stihl picco) is a smaller chain than the 3/8 standard.

Have got all the oregon and stihl chain info here - (couple of mistakes) but may help. Pretty much all the Husky chain (at the moment anyway) is rebranded oregon chain. http://www.chainsawbars.co.uk/media/documents/chain-info.pdf

My experiences with carbide chain are save your money - it always feels dull and ok it lasts longer in dirtier conditions but not that much longer, a pain to sharpen and most importantly you hit a stone or metal hard you can knock the brittle carbide tips off = very expensive chain written off! I spent £600 on different carbide chains for different applications - a large waste of money! I wrote most of them off hitting something.

I'm sure you will!

They made a mistake - Sugi bars should be here on Weds and will go out on Thurs to be with you Friday!

That's a pretty harsh statement(s) IMO. It's a zero tolerance to bullying and stirring - it has nothing to do with whether you express your views - I have never felt that arbtalk does not allow you to express your views. It is how you present your views and how you write them.

Hmmm.... just been told the shipment is going to take another 10 days to come through customs.... The ship got in on the 15th Sept so not sure why it will take almost two weeks - last time it was 3 days! Have asked if they can speed the process up.

Ha ha! That is loaded and then some - I had springs re tensioned and also an additional one added to old Iveco I had - it did help but not 'night and day' if you see what I mean.

I don't think there is such a thing Dean - everyone wants to think there is - but there isn't - bar say long time standing deadwood... All cord size wood I have ringed up even with no bark and years off the ground is still 30%+

They are nice looking slabs matty

Good work for being so pro active - hope you sell it. Ebay is worth considering - ok you will have to work out how to send but at least you have a large market. I've found it good for selling timber on - in fact I have found it the only workable method to sell timber!

Not really - you can see saw it around things but most of the time you'll be milling at pretty much a right angle...

It's battery powered but you could just stick some of these stones in a dremmel I expect Products for the category: Grinding stones

Never heard of it! Is he confusing 'oregon' chain with 'canadian'

Let's have some pics Greg

Bout twice I think I tickled it up as was a clean butt