Rob D

Have the range of mills here Chainsaw mills As for saws - what is your budget?

Ebay are not perfect - but is there ever going to be a perfect solution when it comes to someone selling something and someone buying it? Expensive? - yes it is - but then so is having an online shop. I would say their fees are equal to the overheads/costs with your own online shop. 60% of customers using my online shop use paypal now. Dishonest people? - yep - but again you get dishonest people where ever you sell. If you don't have the option of face to face contact then ebay is the best option. Worst I have had - someone buys a mill and then 10 hours before a full year goes buy does a 'chargeback' on their credit card. Ebay automatically take the money back. Courier does not keep proof of postage after a year hence no proof of delivery. That stopped me using ebay for a while - but then I realised this could happen outside of ebay as well.... Protecting the buyer and not the seller? - same as for every other shop the buyer has the power and not the seller. They have a dispute process which can have the seller tearing their hair out.... but all things aside it is still the best online accessible selling platform there is IMO.... ... and yes part of me hates myself saying that...

Is that so? - I use a guide all the time - still hand sharpen from time to time... using a guide actually gives you something to aim for when it comes to hand sharpening. Using a guide has been the main way I've improved my sharpening over the last 3 years - hand sharpening is better than it's ever been....

Yep - you only need skip link chain on long bars where the saw is bogging down. It keeps the chain speed up. But adapting a chain will give a greater gap than skip link - skip link only misses one link for every cutter - grinding the chain will mean you will miss x2 links. Also it will weaken the chain where you have been doing the grinding.

Lots of bandsaw mill owners slag off chainsaw mills! Not all I might add - but a fair few.... I have a bandsaw now and they are excellent.... but if you can't load it and you can't get the mill to the wood - how much use is it then? If you have something to load timber onto a bandsaw then hands down they are fast, accurate and produce little waste.

I use thin pull cord - has a bit of stretch in it that evens out the pull. You really won't go back after using a winch.

Is that a bit your saving for me Matty?

Great pics gents - you not got a winching set on your mills yet? I could not mill without one these days!

Free to collector IMO

All look really good. Ref pricing - if you look at what it would cost to make if you had to source the components regularly. Say £6 a hook = £36-00 Wood - £15-00 (you may have got at an auction but there is still your time and travel to account for). Oil and sanding, labour at 2.5 hours = say £60-00. Price £111-00. So I'd say in answer to OP £120-00. I know you got the hooks cheaper on that occasion but if you had to make them regularly you may have to buy hooks from a supplier.

Thanks for your order of save edge files - I think you'll like them!

Yep just file it 5-10 degrees to give a ripping effect.

I would have thought so - and they do actually work but only come in size medium (or large in Japan!). Products for the category: Forestry equipment They are also machine washable.

I have quite a bit of wood listed on my ebay shop. Timber sales, Sugihara guidebars Stihl items in chainsawbars alaskanmill and treet store on eBay! There will be some burr elm going up there soon as well...

Thanks for the review The Sugi gloves are really specifically anti vibe and don't have any chainsaw protection on the backs of them.... Did you find them warm? The rubber in them made them toasty for me - but I found them too hot for use in summer time.

Yep - I used same technique and that does save fiddling around a lot...

Thought this was a really nice animation showing what quarter sawing means. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvUPJPFg4wM]The Frank Miller Lumber Quartersawing Process - 2013 HD Revision - YouTube[/ame]

I've got the oregon ones and they seem to work well. Products for the category: Bar maintenance tools

Brilliant - how many are you going to make?

Grease the nose sprocket now and again (at least once a week) - lovely bar to use in that seems to pull out of cuts nicely... nice and stiff yet not too heavy. Put your feedback up here after you've had a play.

Should work fine - as above you may have to drill another oil hole though...

Missed this question really you would want a 20" bar with the small log mill - max cut 18"

Looks like the oregon K095 mount - so if you 'pretend' to have a husky say 346 all these bars will fit it. Guide bars Sugi light type bars are very high quality! Chains can be found on the chain selector Chains Ref sprocket - oregon do have them - look at the wear on the current sprocket Sprocket care some info here... if in doubt replace. I'd have to get the sprocket in if you wanted to buy off me - although may have it on the shelf.

Maybe ping Steve a PM as this does look like a scam... if I got a £ for every time he says it will be a safe transaction!!

That's good to know - so the VH sugi mount is the equivalent of the oregon K095 mount except in this case you have it with the 3/8" .058 nose sprocket. Interesting about the weights - going to weigh the sugi bars hopefully today! See how the light type compare to the solid type.