MikeTM150

I was thinking the same about a chainsaw mill really. You last comment about two circular saw blades has got designs running through my head of two blades and a huge rack table...... dreaming again. But i'm thinking your right and perhaps a 1000mm circular TCT saw blade on a simple rack system would suit me well, would prob give me 400mm to 450mm cutting depth. Also will be more interesting to use! I bet a 1000mm blade will be nice and cheap! Google hear i come!

it was the pictures of your rack saw that made me think about it as an option. 2mm is close enough for me!

cuz thats just a little on the excessive side, and i said cost not too prohibitive, not cost no problem! I wondered if accuracy maybe the issue with a rack saw.

impossible but funny as......... got me wondering now if my chaps run around the balers naked in the summer? God i hope not, off to puke breakfast up!

having done some milling with my Alaskan, its got me thinking for the smaller stuff say 24" and down it would be easier to use a more track based mill to save keep setting up the first cut and all the rest that goes with Alaskan mills. Now i can't decide if a homemade chainsaw mill like welsh wood is the way forward, or band-saw or a rack type circular saw. I can borrow brother in laws wood mizer, but as he uses it for business he like me to have it for a day do what I've got and have it back. But that seems to leave me with the quandary of what size/shape to mill to, so i wanted to build myself something that i could use when i want so i can do it the exact size i wanted. I fancy a big circular rack style saw mill, but have no experience of them. I enjoy building machines, and its part the fun of messing about with timber for me, so say cost was not too prohibitive and space/size not an issue what do you all think would be the best?

Having done some milling with my alaskan, its got me thinking about building a mill like yours, but am wondering why chainsaw mill and not bandsaw?

all i know is thankfully we definitely won't be hostin git next year, so as far as i'm concerned our entry was perfect!

I brought the aux oiler at the same time, seemed sensible for long bars, but do agree not the ultimate answer! Using veg oils also has the advantage of you've always got something to fry the sausages in at lunctime!

I reckon a three phase motor is the way forward if you don't need it mobile, quieter and you can easily get the revs and plenty of torque......... its the next project as the alaskan is good but its hardwork!

driving the old ford 7810 with the long stick shift and pressing the non-exsistent buttons ontop the stick to change gear! Now you look a dork doing that!

seems awfully complicated, if i've gotta wear a suit when i die, just leave me in my boiler suit and wellies and bury me a hole on our farm and a nice oak tree planting above me! be quite interesting to see if they can get it to work!

That is interesting, in the small addictive amount i've done so far has been with .404" chain and i'm well impressed with its cutting speed and not too bad at staying sharp seeing as it's ripping!

Rob how about these then? 200, 150mm STAINLESS SLEEPER SCREW, TIMBERLOK, FREE BIT | eBay Not the cheapest but you get the best of both worlds!

Now that sounds like a chicken!!! Where do you get some eggs from for them then?

ah the joys of running your own business! Well I hope you get them done and finished in time!

good luck with that lot!!! How many weekends on the trot now?

IME wear a mask..... if it kills a mammal then it'll certaintly harm you. My father has parkinsons which is attributed to years of un-protected crop spraying, so i try to make sure i wear a mask and keep any vapours out my lungs. A few hours discomfort is better than what he's going through!

Wife's got about 20 of them, all shapes and sizes. Not sure how many eggs she gets, and there's usually a 'discussion' of how many eggs i eat meaning theres less for her to 'sell'. I maintain they eat my grain and I put the fencing up with my chaps so that entitles me to eat as many eggs as I wish in my eyes! We have real problem with fox, even electric wire at the top of a 8ft fence struggles to keep them out in cub season...... Funny things chickens, shame they can't roam the yard to have a good scratch about!

index bolt it is then!

plasma won't resist the abrasion of skidding timber like steel, its lighter and floats on water but abrasion wise its not so good.

i've been using stainless steel wood screws in some outdoor stuff i've done, as it will never rust and stain the wood and they are a bit easier on the eye if they happen to be in a prominent position. But index bolts are good for yanking it together tight!

I have just purchased a few more plastic wedges to help get ladder level and to put in the cut during further slabbing, I made some wooden ones but they didn't seem to stay in so well as the plastic with it 'grippy' bits on! Practice at milling will help learn the tricks i can see!

i'm finding making sure the ladder doesn't twist when you fix it to the trunk is critical and takes practice to get it level!