woodwizzard
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They have stayed the same regarding towing, but they now come with an hydraulic in-feed belt and the hydraulic pumps/motors have been upgraded. I will have to wait until January now, when they are back in stock.
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Thanks for your input guys, very helpful to me. Think I will go and have a look at a woodlands one to judge the build quality.
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It claims to handle up to 15" logs, cuts with an 18" bar and splitting force of 12 tons. On paper it would do what I want.
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I have a circular saw and another splitter to handle larger logs, I just want to speed up dealing with smaller diameter timber up to 13"-14", hence looking at the woodlands type machines. I'm only a hobby logger for my own use and a small number of customers.
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Will have to keep my eyes peeled, that sort of money is just within budget. I keep getting tempted by the woodlands mill processor, but not sure on the quality for 7k.
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What sort of money are these machines secondhand, assuming they are in good usable condition. Thinking about getting a road tow processor, hardly ever see these for sale secondhand.
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I always wipe a thin film of grease around my filters before seating them, it seems to cut out all of that fine dust finding a way into the carb.
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Yes Eddy, just wondering what you have done to it.
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What has been done to your 550?
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Thanks for that
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What's a good price for a good condition low use one?
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Anyone know much or have any experience about these saws? Seem to be similar to a 660, but 5cc and a 1/2hp down. Could a 660 pot and piston go on if the need arise?
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Yes. 18" bar that came with the saw, an oregon pro-light 24" and a husqvarna 28" with a standard semi chisel chain filed to 10 degrees. Would prefer a proper granberg chain, but hey-ho. You won't regret getting a 7900.
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I use my 7900 for milling. It is fine on softwoods, cutting 18" plus boards running a 28" bar is no problem to it at all. I have cut some dead elm boards that came out as 22" wide and that was fine also. I recently milled an ash tree and it was the first time I felt I was being a little unkind to the saw. If you could find another £160 I would go for the 90cc makita for milling. As a saw though, the 7900 is a cracker. Light enough to use as a general saw and runs a 24" bar with ease. Where in Devon are you?
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I thought I read somewhere that if the wood was cut in the summer the bark would stay on and likely to come off if cut in the winter. Or is it the other way around??? I have just made a little stool from summer cut cherry and the bark is still on the legs and I couldn't peel it off if I wanted to.
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Horrible jumpy stretchy chains and they seem to really eat bars and drive sprockets. The cutters on the 3/8 chains seem way larger than on oregon or stihl, which is what makes them jumpy imho.
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First one looks a bit like iroko, that smells quite distinctive when cut. Second could be well seasoned cherry??
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Looks like a willow of some sort to me.
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I have a powerful stihl shop vac that would suck the face off of a henry or a dyson and that had no chance of dealing with the waste from the planer, hence the up-grade to a chip extractor.
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That's great, thank you. Might make this my next little welding project.
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That's pretty good. Any chance of a picture of the height adjustment mechanism on top if it's not too much bother.
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That's a cracking looking mill, great job. Do you know what it cost you in materials?
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Ended up getting one of these https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/record-power-cx2000-compact-chip-collector/. Suits my needs fine for occasional use with my planer and bandsaw. As in reviews that I had read, I had to cut out the plastic screen on the fan housing to allow the chips to go through. A safety feature that stops the machine from working, whatever next. Sucks in the chips off of a 10" planer no problem. Not one for you professionals, but fine for a hobbyist.
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I mill with a 7900, so the 9010 should breeze it. I'm deffo a makita convert and just picked up an ea5000 to go with the 7900.
