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Two guys with a helper handle on the non engine bar end and a chain length accordingly if alteration is needed, can make for a straighter cut without a mill. I've done it with a friend with both of us following some crayon lines. Safety on the helper handle end might be a concern, I guess if...

Sean, it just seemed to me that with all that power from two large engines and often milling wide material, a stiffer chain would make sense. For years I only milled with 3/8" inch with no problem though. Perhaps .404 would have given a smoother cut? I remember that Willard said that .404 was...

.375" full comp with the cutter top angles at 0 or 5 degrees. Had I not burned up my mill in my shop fire, I was aiming to go to the heavier chassis .404.

I never ran different engines on my mill, just a pair of 076s. Offhand, my guess is that you would run into problems with much varying displacement, chain speeds, and torques, but I could be wrong. For one thing, it seems like it could overburden a chain if one powerhead kept running but the...

Interesting concept!

Nice score!

It it one of those drip type oilers with a tube from a small tank? The size saw is a factor and 48" is a big cut, but generally speaking, I think more oil getting to the chain than less when milling, is a positive thing. My mill doesn't have a supplemental oiler, but I've thought about putting...

Out of the middle will include the heart check. Cut slabs on either side of the center or figure to trim out the heart check and glue it back together if you need the width from the center. Kind of looks like the heart of that log might possibly veer away from the center from one end to the...

Good luck with the knives, Deva. Your Pine got me thinking. Nothing wrong with painting outdoor furniture when using a wood that otherwise wouldn't hold up well for that application. Benches can look pretty good in a nice color. That's how they used to do it before plastic or metal...

Maybe Joel's wood will dry well if it has already lost a good amount of water while still in the log.

Thanks. Never used a CNC, I know they can do some amazing things. A simple edge joint with splines in the middle for strength would be a good way to join them as well and get minor disturbance to the grain. Ideally done well so you have a minimal glue line and a really tight joint especially...

Joel, is that the normal appearance of the wood, or is there spalting going on from decay? That first pic is my favourite looking slab. Looks like coffee table material. Even the slabs with heart check, splitting them down the check and then putting back together would make for a very nice...

Yeah, some beautiful looking wood there!

Carpenter hombre needs a dust system!

Deva folk craft. Skirt is kinda novel, I don't think I've seen that before.

Similar here, Cherry can get large, but with age usually comes defects

Hard to say what it will do, but if it gets a lot of heat, I think severe end checking could result, and would be harmful to destructive. I suggest to certainly keep an eye on it, and if a lot of cracking appears, probably best to remove from exposure to direct heat. I guess that you want to...

Paul, seems like that wood might go nuts, so quickly exposed to heat.

Ya, Deva, after adzing, hand planed and then sanded. I see some guys initially shaping seats using something like a hand grinder that has like a chainsaw chain cutter head on it, then they refine the results from there. I have never used one, but I guess they work pretty efficiently for...