milling thread

[SeanKroll]

I got this tree hauled in two, full trailer loads. This is two 13' logs. Had to mill them down to be movable. The last one I removed the grapple to be able to lift the butt end and rotate the log onto the trailer, then was able to lift the smaller end with the grapple, and push onto the trailer.

I want/ need a bigger saw and mill to cut these things down into bandsaw mill sizes.


31" Max cut on the mill


Too heavy for me, but #OgreDon'tCare

 

[Raj]

Sweet pics. How long does it take to make one pass?

 

[SeanKroll]

don't know.

The other one is down to the spar, and hauled.

Going to grab my loader from the jobsite, and bring it home tonight. Having too many logs in the same drop spot is a hassle.

I'll try to time the passes. Have to break down the big butt log on #2 just to move, and further CSM or bandsaw mill.

Have some mis-tint paint for end-painting.

 

[Nutball]

Has anyone run low profile PMX chain? https://www.ebay.com/itm/GB-36-Lo-P...770216?hash=item4b1fe6dae8:g:FwsAAOSwBLlVeAOS

 

[Raj]

Nope. Only 404 and 3/8 ripping.

I wonder how it works.


Small milling job today for me. Clearing some black walnut I dropped a couple weeks ago.

 

[SeanKroll]

Anyone know the profile name for the Granberg rails? Propietary, guessing not?

 

[Bodean]

I just saw a set on northern catalog for $100... 9 ft long...

 

[SeanKroll]

Mill rails, not the first-cut track, unless one-and-the-same.

 

[SeanKroll]

https://granberg.com/product/0590f-v-rail/


Anyone have the size on this?

I'd rather buy a long piece, locally, than a bunch of 2' sections.

 

[Burnham]

If it was me, given some of y'all are all about the potential to not waste the wood that comes your way, optimize a saleable product, maybe make beautiful planks, I'd seriously think about this mill.

https://woodmizer.com/Store/Shop/Po...MIm_r7hYaO5AIViMpkCh1hcQOzEAQYAyABEgKcJ_D_BwE

My cousin-in-law has one...and oh goodness, he has cut some magnificent boards with it. I have a couple of times helped him with cutting, bucking, rigging, and man-handling logs onto the mill bed, some pretty nice sized ponderosa pine. The results have been awfully fine.

I know...the up front cost is steep, and it doesn't move about easily. But it is a mighty fine mill.

 

[MasterBlaster]

What's a week's pay for a quality investment!!! ;>)

 

[Nutball]

I know you can keep booked in some areas, so...

 

[SeanKroll]

I've been eye-ing the WMLT15wide that Dave suggested, if this 42" cut-homemade bandsaw on a trailer, doesn't turn out. I'm willing to finance something better than what I could pay now/ pay-off sooner.

I'm refinancing my mortgage at the moment, so the mill purchase will be at least after that.



Finding the time to do it all is difficult.

I've been trying to find time to chainsaw mill huge pieces for a long time, that are sitting out in the weather, not end-sealed.

Tree work pays predictably the end of the project.

Might be sending D to public school this year, instead, freeing up a good number of dollars.


Portability versus capacity, one facet.

 

[Slabhappy]

Hello saw millers. I have a few chainsaw mills. Any large favorite regularly used power heads out there besides the usual 088 or 3120 saws for a large single saw setup with fifty or longer bars?

Any more bandsaw information farther back in this thread?

 

[MasterBlaster]

It's not like it's 800 pages, lol.

 

[Raj]

Lots of info in this thread. Sorry the recent ones are of my chainsaw mill.

Today's silver maple. 3Ft wide by 8ft long, in Brantford.

 

[Nutball]

For really big wood you might want a ported big bore 395, or a ported 90cc with a modified oiler and/or external bar tip oiler, possibly with some sort of hyperskip chain too, but I wouldn't know, I haven't tried milling anything very big.

 

[BlackSmith]

“It's not like it's 800 pages, lol.”

I seen’t what you did there... lol

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[SeanKroll]

Good info in this thread.





Have a woman coming over for milled wood tomorrow. Gotta figure some prices out.

 

[Raj]

Hope you make a sale!

3Ft wide by 12ft black walnut. Need to refuel half way in the cut.

 

[Burnham]

WOW! That is a beautiful piece of wood.

 

[SeanKroll]

Amazing!



Sold a couple pieces. Met a nice librarian wanting to get into woodworking.

 

[Slabhappy]

It's not like it's 800 pages, lol.

I'm a slow reader boss. Have to pick my battles. Never hurts to ask first.

 

[MasterBlaster]

It's all good, brother.