milling thread

[Nutball]

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[Tree09]

Pretty cool

 

[MasterBlaster]

Fabricating one of those looks like it would be a helluva fun project!!!

 

[BlackSmith]

Amazing what can be built with wood.

 

[Frankie]

Cool beans ! That’s a nice set-up and probably a fraction of the cost of a commercially built one

 

[Nutball]

You could scale it up too

 

[Nutball]

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Jerry got paid by the hour to limb trees on all sides, but by the looks of it, they could have paid him to mill them right where they fell!

 

[MasterBlaster]

That's amazing. I'd hate to be that guy's shoulders ten years from now!!!

 

[Frankie]

If that’s an 070 the powerhead alone is 28lbs !!!

 

[Slabhappy]

2 gallons a day @32-1 pulling 117dl 404 in red oak. Hands are sore hanging on to an 1122.

 

[SeanKroll]

How does that exhaust smoke smell?

 

[Slabhappy]

How does that exhaust smoke smell?

Duno....I wear a respirator. My saw don't smoke either. Tuned correctly for my work every time. None of my saw smoke but the big bow when you nail it :-)

How does your exhaust smoke smell? Do you enjoy it?

Adding a 2ft pipe and a baffle when the rain stops or tomorrow.
Been testing chains and grinds on one of my mills.

Need to set up another winch on the medium mill a bit smaller.

 

[SeanKroll]

I'm surprised 32:1 isn't smoky.

I try to work with my back to the wind for saw dust and unavoidable exhaust, or set up a blower, if needed for stump cuts and milling. I also wear a respirator milling. It would be cool if they made an intake hose that could be away from the work area.

 

[Tree09]

Set up one with some corrugated pipe, sheet metal or plywood, and a squirrel cage blower!

 

[Raj]

Perfect milling day. Lots of wind in Cayuga. White oak.

 

[Raj]

A small 12" diameter hickory I dropped the other day.

 

[Raj]

Past week was busy with milling. Burlington, Boston and Teeterville.

I'm using regular chain instead of milling chain. It's a fair bit faster, I don't see noticeable difference in finish, and bonus my filter is cleaner. Milling chain made a lot of dust.

 

[lxskllr]

Are you changing the cutter angle, or just running crosscut chain? I've been using RM2, and started with the factory angle, but brought it down to 10° as I sharpened it over a few times. I don't have enough experience to quantify the difference in angle, but the standard 35° seemed to work ok.

 

[Raj]

It's standard 35°. I might bring it to 25° one day.

 

[Marc-Antoine]

For me, the more acute angle, the more each cutter is pushed sideway by the wood being cut. The move is limited by the cutter's side but the trend is there. A 10° doesn't push as much, so you should got a thinner kerf (but takes more force to be pulled through).
I tried that on the ms 150 to use a little more the tinny cutters at the end. But that doesn't work so well because the chain tends to jam in the cut. I think that's why.

 

[Raj]

Made great time with regular chain milling, air filter was nice and clean.

Now there is play in the bottom end.

 

[Raj]

Finally after buttoning up the house and shop a bit tighter, I had a chance to get out and mill this 3' by 6.5' black walnut in Teeterville.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Looking nice!

 

[SeanKroll]

Damn nice!

 

[stig]

Gourgeous!