Chainsaw Lumbermaking

[Marky Mark]

AL I bet the 125 rips that wood in short order.

 

[Al Smith]

Not as fast as an Lt 40 Woodmizer.About 2 ft per minute in that log.

 

[Gypo Logger]

Al I think your settup may be better then the Beam Machine. The BM is great for small wood or when the log has been reduced to a square cant such as in this picure with a 16" bar on a 372XP

 

[Gypo Logger]

Good idea! But they are too thin.

John here's a piece of cherry used for a mantle. The builder paid $350 for the roughed board. The heart runs right down the center, I'd consider it a tie at best.

That's a great idea to market some mantles. That makes the wood worth 20$ per BF. I can live with that.
Here I'm ripping freehand a couple of table leg blanks.
No polish and shine in this operation! lol
John

 

[Gypo Logger]

The sawdust get pretty deep after awhile and you can lose stuff like nails, hammers, tape measures. Even toes!
Hahaha
John

 

[Al Smith]

Egads,you've got 50 ton of green maple shorts in that pile.

 

[Mike Barcaskey]

nice pics Gypo

DanG, I didn't have my camera today. Milled some white pine with my Alaskan mill in some snow fall. (no access to the log for any other equipment) Had a ton-o-fun. Will be finishing the job Monday, maybe I'll have my camera.

 

[hautions11]

Milling

I just scoped out my first milling project today. It is a nice white oak down at a friends cabin a few miles from my house. I measured up the tree to see what I will be up against. 32" at the base and 24" at the first major branch. There is 39' of trunk befor the first branch. I would like to quater saw the tree, as it has enough size to create some nice quarters. Gypo, have you or any other members Quarter sawn anything with the BM type attachment. I was going to stick with a 28" bar for my saw, but I may need a 36" for this. Every tree that I run in to that people are trying to get rid of is BIG. Even the local tree services try to get someone to take the big trunk sections.

 

[stihlatit]

The sawdust get pretty deep after awhile and you can lose stuff like nails, hammers, tape measures. Even toes!
Hahaha
John

Nice post John Thx.

Arnie