First time milling

[Cordeiroa]

Hello everyone, I am new here. Had a big tree come down on my property and decided we wanted to do something with it. My dad and I looked on here for some tips and tricks. Decided to get a mill and give it a shot. Just have a short clip from today’s milling. I will be doing a video in a few weeks when we can get a log all nice and set up. (Off the ground this time)
A little bonus we are using my dads old Skil 1690. Have a Oregon ripping chain on it with a 36inch bar. We are just starting out, so decided to make some slabs on our first go.
2 1/4 inch by 20inch 7feet long.

Thanks for taking the time to look.

 

[buzz sawyer]

Try cutting on skew (bar tip forward) instead of straight across, it may cut a little faster. Other than that, looks good.

 

[buttercup]

Remember that the wood will shrink, twist and curl.
Some people talks about getting the nicest cut, I will always put it through my planeer/thicknesser "after" its dried, twisted and curled.
So just do your thing and wait at least one year before you decide what to make of it.
I wish you all a good day and stay safe these days.

 

[Cordeiroa]

Thanks for the feed back. Moisture content is already 25%. Limbs and top where dead but the wood is very solid. We have two more 8 footers and then we have a 40 foot that we need to cut in place not sure what we are going to do for length on that piece yet.

 

[Cordeiroa]

Finished milling

 

[Marine5068]

Pine?

 

[Cordeiroa]

Pine?

Fir

 

[ML12]

Nice 1690, those are pretty sought after by collectors! I've always wanted to compare how one runs against a 090 given that they are about the same displacement.
Milling looks good!

 

[andy]

Nice stuff!

One thing though....
In the Vid.... the man on the bar tip end is right in a danger zone.
Although It's unlikely a chain breaks and runs off the tip..... it's not impossible.
Better he's "off target" from the tip end.

 

[Cordeiroa]

Nice 1690, those are pretty sought after by collectors! I've always wanted to compare how one runs against a 090 given that they are about the same displacement.
Milling looks good!

Thanks ML12, yeah I have seen it’s a collectors. We wanted to give it a try. We might pick up a different saw if we will keep milling. Just wanted to give it a try. We have more to mill out of this tree. We will need to do this one in place.

 

[Cordeiroa]

Nice stuff!

One thing though....
In the Vid.... the man on the bar tip end is right in a danger zone.
Although It's unlikely a chain breaks and runs off the tip..... it's not impossible.
Better he's "off target" from the tip end.

Thanks for the tip. It does have a guard on it, I understand what you are saying we will see if we can adjust our cutting a bit. We are going to get the next one up off the ground to make it easier.