I stumbled across this sight while surfing for ideas on building a small cabin on the cheep. What a gold mine of info! Thanks guys !
I'm planning on buying a 36" Alaskan mill and a saw to go with it. It will be used to mill beams and lumber for a small post and beam cabin. I also build cabinets and furniture as a part time job so the really nice stuff will probably end up heading for the wood shop.
I am looking for advice on what saw would make the best dedicated milling saw. I have run a few searches. Most of what I have found the folks were looking for entry level saws or wanting the saw for multiple uses. Or by the sounds of it have been around saws and or milling for long enough that saw selection and the reasoning behind there choice of saw isn't in the post.
I have a Husky rancher 55 that I have been heating the house with for the last 6 or 7 years. It has been, and still is a great firewood saw. So I have been looking at the Husky 395 with a 36" bar. My Husky choice isn't set in stone. Ive just been very happy with my Rancher and so that is where I started looking.
Before I drop the big bucks on another saw, does one saw or brand have a more milling friendly design?
Better power band?
Better chain adjustment feature?
Better saw to mill interface?
Is there anything I'm over looking?
I'm planning on buying a 36" Alaskan mill and a saw to go with it. It will be used to mill beams and lumber for a small post and beam cabin. I also build cabinets and furniture as a part time job so the really nice stuff will probably end up heading for the wood shop.
I am looking for advice on what saw would make the best dedicated milling saw. I have run a few searches. Most of what I have found the folks were looking for entry level saws or wanting the saw for multiple uses. Or by the sounds of it have been around saws and or milling for long enough that saw selection and the reasoning behind there choice of saw isn't in the post.
I have a Husky rancher 55 that I have been heating the house with for the last 6 or 7 years. It has been, and still is a great firewood saw. So I have been looking at the Husky 395 with a 36" bar. My Husky choice isn't set in stone. Ive just been very happy with my Rancher and so that is where I started looking.
Before I drop the big bucks on another saw, does one saw or brand have a more milling friendly design?
Better power band?
Better chain adjustment feature?
Better saw to mill interface?
Is there anything I'm over looking?