bundyal
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Ive got alot of timber Id like to use for my own reasons. Any good thoughts on what to buy (saw, portable mill)etc... Thanx I have alot of pine and some hardwoods.
I do have a tractor,Ive got around 4-5 acres of trees to play with. I like to build furniture etc... mainly wanna do it for a hobby so I dont need to invest more thousands of dollers.Just looking for a decent priced chainsaw mill to use and reccomendations on what type to use along with what saw y'all would reccomend. Im just getting started here so all advice is really appreciated. Ive checked alot of the posts on the site and theyre all good. I see alot of info on the Alaskan mill. Thanx everyone!
Stihl 066 and Husky 395 are well proven milling saws. Going smaller than that is going to be asking a lot of the saw to deal with a 24 inch log.
You should be able to get away with 32 inch bar, that lets you stick with .050 gauge chain without trouble.
Might happen on an older big saw to buy cheep and use, but that might become more a restoration parts hunting hobby than a milling woodworking hobby.
I want to buy something I can drive to work ... what vehicle should I get?
Thats easy,Chevy truck :hmm3grin2orange:
As for the saw, I have had good luck with my 394 that I got for 400 on ebay.
Ony small detal to watch for on a milling saw is a side chain tensioner, mill really gets in the way of adjusting chain on front tensioner setups can be a PITA.
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