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I agree about the wedges, that is why I hardly use them untill just before the end of the cut. I don’t understand what you mean with the ‘center kerf support...’ part.?

Thanks for all the interesting ideas and different views! As for shinming, that really doesn’t work with this bar. The bar itself weighs about 50 kg and has a big belly of over 30 cm. There is no way shimming the bar would bring any positive result. Thanks for the elaborate explanation on...

Thanks for that idea! My thoughts exactly! To avoid getting any room for the bar to tilt or drop that could be helpful. The reason I didn’t try it yet, is that if that would work, the angle you enter the log has to be 100% perfectly in line with the guides. Also sawdust could become an issue maybe.?

Thanks for the reply Rob! That might work a little bit with small bars like 60” but this bar is too long and as it is very bellied most of the weight is in the middle of the bar.

Hi and thanks for the replies! The problem is not at the start of the cut, getting it perfectly straight into the log is not an issue. The challenge is in keeping it straight through the rest of the log. Especially on long cuts the bar will sag towards the end of the cut. I have been thinking...

Hi, We are a company in the Netherlands, focussed on milling local, big logs. We have most of the logs up till 200 cm wide cut at the sawmill with a bandsaw, but for the bigger ones we have a XXL chainsawmill. It is a 140”/350 cm bar made by Cannon powered by two 880’s. Last week we milled a...