BIL gets a good work out - Plus it rained - now who's NOT a pretty boy then?
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Great work Bob, you seem to be cutting much more each time you use it. Wish I could have dropped over for a play but I am layed up with the dredded flue.
Loved that casurina you cut the other week.
Cheers,
Mike
Yes I am getting a bit quicker - less stopping and checking for loose nuts and bolts. I lost a nut off the hand throttle today but it was not critical. Today I cut 8 slabs and made about 120kg of sawdust before I ran out of fuel (4.5 litres) - I have to get a bigger fuel container. This is probably not too bad considering the river red gum is pretty hard and I'm still learning.
So now that you've got both hands on the mill at the same level, is it much more ergonomic?
The power head is still the heavy end but the whole this will sit level on the rails so its;How well balanced is it say when you rest it on those logs in the vids? Is the power head still the heavy end?
Rocking the mill
I like your throttle control... Also, I pull my 395 out of the mill to buck the larger logs, and guess I wouldn't want to have to fuss taking the contraption on and off. Then again probably doesn't take long to do so.
Bob, here is a remote throttle control that I salvaged from an old cut-off saw cart that we used to use to saw concrete floors with. It is off of a Husqvarna set-up. I have it pictured here mounted to the 084. Hopefully the pics are viewable. Loosen the one nut to remove the entire assembly from the saw.
Q. Do you use the rails every cut for lead in reasons?
I always thought welding/bolting an extention on to the guide rails (clamped to the saw) would provide for this. Not being critical, just I am considering a milling set up also, other than my [similar] home made open ended slab mill. (Its made from mild steel and a bit cumbersome/heavy, but it works well) I hate fiddling with setting up and was thinking of a framed mill of some sort. Just interested.
Yes it does slow you down a bit unbolting and rebolting the rails (~1 minute per slab?) on for every slab but I figure I'm only doing this for a hobby so I am not in a particular hurry. If you are milling boards this would be more of an issue.
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