Last tuesday I made the mistake of checking out our local online classifieds where a used 076 caught my eye. Since I live in one of the most remote cities in the world the general pool of used CSs available is very small and used big saws are even rarer I went and had a look yesterday. The saw itself was in excellent condition and so I managed to strike a reasonable deal and now I have this BIG CS with 28" bar sitting in my shed along side my other 3 babies (one month ago I had 1 small CS!). My intention is not to use the 076 in place of my existing setup for short small logs, but to use it for the occasions maybe 3/4 times a year when I can get access to bigger stuff.
A problem I face is my current CSM only copes with bars up to 24" so I will need to make a new mill which I am happy to do. While I have some suitable steel on hand I was thinking maybe of calling on my BIL ally boat builder to help me make a mill using ally. My question is to those that have experience with steel and ally mills. When used with big CSs, are ally mills significanly more likely to wear/break etc than steel mills?
Thanks
A problem I face is my current CSM only copes with bars up to 24" so I will need to make a new mill which I am happy to do. While I have some suitable steel on hand I was thinking maybe of calling on my BIL ally boat builder to help me make a mill using ally. My question is to those that have experience with steel and ally mills. When used with big CSs, are ally mills significanly more likely to wear/break etc than steel mills?
Thanks
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