Freehand Chainsaw milling special method 

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The same height.

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Exactly. And if he cuts at 45 degrees, it would still be the same. The only thing different with vertical cuts, is that they are the only ones possible for one person using a chainsaw.

@@edumart3836 Alaskan mill.

@@chasingthefish9042 Perhaps I shoud have specified that "they are the only ones possible for one person using a chainsaw only, and nothing else"

Despite cutting with the grain, the amount of wear on the saw is drastically lower with this method. Only the teeth towards the tip of the bar are engaging with wood, allowing for lower rpms, less wear on the engine, and less fuel consumption. And despite only using the front portion of the bar. the progress is actually faster. It’s just a little harder on your body and requires a little practice to become proficient

I don't think it will be a problem.

For a smoother outcome it helps to start on the trunk side, following the direction of growth. This is especially true with softer woods. Picture carving with a knife and the greater ease of cutting with the grain.

Thanks for watching. I don't mean only log vertically or horizontally but its importance of relative angle between saw blade and grain. Please watch carefully.

I free hand mill my logs and I have to say do this very same method (except I have my log sitting in the air with the two other logs being my holding stage, so my saw never hits the ground.) I find the cuts to be much faster and a whole lot easier on the saw.

@@dwainetyncompanythey have different chainsaw chains for crosscutting and ripcuts. Crosscut is for cutting against the grain and ripping chains are for cutting along the grain. The guy that posted this is trying to make people believe they are doing a completely different type of cutting if they hold the chainsaw at a more parallel level to the log versus perpendicular to the log. That is not true. The grain of the log goes in a circle within the log as I’m sure you know so his graphic is false, also his graphic is showing his saw parallel to the log which it isn’t. But I guess anything is possible when you lie 🤷🏼‍♂️ I just hope whoever watches this doesn’t watch this video only before making rip cuts in a log.

@@davidhemphill07Respectfully, I’m not sure I follow you. Maybe I’m misreading it or am not fully understanding what your trying to get across. I cut this very same way to produce boards and it’s very different than the regular milling jigs we all see typically. Laying the saw flat as if it’s parallel with the Earth. If your standing up and cutting with the saw down, your essentially doing the same thing as cutting parallel with the Earth, except when I stand up and saw, using this method, I typically run with three to five teeth hitting and making contact with the wood. The bottom bit of the tip of my bar. If I were to use a jig, 100% of the teeth would be involved and it would take much more time. My cuts are always fast and my saw isn’t stressed as much. Fuel goes further, so I can essentially make more slabs. A circle is a circle, and it doesn’t matter if your cutting flat or standing up. Just speed I guess? It’s both going with the grain in the exact same way. Just different positioning of the saw. As far as chains go, it’s not a speed thing. It’s more or less how do you prefer your finish? Rougher or more absolute? And really only come into play when sawing flat parallel with the Earth. And as far as cross-cutting and “rip-cuts” and the “different chains” You can very well use any chain for any application. Are wanting to cut slabs or round? Ones against, and one is with? Chains are chains, and they will phuck shyt up regardless.

I mean, we can make videos together in replying, so we can understand what we are each saying. I have well over a dozen slabs drying in my garage and another few dozen still yet to be milled from their logs. Black Walnut. Stihl MS261C. Standard Yellow hazard, full chisel .325. I only run motomix as fuel. 20” bar. Chain a little on the loose side. I do have rip chains but I honestly don’t ever cut parallel with the Earth. Too quick standing up and cutting. I’ll probably never go back unless I get a wood mizer mobile mill. In which it wouldn’t even matter because most band saws are designed that way. For chainsaws though. Try this method out. If you can keep a decent line or have the right jig, I think you’ll enjoy it.