I seen home made wooden version of this mill built by Izzy Swan. Anyone who enjoyed this video or interested in having a mill set like this should check it out, it's really cool.
You should have flush cut those pegs before you started milling dude. I would consider a 660/661 to be the minimum for milling. Or even better an 880/881. Hyperskip low pro chain as well, 👍
Was using an Alaska mill a few years ago and burned out the bearings on the tip of the bar. Talked to a Stihl shop and the guy said for prolonged cutting with the bar laying down like that you need to make sure to oil it frequently. He recommended cleaning ad oiling every time you change or sharpen the chain. We used a Stihl 880 Magnum with a 36 inch bar and and just standard chains. Worked great but it is a LOT of work. I recently bought a Wood-Mizer LT35...so much better! Love your work!
Always a nice treat when I get an alert that a new third coast craftsman video drops!! Your shop/house is really looking fantastic!! As a fellow Michigander seeing your property does make me miss northern Michigan. I grew up in Detroit….now in Arizona.
Not surprised someone designed a stand off apparatus so operator can remain upright and away from chainsaw. Probably conceived while hunched over the mill with face inches from a noisy engine and flying debris with ever worsening back ache!
I just bought this mill and love it the ripping chains make a big difference. While it is slower than the Bandsaw mill which i also have access to i don't plain on doing it for other people sophisticated is a great mill. Oh I live in ionia just a stone skip away love what you do
in a mill like that I would keep the full chisel chain on it. I haven ran any milling chains and it flies trough wood. on pine I average 4 min per cut, aprox same length and width as that log your doing now. however im running an 880.
Awesome that you’re starting this project right now as I’m preparing to do a timber frame project myself and it will be helpful to watch as yours comes along.
GB makes a bar that you can run low-profile chain on for on that model saw. Thinner kerf, less waste, less load on the saw. If you get into larger logs, you'll want to upgrade to something bigger CC wise. Also run 40:1 instead of 50:1 while milling, spark plugs are cheaper than top ends and bearings. Those big blue Chinese 660 clones make good milling saws.
Woodworker, big planer, tractor lots of land big shop, plenty of room tractor to lift logs. You have everything you need to go get a lumber mill and use. And even somone dropping off logs. Even if you cant use the lumber you can sell it. Bring me your logs and I'll mill it for you, or come to you for a fee. Guys make a bussines out of this. Even if thats not what you want to do all the time think about making somthing for somoness house with a tree off his property. This is worth looking into. Woodmaster has a line of sawmills so do sevral other places that would fit your budget and the bill. Saw somones lumber let them take it and age it properly and or sell wood youve milled. And even use it on projects your doing. You dont need to heat dry it but its a lot faster. Listen do this wile your young, becuse 30 years from now you'll kick yourself in the ass for not doing it. Take the risk.
A good idea for cleaning logs a good pressure washer will do the trick and as long as your logs are on the ground with actual Park on them it's not going to hurt it and it's a good thing for them to do because then they kind of dry out
This is super cool. Did you worry too much about where the pith was in the finished product? Also, did you mill some smaller 2xs and such out of some of that waste, or did you just pull a post out and build a bonfire from the rest?
Very nice but don't you think that using a 60cc saw for this is pushing things a bit even with softwood? That Stihl is a stud saw but one a bit bigger might be a better choice for this if your going to cut many beams. I know you pointed this out but a larger saw with a rip chain is something to think about for others watching. I've used a 50cc Jonsered Pro saw to do this on a few and it worked.
I don't understand what limits the max cutting width to 14. Would a bigger bar not extend this? The rig consumes about 12 inches, but with a 36' bar, seems you could get 2 feet easy. Am I wrong? I have a chainsaw mill and this is a nice improvement, but the with limit, which may not be a limit, would be my only concern.
I have the sawmill but where do I find the railing system you have? is that a kit? Im not talking about the ladder. The orange slide thing mill. EDIT: I see the name in description. Sorry.
Add to chainoil 1/3 of disel. To make beter flow of grise on chain. About rescharpening chain and tooth skiping greate explenation video U finde on tips from sheapright chanel. Lou explane this in last year or so on chain rip oak stamps.
Amazing!. How many acres is your property? Looks beautiful. A tractor? Too much fun! Do you ever have to place wedges at the start of the cut to keep the slice from collapsing onto the blade? Be careful out there; be blessed. Thanks for posting.
Wow... anyone looking at this kind of a kind of a mill should just spend a little more for the cheapest band sawmill out. The difference in production rate and ease of use between this and a harbor freight sawmill, or any other entry level brand sawmill, is night and day.
