Cut some wood today

[Farmall Guy]

Leading the grain makes sense, If I do go the alaskan mill rout I'll give it a go, I'm assuming a good rip chain will go a long way also. When I slabbed the table top I was using cross cut chain, it worked but it definatly a slow process.

I just got in from a little more cutting, got close to 1/2 a cord cut and stacked ready to come out now. I'm getting closer to the big oak, I need to call the proporty owner and confirm that I can cut a couple small birch leaners. They were knocked and parialy uprooted when the oak fell and are going to fail in the future, not to mention it will make life a lot easier to get everything else out.

The top of the smaller oak (it fell 90* to the big one in the pics) is solid and close to the road so I'm going to get that log from the road. I did a little looking today and I may end up bucking the big tree into logs then pulling them to the road with my backhoe boom. There really isnt a good way to get my crawler (or any other machine) in there with out really digging the hill side up, and I really want to avoid that if posible. I was hoping that the ground being frozen would let me get in with my old JD 440 crawler but there's alot of small stumps, rocks and debris and I'm concerned about breaking somthing on the old girl. If I can get it from the road about 100' away I think I'll be better off.

 

[excess650]

Ripping chain will cut more slowly than regular chain, but may leave a smoother surface. On a wide cut, full skip chain may work the saw less as it has less cutters in the wood, but will leave a rougher surface.

 

[thejdman04]

Great pics.

 

[Farmall Guy]

Ripping chain will cut more slowly than regular chain, but may leave a smoother surface. On a wide cut, full skip chain may work the saw less as it has less cutters in the wood, but will leave a rougher surface.

I wouldnt have guessed that the rip chain would cut slower, I just thought that being designed for that aplication it would work better. But a better surface finish would be a worth while trade off. Learn somthing new every day, thanks

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

I would rather cut faster and plane later

On a wide cut, full skip chain may work the saw less as it has less cutters in the wood, but will leave a rougher surface.

I would rather cut faster with a skip chain and then run it through a planner later after they have had a chance to dry.

Dan

 

[Farmall Guy]

I think I'll be investing in a planner for this job (and many others in the future I'm sure) at the moment I use my antique hand planes to finish my projects. They work real good on a coffee table but I really dont think I'll want to push them for an entire floor