FInally after a lot of hot air I fired up a CSM

[BobL]

Nothing special, just a small branch of what is supposed to be something called Fiddlewood - anyone know anything about it?

When I found out about the tree being available my mate and I went and had a look in my van. I thought it would be some kind of conifer but it definitely wasn't that and I didn't want to take any of it but my mate convinced me we should at least take the branches. Anyway he took about 6 branches and I took one and this is what it looks like. I think it will make some interesting pieces for craft wood type objects. Now I am supposed to go and break his branches up for him!

I just used the 441 with the 25" bar and my small mill.
I did this in my back yard which is inner city suburbia so I can't do this for too long.

 

[Stu in Tokyo]

Looks nice!

For urban milling you need a muffler mod

:msp_biggrin:

 

[BobL]

Looks nice!
For urban milling you need a muffler mod

I remember seeing this on your website. Does the muffler affect the performance of the saw in any way?

 

[Stu in Tokyo]

I remember seeing this on your website. Does the muffler affect the performance of the saw in any way?

Doen't seem to, the saw runs great, I can get it to 4-stroke while running the mill, the plug color is a nice brown, and there is no excess carbon build up in the muffler that I can see so I think it is OK. It is heavier than stock, and the pipe part of the muffler warms up and melted the foam grip on my handle a bit, but that is not big deal. The muffler is off a 250cc off road bike, so I would guess it is not restricting the 85cc engine on the saw. The other thing this set up does that really helps with noise reduction is that it directs the noise straight up in the air while the saw is used on the mill, maybe this is one of the best ways to reduce the noise.

Compared to the stock muffler it is a LOT quieter!

Cheers!

 

[BobL]

Hey Stu, what about a scooter muffler, they are usually a bit more compact?

 

[BobL]

More shorts

I used my small mill to mill up a bit more Fiddlewood and 3 short Jarrah logs at a mates place this morning.
He has been collecting stuff from blow downs at a near by park.

Good fun and no hernias from managing big lumps of timber.

This log was a tad too long for the small milling rig so we found a big piece of multiply to use as a guide board and it worked very well.

The rest we cut up on my small milling rig

This is the Jarrah.

It's wonderful to cut with all that glorious red sawdust.

Some more of the fiddle wood branches - sorry the photos are not to clear..

End of the mornings product.

This stuff is much softer than what I usually cut. I did the whole lot with 1 and a bit tanks of mix and no chain sharpening which is unusual for me.
The 441 uses so much less mix than my other saws.

 

[mad murdock]

Some very nice pieces BobL! Why do they call it fiddle wood? Stu,-do you have any vids posted of that pipe in use? Would love to hear
The sound of that matchup!

 

[BobL]

Some very nice pieces BobL! Why do they call it fiddle wood?

According to Wictionary its after the french French bois-fidèle (“faithful wood”), so called from its durability.

I believe there are many types of fiddle wood species and in many places it has become a pest

I am not sure. but I think this one os Fiddlewood, Jamaica (tree/timber) Citharexylum quadrangulare Jacq. [Verbenaceae]

 

[Stu in Tokyo]

Some very nice pieces BobL! Why do they call it fiddle wood? Stu,-do you have any vids posted of that pipe in use? Would love to hear
The sound of that matchup!

I'm sorry I don't but the next time I fire the saw up I'll record it, and I'll take a decible reading with my iPhone too.

Cheers!