Finally got to use my Alaska Mill

[tom11919]

So I finally got everything I need to put together my Alaska Mill. She's set up with a Sachs Dolmar 153 powerhead, 25" Stihl roller nose bar, Woodland Pro rip chain (.404), with an aux bar end oiler, and 9' guide rails. I've only made a few cuts in some red oak from last fall with it but so far I am extremely happy with it!

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I do have a quick question on the state of tune. I set the carb as close as I could to the fine example set here using a regular chain and it seems to be running great. 4 stroking with no load, but it cleans right up in the cut. However, after about three or four feet of milling on the last cut a few minutes ago I heard a quick burble or two then it cleared back up and 2 stroked. I killed it at the end of the cut and pulled the plug to check the color. Its very light tan, so that's means its pretty close to correct, right?

 

[820wards]

So I finally got everything I need to put together my Alaska Mill. She's set up with a Sachs Dolmar 153 powerhead, 25" Stihl roller nose bar, Woodland Pro rip chain (.404), with an aux bar end oiler, and 9' guide rails. I've only made a few cuts in some red oak from last fall with it but so far I am extremely happy with it!

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I do have a quick question on the state of tune. I set the carb as close as I could to the fine example set here using a regular chain and it seems to be running great. 4 stroking with no load, but it cleans right up in the cut. However, after about three or four feet of milling on the last cut a few minutes ago I heard a quick burble or two then it cleared back up and 2 stroked. I killed it at the end of the cut and pulled the plug to check the color. Its very light tan, so that's means its pretty close to correct, right?

Tom, good to see you getting back to milling

You seem to have adjusted your saws carb. settings for max rpm by leaning the fuel mixture. Good for cross cutting, but for milling it will be better to adjust the settings for a richer mixture. Running you saw lean at WOT milling, is a recipe for disaster. You will/could end up burning a piston and scoring a cylinder. You didn't mention your fuel mixture. I run my mills at 40:1 as I think most people here milling also do. The new synthetic 2-stroke oils are very good to use for you saw. Have fun!

jerry-

 

[john taliaferro]

make you some blocks and lift the log up tell you don't have to crawl and it will be a lot more fun . welcome to AS , now rip another ,and post more pic