First try at chainsaw mill

[wat648]

After some research on here and other websites, I decided to build a simple chainsaw mill. Got to try it out yesterday and am pretty impressed. Now you guys are going to get me hooked on this too!

 

[mikeb1079]

nice!
maple?

 

[wat648]

small hackberry

 

[cowboyvet]

Nice work and welcome to CSM.

 

[john taliaferro]

looks like the one i built last month ,a 36'' old bar a worn out 460 and 1 1/2 "tube frame that holds 2 qt of peanut oil. yours looks like fun to , nice wood .

 

[dirt forester]

Maybe I am missing something here, but what is the peanut oil for?

*Edit:

OK, I see. You have a peanut oil dispenser to lubricate the chain while milling.

 

[john taliaferro]

made it with 1 1/2 " thin square holds almost a gal of peanut oil inside and kills vibration also drips on the end of bar

 

[john taliaferro]

pictures?

 

[dirt forester]

It won't let you load pictures? Too bad, I want to see it. I made one a lot like Wat's, only out of cheap angle iron with no supports in the center. It likes to twist and flex, which would be great if my goal was to make boards for a playground slide or something. I hurled the thing out into the woods somewhere. I think I will build a new one with square tubing.

 

[john taliaferro]

square tube and take the time to 45 corners weld on some pipe nipples and use a 1/4 '' ball valve for extra oil on the tip of the bar