How about a milling chain sharpening thread?

[Trx250r180]

That auxiliary oiler looks kinda out o' place on dat lil' cant?

the bar actually gets hot enough to burn the paint off it without it ,on real small stuff i leave it off ,but when making a lot of cuts ,anything 1x6 or bigger i let it drip so i don't kill my bar from heat,i use blue bottle winter oil in the oiler ,oils cheap ,that little bottle on the mill lasts all day ,my chains will go almost all day before have to sharpen if the woods clean

 

[Trx250r180]

Junkman:
Thanks for the pics. The "elevator" looks a lot like a wind-up trailer jack (which I've got) and I have ridgid track from those warehouse gorrilla racks; now to find some wheels or poly sliders and weld-up a tricycle and saw-holding fingers. To end up with a thousand-dollar mill for a bit of scrounging and metal-crafting. Damn! Another project.

i think all it's just a chunk of 3/4 redi rod /all thread material with a handle on top ,it does not even touch the bottom ,the saw mount is just a plate with a nut welded to it ,if you look close at the saw mount ,there is 4 little 1/4 inch screws in the plate to adjust the tilt side to side and front and back of the powerhead

 

[Mike Dempsey]

I love the throttle adjustment on this saw. I wonder if Norwood would sell me that separately to me for my set up with 066? 14'' capacity would be far too small for the logs I do but the opportunity to get my face a bit further back from the exhaust gases would be excellent. I have seen the threads on using motorbike throttles but this one looks dead simple. Even decent close of photos would be good.

Mike

 

[Trx250r180]

I love the throttle adjustment on this saw. I wonder if Norwood would sell me that separately to me for my set up with 066? 14'' capacity would be far too small for the logs I do but the opportunity to get my face a bit further back from the exhaust gases would be excellent. I have seen the threads on using motorbike throttles but this one looks dead simple. Even decent close of photos would be good.

Mike

 

[BobL]

. . . . . . I have seen the threads on using motorbike throttles but this one looks dead simple. . . . .

I've used both - the motorcycle throttles are WAAAY more fun . . .

Aux trigger systems that applies a metal lever direct to a CS trigger will eventually wear away part of the trigger. On my 076, I tried various types of padding and found that if the padding is too soft it wears aware and when the padding is too hard the trigger continues to wear. I found that a piece of hydraulic hose was one of the best. This was why I went for a motor cycle cable throttle design.

 

[Mike Dempsey]

Hi Bob, How about an idiots guide and some close up photos of setting up a remote control operation. I would love to something like that. Anything to save my back and keep my strength for shifting the planks. I am sure I am not the only one who could benefit from it!

Mike

 

[braggadoe]

I know Bob has mastered the way of the mill and I am sure many of you guys have done the same, but I am a ways off. I want to see some of your chains with an explanation of what you do for the mill. Would also like to see the chips your chain makes. I am looking for that setup that will self feed through the wood. I am tired of having to push, lol.

if you don't have one of these?? you should get one. it's key to my milling, i wouldn't start a day of milling without 5-6 perfect chains. as soon as you have to push. change chains, it saves fuel.




perfect every time, but i do give them one stroke(just one), even after the grinder.

bottom chain for milling

 

[BobL]

if you don't have one of these?? you should get one. it's key to my milling, i wouldn't start a day of milling without 5-6 perfect chains. as soon as you have to push. change chains, it saves fuel.

I envy your softwoods and being able to do do this with chains.

If I swapped chains when they got blunt I would need 13-14 chains for a days work. This is why I learned to touch up a chain on the mill after every tank full of mix and can now do this for my 42" bar about as fast as I can swap out a chain.

 

[BobL]

Hi Bob, How about an idiots guide and some close up photos of setting up a remote control operation. I would love to something like that. Anything to save my back and keep my strength for shifting the planks. I am sure I am not the only one who could benefit from it!
Mike

There are plenty of threads about this but the photos got lost when the site was hacked.
I'll report some of the pics when I can.

 

[braggadoe]

i'll bet you've got some neat wood, down under. i spent a year working just outside dumbleyung WA. many years ago at my cousins sheep farm and noticed some interesting trees. before i was into milling.

funny how when a person gets into the milling, just look for trees to mill no matter what your doing. would be easy to become a tree poacher!! for the record i'm not a tree paocher. just a fan of good wood.

i see alot of pictures missing and look forward to seeing them reposted.

 

[BobL]

i'll bet you've got some neat wood, down under.

Yep - its hard but it looks great.
Here is a composite picture of some woods I have cut.

i spent a year working just outside dumbleyung WA. many years ago at my cousins sheep farm and noticed some interesting trees. before i was into milling.

I've been to Dumbelyung several times - one time to recover an old Mini-Minor for my son from a Vietnam Vet. The Mini was in a large chicken coop with the motor in the back seat. We put some air in the tyres and they stayed up and pushed it onto a car trailer.

Australia has something like 800 species of Eucalypts with more that half being in my home state of Western Australia. Most of the species are stunned and scraggy and none millable but there are some very pretty woods available if you are prepared to work for them.

Right now we're on the south coast camping at a place called Walpole near Denmark where it's usually about 15-20F cooler than Perth where I normally live. Yesterday it reached 108F in Perth but was 86F here. Right now the temps are nearly identical (94F) - this is quite unusual - just as well that our caravan has air conditioning.

I've been to BC and Albert a few times. I spent 3 months in Calgary in 2010, took the train from Vancouver to Calgary and went to see Bmorgan at Williams Lake in BC. Not much wood there but we got to see a bit of the Rockies etc.

 

[braggadoe]

that's some real great wood bob!! what's your end product??

most of mine ends up as bridges,ramps, stair threads, helli pads. all cover in mud, on my trap line. and know one ever really gets to see it.

this is what i'm most proud of. all the lumber this pic is cedar that i milled the last couple of summers for a fishing lodge that i work at in the summer.
http://s1142.photobucket.com/user/braggadoe/media/DSC_0009-2.jpg.html