Interesting milling testimonials

[bugfart]

http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Chainsaw_Choice.html

It seems one chap uses water on his blade?
Comments please?

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

??? It would sure cool it down, but I'd think it would increase friction, too, as the wood swells from the water.

Maybe he's got it set up so that not much water gets to the wood?

 

[bugfart]

How about the saw blade that uses 2 saw heads?
New 2 me.

 

[timberwolf]

Sound like some of the posters have not put too much time in at it, if they are still saying how it cuts oak at an amazing rate. Yeh amazing, amazingly slow.

Even with a 90cc plus saw and a sharp rip chain it is slow going in hardwood.

and cutting millions of feet of lumber???? talk about saw life. The most I cut in a day with a chainsaw mill might add up to 2-3 hundred BF of hardwood at that rate, thats 10s of thousands of hours on the saw if millions of feet were cut.

 

[paz]

not a chainsaw mill,,but,,im pretty sure the lucas mill uses water on the blade,,whether it may be for lubrication,cooling or even maybe for lessening dust....

 

[Lakeside53]

The Woodmizer mills use a big tank of water/soapy solution for cooling. The wood is usually green so there is no swelling...

 

[bugfart]

"Even with a 90cc plus saw and a sharp rip chain it is slow going in hardwood."

What about 2 80+cc engines?
That sounds like a minimun of 404 chain demand tho to me. Bigger the better at that point for longevity?