Milled up some slabs (pics)

[Stihlman441]

I have been milling up some pine slabs because the better half wonts to line the walls of the horse stables will it.For the first time i used a Stihl 3/8 .063 skip square ground ripping chain that i got realy cheap,anyway i found it realy graby and agressive,i was supprised how easy it went through it.
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[willbarryrec]

Looking good!
Your cut's look really smooth for using square chisel,did you have to sharpen much?
Looks like pine of some sort?

 

[Stihlman441]

I did three logs and didnt sharpen the chain and it is nice soft pine........

 

[SDB777]

I've only had the chance to rip open one small piece of pine, and it was a treat to do after ripping on some dried pecan!

What size were you making? 6/4?

Horses will have some cool looking boards to look at!!!!




Scott

 

[betterbuilt]

Nice work.

 

[Hillbilly3995]

Looks like some nice tight, sticky, pine.

 

[BobL]

Haven't had to comment on this for a while :msp_laugh: but your milling position looks like one of the most uncomfortable I have ever seen. With your head above the the saw like that the exhaust has to be bouncing off the log and up into your face?

That's not a big log so it should be easy enough to it get up off the ground and and on a slope. With a cable tie to lock the throttle you should be able to move your left hand onto the wrap handle and stand near upright. With a setup like that the CS and mill will just fall thru such soft wood.

Good looking wood. I won't be showing these pics to SWMBO or she'll be wanting some for her horse too!

 

[820wards]

Nice looking slabs, better watch out, those horses are going to want to hang pictures on the walls. Get that log higher and you'll be real happy milling.

Old back speaking to young back...

jerry-

 

[discounthunter]

looks good.(except for the stance part,lol)been eye -balling some good sized pine for a couple of months now.i cut some rounds off it ,nice tight rings but a lot of pitch though.

 

[Stihlman441]

Ok guys i here what your saying and you are right,but at the moment i am just getting chains and methods sorted out before i get serious.My next project is to mill boards and posts for a post and rail front fence,i have come across some large cypress that i will make the posts from.
Dont be to hard on me im only a learner at this milling stuff,but all comments and criticism is taken on board.

 

[Stihlman441]

Hi there BobL
With the exhaust fumes its not to bad the 660 has the dual port muffler on it and doesn't bother me,but in saying that i have noticed that different brands of fuel are more affensive than others,Caltex 92 unleaded is the most affensive (wont buy it anymore its bad enough before ya burn it).

 

[mtngun]

your milling position looks like one of the most uncomfortable I have ever seen.

We knew that was coming. :msp_lol:

 

[BobL]

Sorry if I sounded too negative in my earlier post. I realize your only starting out and getting the hang of things.

One word of warning with the Square ground chain is that in aussie hardwood you will find it cuts great when it's first sharpened but then it goes blunt quicker than round ground chain. As the cutter wears it's essential to use progressive raker depth settings otherwise the chain just makes finer and finer dust.

Hi there BobL
With the exhaust fumes its not to bad the 660 has the dual port muffler on it and doesn't bother me,but in saying that i have noticed that different brands of fuel are more affensive than others,Caltex 92 unleaded is the most affensive (wont buy it anymore its bad enough before ya burn it).

I would have though a dual port would have been even worse because when the saw is in the milling position, instead of only one port facing down towards the operators feet there is another facing upwards towards the operators face.

That's interesting about what you say about Caltex 92 - I here that from folks that have used it as well. I know Stihl are just trying to cover themselves but I only recently noticed their recommended minimum octane rating for the petrol for their saws is 89 (R+M/2) this translates to Aussie RON rating of 93-94 so the usual regular 91-92 we get is Oz is less than the recommended anyway.

 

[Stihlman441]

Thanks for that BobL i didnt know that the US fuel rating system was differant than the Aussie one.
So we should be using the premium 96 or 98 Ron Aussie fuels.
The last batch of fuel i mixed up was Caltex Premium 96 its a yellow and doent stink like the 92 stuff,i use Mobil 1 Racing 2T fully synthetic at 40:1 in all my 2 stroke engines.
Its all very interesting,depends on who you talk to about fuel and oils,every one has a differant take on things.I spoke to a Stihl machanic awhile ago about this,he told me not to use these high octain,energy and oxygen fuels.

So is Octain and Ron the same ?

 

[BobL]

Thanks for that BobL i didnt know that the US fuel rating system was differant than the Aussie one.
So we should be using the premium 96 or 98 Ron Aussie fuels.

I think it's just Stihl covering themselves for situations where users buy a low grade fuel and then leave it sitting around for many months further slowly dropping it's octane rating. Depending on temp and the tightness of the container seal and the amount of air space above the who knows what the final octane rating is on some of these brews.

Its all very interesting,depends on who you talk to about fuel and oils,every one has a differant take on things.I spoke to a Stihl machanic awhile ago about this,he told me not to use these high octain,energy and oxygen fuels.

Yeah we just had that argument for the umpteenth time on the Aussie woodworkers forum.

So is Octain and Ron the same ?

Octane is a quantity or parameter of the anti-knock property of fuel, RON (and MON and AKI) is a unit of measurement. (Like Distance is a quantity which has the unit miles)

Sthil's unit in their manual is AKI = (RON +MON)/2. There is a very easy to understand description of Octane ratings on the wikipedia site.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating

 

[Stihlman441]

Interesting reading there BobL

So if we had a 5 ltr container with 1 ltr in it of 6 week old fuel plus two stroke oil and the cap seal leaked,we could be well under the Ron recomended by the chainsaw companys..............

 

[BobL]

Interesting reading there BobL

So if we had a 5 ltr container with 1 ltr in it of 6 week old fuel plus two stroke oil and the cap seal leaked,we could be well under the Ron recomended by the chainsaw companys..............

Yep, but like I said, Stihl are probably playing it safe. The saw will probably run OK with a few % less.