Daninvan
ArboristSite Operative
I picked up some more yellow cedar today. This log was another chunck from the piece that I milled up a few weeks ago
http://www.arboristsite.com/milling-saw-mills/167571.htm
Anyways, I got going this morning at 7:30. Nice day, high overcast, a pleasant breeze. Quite a bit of fooling around ensued to get an 8'-ish section cut out, then to get it set up at one end and turned the way I wanted, get all the sand cleaned off etc.
Finally started cutting. That's a 36" bar there for reference. And the chunk I am milling is only a quarter of the log. I haven't counted the rings up to figure how old it is, they were so close that even with my glasses I couldn't see them!
Slogging was unbelievably tough. The cracks that you can see in the end had a lot of sand in them, and the chain was dulling sometimes in only a foot. One pass I had to sharpen four times. It was completely ridiculous. After several hours I had three slabs and one 3120 saw that wouldn't start any more.
Then a guy who had been cutting some burls off some logs nearby said "hey why don't you split off that piece where all the sand is in the crack". Well why not I thought? So I did.
And after that wow, what a difference, it was like milling the way it is supposed to be! Smooth and effortless. However, by that time I was pretty bushed so I only peeled off a couple more slabs and called it a day.
I was also super happy that one of my 3 Husqvarna 2100 saws that I wrecked a while ago with insufficient oil in the fuel, I bought a new piston for it and it was rocking! The 2100 starts with a single pull when it's warm, takes maybe 4 or 5 pulls when cold.
http://www.arboristsite.com/milling-saw-mills/167571.htm
Anyways, I got going this morning at 7:30. Nice day, high overcast, a pleasant breeze. Quite a bit of fooling around ensued to get an 8'-ish section cut out, then to get it set up at one end and turned the way I wanted, get all the sand cleaned off etc.
Finally started cutting. That's a 36" bar there for reference. And the chunk I am milling is only a quarter of the log. I haven't counted the rings up to figure how old it is, they were so close that even with my glasses I couldn't see them!
Slogging was unbelievably tough. The cracks that you can see in the end had a lot of sand in them, and the chain was dulling sometimes in only a foot. One pass I had to sharpen four times. It was completely ridiculous. After several hours I had three slabs and one 3120 saw that wouldn't start any more.
Then a guy who had been cutting some burls off some logs nearby said "hey why don't you split off that piece where all the sand is in the crack". Well why not I thought? So I did.
And after that wow, what a difference, it was like milling the way it is supposed to be! Smooth and effortless. However, by that time I was pretty bushed so I only peeled off a couple more slabs and called it a day.
I was also super happy that one of my 3 Husqvarna 2100 saws that I wrecked a while ago with insufficient oil in the fuel, I bought a new piston for it and it was rocking! The 2100 starts with a single pull when it's warm, takes maybe 4 or 5 pulls when cold.
