New to chainsaw milling and loving it

[PGFMAN]

Here are a few pictures of my setup and what I have milled so far. Tomorrow I am going to get some black walnut after work. That would be the 3rd type of tree to hit my mill. There is something so satisfying about flipping that top piece off and seeing the treasure under.

 

[PGFMAN]

I'll post some more pictures this weekend after I mill the walnut and a few more of my setup.

 

[Bigrod]

Nice, keep us posted!

 

[mikeb1079]

good job, looks like you've gotten some nice results so far! nice new saw too!

 

[gemniii]

Anyone dedicated [addicted] to CS sawing logs with easy access must be addicted to 2 stroke fumes and deafening noise.

Reminds me of my youth with a 250CC suzuki at rock concerts. Love the smell of 2 strokes with loud noise.

Looking good. Keep them weighted to prevent twisting and seal the ends.

 

[PGFMAN]

Well I went over to get that walnut that came down in a storm. It was too rotten to mill. I have however started on a maple log I cleared at a house we are working on. It is 36" wide and around 6 or 7 feet long. Here are some pictures.

 

[PGFMAN]

More pictures

 

[PGFMAN]

I milled a few more today.

 

[PGFMAN]

Wear goggles when milling and sharpening saw. I got a piece of metal in my eye from one of those and it hurt like no other. I didn't know what it was for 4 days then went to the docs. They said there was a rust ring forming around the metal lodged in my eye. They had to dig it out of my eye with a hypodermic needle while I held the eyelid open with my fingers. Easily avoidable haha. I now have a fancy pair of goggles.

 

[burningwood]

Wear goggles when milling and sharpening saw. I got a piece of metal in my eye from one of those and it hurt like no other. I didn't know what it was for 4 days then went to the docs. They said there was a rust ring forming around the metal lodged in my eye. They had to dig it out of my eye with a hypodermic needle while I held the eyelid open with my fingers. Easily avoidable haha. I now have a fancy pair of goggles.

pgfman, I hope the eye is ok. You have some nice looking slabs, what are your plans for them?


bw

 

[rarefish383]

Many years ago I got a piece of steel in my left eye puting an exhaust system on my 67 Cuda. Same thing, ring of rust around the steel chip. Had to go back 3 times to get all of the rust out. Not fun. I recovered just fine, hope you do too, Joe.

 

[gemniii]

Wear goggles when milling and sharpening saw. I got a piece of metal in my eye from one of those and it hurt like no other. I didn't know what it was for 4 days then went to the docs. They said there was a rust ring forming around the metal lodged in my eye. They had to dig it out of my eye with a hypodermic needle while I held the eyelid open with my fingers. Easily avoidable haha. I now have a fancy pair of goggles.

Short reports like this should be collected and put in BobL's sticky so we can refer people to it. Many peeps disregard eye protection. To me eye protection is about second only to protecting your self so you don't die from losing all your blood.

I'll probably go out and cut my leg off the next time I fire up a saw but I've been wearing glasses, steel toe boots, gloves and chaps for virtually all work more than cutting a few limbs lying on the ground, and even then I wear glasses. My worst accident so far is when I drew blood reaching over the saw blade and just brushed the NON-RUNNING, but very sharp, chain with my arm.

Ever since my grandfather cut his thumb a bit with a table saw back in about 1957 I've had a healthy respect for fast moving metal and what it can do.

 

[BobL]

Nice work all round.

I see you cut a pile of cookies.

If you want these to dry with minimal cracking then place them under water for a couple of years, and then dry them slowly.
The other alternative is to bury them surrounded by a ft layer of wet sawdust and keep the sawdust wet for a couple of years.
It sounds counter intuitive but it will be far better than straight air drying them.
Even then there will be no guarantee that they will not crack

 

[outdoorsman0490]

good to know BobL

 

[PGFMAN]

Yea thanks bob. I don't have a clue when it comes to the drying process. I tarpped the other large slabs bc I saw a little mold. Is that what you are supposed to do? At first my thought was I didn't want to trap the moisture in with it to prevent mold but that wasn't working. Thanks for the bury idea I think I'm going to do that tomorrow.

 

[BobL]

Yea thanks bob. I don't have a clue when it comes to the drying process. I tarpped the other large slabs bc I saw a little mold. Is that what you are supposed to do? At first my thought was I didn't want to trap the moisture in with it to prevent mold but that wasn't working. Thanks for the bury idea I think I'm going to do that tomorrow.

If they are outside and all you have is tarp, then tarp them "end to end" rather than "side to side so the air can pass thru the stickers.