Is that a large snake in the first pic?When using the ladder type rails I tekscrew a board onto one end of the log and lay the frame onto the log/board and then use wedges to level the ladder using a a DAF (see below) and then TekScrew the other board on the other end.
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This are my HD unistrut rails - same method but don't worry about the end boards, the pointed bolts in the cross angle bite straight into the end of the log.
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I level the rails using a digital angle finder (DAF).
Set zero at one end and then make sure its zero at the other - use wedges to lift the low side and then tighten th spouted bolts up.
I used to use a pice of Al across the rails but now I just place the DAF on the Cross Angle.
I use the rails on most cuts as my mill rails are HDPE lined and slide real nicel on the Unistrut.
That ws I can correct for any slight twis caused from the previous cut.
Perth, Australia just dropped off my must goto list
I think that is...wow.
I first posted that pick in 2009 and got a heap of responses about it.
There are LOTS of Tiger and Dugite snakes in the are where I was milling that log but that snake is a fake that my mate was using to try and train his dog out of bringing dead snakes back to the house, - he did not have any luck and eventually it must have got bitten as it disappeared Tigers and Dugites look nothing like that. Both snakes are highly poisonous, the Tiger is the 10th most poisonous snake in the world. Most Aussie snakes are highly sensitive to and scared of noise and will quickly slither away as you stumble through their territory. At the sound of a CS they keep right away and that is why timber fallers don't see many or get bitten during their work. The danger comes when you threaten one or accidentally tread on one and then they will bite you . In Oz, about 300 people a year get bitten but only about 2 persons year die, compared with 11,000 a year in India and about 5 in the US. In Australian you are 5X more likely to be killed by a lightening strike than a snake bite
The most dangerous creatures in most places are fellow humans.I've always envied the nice and sunny conditions at the other side of the world. However the most dangerous creatures in the wild life here is.. not lethal.
Of course there is the extremely shy bear with cubs or a horny moose... the snake bite would be similar to a wasp. No big hardwood trees though.
Great mods and good for you helping out a mate there.I didn't notice any difference in cutting speed or cut smoothness over full comp chain.
I think it would come into its own on really wide cuts in hard wood as it would ease the load on the saw.
Its very quick to sharpen but then I also reckon it goes blunter quicker than full comp.
I used regular skip chain for about 30 logs but since then I have stuck with full comp
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