Slippery elm and a Cherry log with full comp 404 Chisel

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betterbuilt

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I will say it rain today so only took three pictures. I will say the milling gods smiled down upon me today. I started the day off forgeting my oiler. I did however brought one of those Squeeze oilers, so I could give the bar a shot every so often. I started of with the cherry log. It was about 6 foot long and maybe 16-20. The color turn out to be that cool color cherry that I like. It has little black lines in it along the growth rings. That log was really fast.

So I took a picture of the finish And it look exacty like BobL's diagramof the slow chisel cut. Small saw teeth or none is how I would describe it.


The second log Was a 38 inch elm that was a little over 4 foot long. I had varying finish but over all I'd say it was no differnt then Ripping chain. Another thing was the 404 seem to stay sharper longer and even though it was cutting good I sharpened it every 2 or three cut. I also hit 3 nails that looked to be 8d's. I couldn't find any damage to the chain. I'll get picture of the grain tomorrow as I'm unloading it.

Here's a closer one.

Total time including the 12 mile trip was about 4 hours.

No break downs and no huge steel fence posts, it was a good day to mill in the rain.
 

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I wish it would snow. It seems like we've only had a foot or so this year. really weird. Mud and more mud.

I did forget to say that's a yard stick on the stack of slabs.
 

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Nice yard stick.
Thats the one thing i don't like about my bandmill, i just can't mill anything that wide.
 
Great report betterbuilt. Looking forward to get my chisel chain to work ASAP.
 
Great report betterbuilt. Looking forward to get my chisel chain to work ASAP.

I did notice that if I stopped in the cut I got a slight difference when I started it back up. It would help the finish if you had a helper placeing wedges. I also didn't rock the saw or push any harder then a slight push. I let the saw do the work. I look forward to pictures of your adventure.
 
I did notice that if I stopped in the cut I got a slight difference when I started it back up. It would help the finish if you had a helper placeing wedges. I also didn't rock the saw or push any harder then a slight push. I let the saw do the work. I look forward to pictures of your adventure.

Weather's getting warmer, and snow is melting fast, so maybe I can reach those pines earlier than expected....hope the warm weather won't pull up the sap...
 
Weather's getting warmer, and snow is melting fast, so maybe I can reach those pines earlier than expected....hope the warm weather won't pull up the sap...

I think the main problem with spring cut logs is they sit around with the bark on and beetles move into like it's a candy store. Peeling the bark off would help make it less attractive to bugs.
 
I think the main problem with spring cut logs is they sit around with the bark on and beetles move into like it's a candy store. Peeling the bark off would help make it less attractive to bugs.

I am planning to mill them right after they're felled, then there should be no problem with bugs...
 
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