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I build stuff from milled slabs
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.
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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