Through The Looking Glass

[treecycle]

Fired up the 4 stroke CSM today. Wow is right!

Pulled a 5 foot bar full comp with power to spare .

Filled the parking lot with sawdust, too. Blew through some Cherry and then onto a 4 ft Doug Fir. Finish is better than a band mill! PIcs are on the way. Cheers

 

[DRB]

Can't wait to see pics. opcorn:opcorn:

 

[mtngun]

Can't wait to see pics. opcorn:opcorn:

+1 No fair building up the excitement and then withholding pictures.

 

[splitpost]

opcorn:opcorn:

 

[dingeryote]

Shameless TEASE!!!

 

[treecycle]

Ditch the Mix

 

[jimdad07]

That is very nice work.

 

[smithie55]

Hey Treecycle,
So show us how it all works?
more pics
Looks cool
How big a motor you got on there?
more pics!!!
more pics!!!

 

[DRB]

It sure looks like you got it cutting nice.

What kind of edge grain wood are you cutting there.

 

[BobL]

Looks goof for what can be seen so far.

Can't quite make it out but it looks like you are moving log up to the mill rather than mill to the log? If so, is this just temp or ?

 

[treecycle]

Pictured is a Doug Fir slab.

The motor is a 25 horse v-twin( Ultra low vibes) and quiet

The shipping container stays stationary, the log is loaded into the container, each passing slice removes a slab until there is no more log left.

The saw carriage just glides back and forth on the horizontal plane. Up and down for the rails is controlled through an electric winch connected to all four corners of the rails to set the depth of cut

 

[Backwoods]

Nice set up, looking good. However to say, “Finish is better than a band mill!” just tell me that you are hanging around with the wrong bandmills. I ran some walnut that I had milled up thru another mills planner and it came out rougher then it went in.

 

[treecycle]

When I say better than a Bandmill. I mean it, Show me a band mill with a 5 ft throat that does not ever wave or deflect. Hit a nail with one of those and see what happens. With a csm, she will blow on through and slow down but a duller chain makes that much smoother of a finish. This mill was made for wood that would make a bandmill cry. Urban trees that would otherwise be firewood.

 

[rmh3481]

Very interesting, what kind of investment is in the set up?
Thanks,
Bob

 

[treecycle]

Whole bunch of time, $600 motor, $1000 container, $1000 bar and sprocket, etc etc multiplied by your current price of steel and squared by beer purchase price

 

[Backwoods]

When I say better than a Bandmill. I mean it, Show me a band mill with a 5 ft throat that does not ever wave or deflect.

Well since you asked, I will show you such a mill.

 

[treecycle]

Gulp! Wow. O.k now that is a mill! And no I don't think a box of nails would make that mill even whimper. Thanks for the pics

 

[BobL]

It looks like you are using full chisel, with that much grunt I'd use semi chisel and you'd get an even smoother finish.

 

[tlbsg]

good job treecycle am building a mill as well what speed have you got the sprocket going i take it the engine would do about 3600 are you running of eng or stepped up with belts if so what size pulleys sprocket etc

 

[treecycle]

No belts here. I am only guessing( will put a tack on it soon) but I bet under full load my motor probably is pulling 2500 rpms times 17 pin times 404 ( which ups the speed over 3/8) euals a whole pile of sawdust quick!

Also I went with Baileys full comp milling chain which is round ground. My research with saw harvesters found that they all run round anyways, so that is what I went with. Hope this Helps.