firebrick43
Life is all about big saws
Well yesterday I took my new to me 660, timberjig and a bailey's ripping chain to a coworkers house and milled my first lumber with a timberjig. Definitely more work than a bandsaw or circular saw.
The tree was a 18"~ red oak. Cut up the bottom 8.5' section completely and halved the next section so we could load in truck.
Butchered the first cut. I was engrossed with everything going on an let or even cause the back of the timber jig come off the track causing a warped cut(bar nose dived). But after I straightened that out everything went well
Worried about breaking in a new cylinder on the saw but it was cool out, ran it rich and with a 40:1 stihl synthetic oil.
One thing I am surprised at was the chain oiling. The oiler is working, used about 3/4 of an oil tank for a little over two tanks of fuel. It's turned all the way up but the chain seem very dry(but didn't burn any). Am I just used to an over oiled chain cross cutting? Or do I need a new oiler? I had the clutch and oiler off when changing the cylinder and the plastic drive screw was replaced with a new one as a precaution. Or is milling dust/heat just sticking to the chain giving it a dry look??
The tree was a 18"~ red oak. Cut up the bottom 8.5' section completely and halved the next section so we could load in truck.
Butchered the first cut. I was engrossed with everything going on an let or even cause the back of the timber jig come off the track causing a warped cut(bar nose dived). But after I straightened that out everything went well
Worried about breaking in a new cylinder on the saw but it was cool out, ran it rich and with a 40:1 stihl synthetic oil.
One thing I am surprised at was the chain oiling. The oiler is working, used about 3/4 of an oil tank for a little over two tanks of fuel. It's turned all the way up but the chain seem very dry(but didn't burn any). Am I just used to an over oiled chain cross cutting? Or do I need a new oiler? I had the clutch and oiler off when changing the cylinder and the plastic drive screw was replaced with a new one as a precaution. Or is milling dust/heat just sticking to the chain giving it a dry look??
