New Tool Gloat

[Dale Osowski]

And I thought this was a fine woodwork forum.How wrong can you be ?

Ahh yes, but we need to start with the wood first

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[Brian Jarnell]

Ahh yes, but we need to start with the wood first

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I thought it all came from a timber yard?

[Jim Andrew]

If you were here in Kansas, you might wait a few weeks. It was 109 degrees here yesterday.

[Dale Osowski]

Finally had a chance to put the mill together this weekend, just need to break in the power head a bit more before mounting it to the mill. I should be milling next weekend.

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[Brian Jarnell]

Finally had a chance to put the mill together this weekend, just need to break in the power head a bit more before mounting it to the mill. I should be milling next weekend.

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I have to say, I am impressed with that bar.

[Dale Osowski]

I start milling this weekend Double end bar is now mounted to power head. To give you an idea of overall length, the saw is sitting on an 8' bench.

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[Kevin Bourque]

Does your saw have a kick start?

[John TenEyck]

Lordy, that's a monster ! My back hurts just thinking how much it plus the mill weighs.

John

[Dale Osowski]

Mill is now together and running. Forgive the shaky video, I had one hand on saw, other on throttle.

[Dale Osowski]

My first slabs:

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[John Bailey]

Good stuff!! I've got a "tiny" 30" mill. The most important thing is the chain and how sharp it is.

Can you tell us what chain you're using and how you're grinding it?

Thanks,

John

[Dale Osowski]

I’m using Granberg ripping chain: http://granberg.com/content/granberg-ripping-chain

[Dale Osowski]

We had an hour or so to mill today and cut a couple more slabs. These two slabs have some spalting, curl and medullary flecking.

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