Random question but does anyone have or use an Alaskan chainsaw mill? I like to mess with wood and like building tables and so on and so forth and thought it would be cool to have one.
Anybody have any insight?
Random question but does anyone have or use an Alaskan chainsaw mill? I like to mess with wood and like building tables and so on and so forth and thought it would be cool to have one.
Anybody have any insight?
Yeah what do you want to know?
That 372 will work fine but is on the lighter side for one of those mills. Buy multiple chains and have them sharp. When you are milling there isn't time to be sharpening chains, it's easier to change chains and sharpen later. It's a fun way to make large rough cut lumber. It's not fast but is good way to make small batches of specialty sized lumber. I made some 2×18 heart pine boards, why, because I could. They work best on green wood.
Last edited by BRR; 12-19-2017 at 09:54 PM.
If you cut green wood, how do you dry it and how do you keep it from warping and splitting? Do you need a kiln?
I have always wanted one to cut big slabs for making tables with. Have any of y'all ever done that?
Stack it and let it sit. 1yr per inch of thickness.
Warping is tough. You just have to watch it and apply loads to help keep it flat. Being mindful of how you support it in a stack helps a lot. The boards at the bottom of the stack will always turn out better because the load on top of them holds them in place as they cure.
Splitting is alleviated some by painting the ends of your boards to force the wood to cure on the long sides. It wants to cure through the ends naturally.
Last edited by turbo; 12-20-2017 at 04:25 PM.
its called stickering
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Can you mill to a finished thickness? Or do you resaw and plane to a finished thickness? Planning to have some wood milled and trying to determine what tools I need to actually then use the wood.
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always have found working with raw rough wood to be interesting.
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You can mill to whatever you want. Just know that you'll be planing some if'n you want to get the saw kerf out of the boards.
Those alaskan mills are surprisingly adjustable. I wished I owned one.
The only problem is making that first mill cut. Your guides have to be just right.
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