Rough saw lumber and what you built out of it (1 Viewer)

[scrapdaddy]

That's an exciting time in life and very stressful! We got married on our farm and built our house on the same spot. I used rough sawn western cedar for our porch, but had to have railings because of the height.

Best of luck with your new place.

 

[D'Animal]

Some cool furniture.
I did not make any of it.

 

[D'Animal]

A workbench I put together

 

[D'Animal]

Making lumber and Benches near Yosemite

 

[PAToyota]

What chainsaw sawmill are you using? I’ve been looking at them lately.

 

[micruz60]

Nice join on the workbench!
Do you use biscuits and glue along with the allthread to stabilize the plank?

 

[Music Man]

Wow! She sure has a grip on that wedge!(If that is a wedge)

 

[PAToyota]

What chainsaw sawmill are you using? I’ve been looking at them lately.

I'm running an Alaskan 3 sawmill attachment with 42" rails.

 

[kybishop]

A little reading loft above the Kitchen.

The joists are rough sawn cedar and an old salvaged poplar joist. The railing is some rough sawn poplar. One piece I found sitting in the house the other is fence planking ripped in half. The top cap on the rail is some rough sawn (maybe Chestnut) from the old house roof where an opening was cut by my father some 40 years ago.

The first couple were before I oiled it all. The last is after the boiled linseed oil was applied.

 

[D'Animal]

My Little Alaskan has 42" Rails and my big one has 60" Rails.

 

[kybishop]

A workbench I put together

Nice bench!

Did you use a chainsaw to cut the edge of the timbers to join them?

 

[D'Animal]

yes, I used a small chainsaw to match the edges.

 

[D'Animal]

New Project started.

 

[secretasiansam]

Our Work | SBC | Schlauch Bottcher Construction, Inc. | Bozeman, Montana

 

[sean2202]

@D'Animal nice work. Curious how long it takes to make one crosscut on a beam that size. Do you have to use a special chain on your saw?

 

[D'Animal]

The large planks take 20 minutes to cut.
I change the top plate angle on my chain. One of my chains I have the angle at 10 dergrees and the other one is at 15 degrees.

 

[Music Man]

Would a skip tooth chain be faster?

 

[D'Animal]

The full skip tooth chain will be faster to sharpen.

I have not noticed that it is faster when milling. I have a bunch of full comp chain to use up so I'm using full comp.

 

[sean2202]

@D'Animal I see you are using an older St IHL saw for your lumber mill. Do you generally use this saw for this purpose? The reason I am asking is we have used an ms441 at work with a 28" bar and it seemed that not enough oil was being dispersed to the chain even with the oiler at max and the saw seemed to struggle (maple wood)
I know a lot of older saws have the manual oil button. Is that something that you use?

 

[D'Animal]

I've used my 046, MS 461, 051, 056, 066, MS 660, 076, 084 and 090's on my mill.

Some crazy person offered me stupid money for one of my 090's so I sold it.

My 084 was actually used in the filming of The Miracle Mile so it is now a shelf sitter.

The other saws get used, depending on the size of the logs and which mill I use.

As far as the oiler, there could be many things. Milling is hard. The top plate angle is key. If I put a standard chain on my mill with a 30 degree top plate angle, it will smoke like crazy.
Same chain, same oil but the top plate angle at 12 degrees, the chain cuts right through and no smoke.
The simple explanation is the chain cuts easier and generates less heat.

When ripping, I will use two tanks of fuel to every tank of oil.