First time milling, got creative

[davidwyby]

 

[ucm931]

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Well played.....use what you got!

 

[ElevatorGuy]

Haha, Very cool.

 

[Wolverine]

Awesome! What ever works.

Nice lookin slab too.

 

[davidwyby]

Trial run on small mesquite. Need to make the setup more rigid and extend the Alaskan, remove the dogs from the saw for max capacity. Need longer forklift forks!

 

[davidwyby]

Forklift sawmill at it again today! Works pretty good. Forklift extensions tomorrow for more length. Pics don’t do the wood justice.

 

[davidwyby]

 

[davidwyby]

Made myself a 10” pine cant in above post.

https://youtube.com/shorts/vWrFaFVzG0g

 

[walkdog]

Aux oiler kit will be $60 you really won’t regret spending.

Really liking the idea of a forklift scheme to speed up first cut setup on shorter logs. Hell, a couple long bits of box tubing large enough to slide the forks into with a few horizontal braces welded in, and you could setup first cuts on longer logs lightning fast as well...

 

[Lightning Performance]

Always wondered what those long boat lift forks could be used for. Nice deal on the short chunks. I'm going to be using that with my forklift very soon.
Making up a steel carriage to set on my logs with the forklift seems like a no-brainer after reviewing your thread here. All good ideas.

 

[davidwyby]

Wax on the forks helps. I gotta lengthen my Alaskan for bigger logs and get them milled before they dry and split on me. It's already in the 90s, blast it.

 

[Guido Salvage]

I admire people who have the patience to mill with a chain saw.

 

[davidwyby]

I admire people who have the patience to mill with a chain saw.

I do not. But it’s all I have at the moment. Sometimes it’s the only way. @Benwa fells and mills on-site in places that can’t be reached with equipment and they carry the boards out.


Maybe next winter will build a bandsaw mill.

 

[davidwyby]

I actually have a couple more logs to mill before it gets too hot and they split. But I’m not sure the Alaskan I have is wide enough.

 

[Lightning Performance]

Got into the WiFi here at the RV park. Only one thing got done this morning, fuggin rain, so I jacked the new Kubota for the day to skid and move some logs around. About to go rip off a 27ft beam and load that on my trailer. Next will be setting up the log pile to mill yellow cedar, some oaks and spalted maple that got dropped in the swamp last week by the playground. Snatched out some yellow pine this morning in 1.5-1' x 17' logs for lumber.
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Boss man said "mill us some while your at it."
Told him first we need to be set up the rack for logs to roll them down to make my life easy. Sew... another Sunday in the books for logs.

Just finished my second lunch burp...

 

[davidwyby]

I think I’m gonna find another sawmill to take the rest to

 

[davidwyby]

https://youtube.com/shorts/xFrA-HJXNc8?feature=share

Pics n vids don’t do justice. Oh well.

 

[davidwyby]

Milled some pretty dry euc. Hard...one tank of gas per cut. Need that 3120...

Hopefully I will have pics of gorgeous euc furniture soon, guy is sposed to email me. 395 weeps gas a bit on its side...

 

[Lightning Performance]

You need less cutters.
A bigger saw won't be much faster.
Nice material there. Fine grain like most hardwoods.

 

[davidwyby]