Chainsaw Mill

[gandalfthegrey]

I had a question on milling your own lumber.. I am a member of the Alaska Forum and saw some info on milling limber  I was wondering what everyone thought of this idea.

http://www.frontierfreedom.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=866

[MountainDon]

Never used one, but have wondered about them myself.
What's a good one cost, with or w/o a suitable chainsaw?

Makes a lot more sawdust than a bandsaw mill. 

[gandalfthegrey]

I looked into this a long while back and can't for the life of me remember where I put the info.

I sent your question over to AKChuck who posted it in the Alaska Forum.

I found a couple of Stihl 460s on Ebay for $500 each. 

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=Stihl+460+&category0=

[gandalfthegrey]

I did an online search and found a site that sold in different size chain lenghts.

http://www.toolcenter.com/ALASKAN_MK-III_C2_MILL_KIT.html

http://www.toolcenter.com/ALASKAN_MK-III_C2_MILL_KIT.html


Hope this helps.

[Redoverfarm]

gandalfthegrey I used an Alaskan saw mill to cut sill logs for my cabin.  The only reason was that a mill would not touch them since they were old hand hewn logs and the fear of hitting nails and the like. I cut 4 logs between 16'-20'.  The rip chain price was almost double that of a cross cut chain.  I personally would not attempt to saw my own lumber with them but that just MO.  I think Peternap has used one and can probably give you the low down.  In fact he had posted on a similar subject.  If I can find it I'll bring it up.

http://countryplans.com/smf/index.php?topic=4023.msg47919#msg47919

[gandalfthegrey]

Great...Thanks.... I thought there should have been a post on this already but could not find it.


Looks like I need to purchase a space suit to go with it.

[glenn kangiser]

I had a friend who used one-- they work - the rip chain is best, but they are a lot of hard work.

If doing a lot you would want to spring for a band saw sawmill.

[desdawg]

You will need a pretty hefty saw, 90cc or better. A lot of people use them. Here is a forum dealing with it:
http://www.arboristsite.com/forumdisplay.php?f=62
And another:
http://www.forestryforum.com/board/index.php/board,7.0.html