DIY Chainsaw Lumber

[cnelk]

A few years ago I made a jig for my chainsaw to rip planks out of some beetle kill logs. (It works best to put a ripping chain on your saw)

Well, with the price of lumber, I decided to bring a log down from the mtns and plank it up.

I can rip a plank in less than 2mins

I mean, who doesn’t need a few boards around?

 

[cnelk]

 

[cnelk]

 

[cnelk]

Here they are with the edges squared up on the table saw

 

[wyodan]

They look good. This seems like a homemade Alaskan mill.

 

[Billy Goat]

I have a buddy that built one around an 880. He saws stuff 4'+ wide for table tops, takes two people. Works decent for what it is. Skip chain is a big help.

Just gotta watch your pecker pumpers, they ain't coming back they end up in the wrong spot.

 

[Ddog]

I'll get around to doing the same eventually, maybe after my 100 other projects get done at the hunting shack. I've got a neighbor kid with an engineering degree that built a remote-controlled sawmill (out of mostly wood!) that I'll get boards from for now.


I've got a butt-ton of big, straight poplars I plan to use for a log/rough lumber porch when I can get around to it. Great thinking and plus it just looks fun!

 

[280Ackley]

On a side the note the lumber market took a big dive this week!

 

[Antarctica]

I don't think I have any pics of this saw in the milling jig, but I started slabbing this pig (red oak) last year. Takes about 10-15 minutes to cut a 3 inch slab 8-9 feet long and about 34 inches wide. Its fun, but a lot of work. Hard on the saw. I get my wife on one end and me on the other. I have an aux oiler on it that helps a lot...

I have no idea what the hell I'm going to do with the slabs..

 

[Btaylor]

On a side the note the lumber market took a big dive this week!

Hope that is the case, I facing to additions, one at the house and one at deer camp. Would not hurt my feelings for prices to start heading back towards normal. At least some.

 

[Clarktar]

I don't think I have any pics of this saw in the milling jig, but I started slabbing this pig (red oak) last year. Takes about 10-15 minutes to cut a 3 inch slab 8-9 feet long and about 34 inches wide. Its fun, but a lot of work. Hard on the saw. I get my wife on one end and me on the other. I have an aux oiler on it that helps a lot...

I have no idea what the hell I'm going to do with the slabs..

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Where are those slabs located? Don't look like Antarctica!

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[Antarctica]

Where are those slabs located? Don't look like Antarctica!

Ha! Maryland. Chesapeake Bay is just beyond those trees in the background.

Antarctica was a long time ago ;-)

 

[Cameron.25]

They look good. This seems like a homemade Alaskan mill.

Thats exactly what i was gonna say, nice job man. I used to operate a wood mizer, thing was badasss and saves a ton of time but i have used an alaskan mill several times as well. Takes quite a long time to mill wood that way and it is hard on the saw in ny opinion. One day i hope to have land with a woodmizer like my friend lol

 

[Bighorse]

Raised beds

 

[Antarctica]

Raised beds

Interesting idea, but around here, that would be rotten snot within a year...

 

[Bighorse]

It’s made out of Alaskan Yellow Cedar which is super resilient

 

[Billy Goat]

Interesting idea, but around here, that would be rotten snot within a year...

White oak.

Most anything else we have won't last. Locust isn't what it used to be with the blight. Surprisingly Sassafras does really well too.

 

[Mighty Mouse]

I made an Alaskan-style milling guide for my Stihl MS 250 a few years back. I've used it a few times to mill cedar for furniture projects. A skip-tooth chain is faster but I've had good results with a full house chain too. A couple trips through a benchtop planer after milling and the slabs are dead flat and silky smooth.

 

[zion zig zag]

^^^Damn, I'm surprised a 250 will pull through that slab. Nice work.

 

[Bighorse]

I catch deer where I mill