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20th November 2018, 03:26 PM #16.
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Minimum PPE would be muffs and a face shield or safety glasses. which are useful/desirable for subsequent WW and would be needed for a planer anyway.
Even though I wear them while milling, chaps are not essential as the bar is well and truly trapped in the kerf.
While its an awful lot of phaffing about, if a saw and mill were purchased second hand for a good price it is usually possible to sell them for at least what you paid for them.
Despite all the above I would not advise anyone that does not have some familiarity with chainsaw to go this route.
That cut also looks like it's not going to be possible with a <70cc saw anyway which further adds to the headaches.
If some had a piece of log like that and needed that cut and would be prepared to bring it to the yard where I mill I would charge them ~$60 for a 1m cut. One proviso being if I hit a rock or a nail I would charge them for a new chain
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20th November 2018, 05:31 PM #17Taking a break
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I wonder if we've scared the OP off it by now...
I sure hope so, because any woodworker who's so green (pun intended) that they don't know what cupping is probably shouldn't even be thinking about slicing up tree trunks.
No offence meant Yeet, but I really think you should be starting off with dried and dressed (read: stable) timber from your local hardware store before you look at messing around with stuff like this.
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20th November 2018, 11:07 PM #18
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20th November 2018, 11:26 PM #19
Pessimists all! Be adventuresome!
I'd think that any reasonable person, being sensible and with a degree of caution and knowledge, can do a good job of it. One must start somewhere.
There are many great youtube videos on the subject, plus the local wood guild would give him a hand, lessons and pointers.
Who knows, it might kindle his love of woodwork (... or firewood!)
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20th November 2018, 11:27 PM #20GOLD MEMBER
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Why does this ironbark look more like PINE, to me anyway?? But what would I know.
At least it will be easy to plane and saw.
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20th November 2018, 11:33 PM #21Taking a break
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20th November 2018, 11:38 PM #22GOLD MEMBER
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20th November 2018, 11:56 PM #23.
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My comment about needing familiarity with chainsaws was less about PPE and more about being able to sharpen a chain and tune a saw for the purpose of milling. Sharpening for plain crosscutting is one of those things newbies (and even those with years of experience) are very poor to hopeless at doing. The problem is compounded by the nature of the process ie chainsaw milling being really tough on chainsaws, the timber (ironbark), and the size of the cut - long bar and chain required therefore consistency of sharpening becoming even more critical.
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21st November 2018, 12:15 AM #24.
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Or chainsaw milling.
I agree you have to start somewhere. For chainsaw milling some knowledge of chainsaws is pretty much a necessity - you don't want to be taking a saw in to have them turned up for milling as not many chainsaw mechanics even know what is needed. You end up sharpening so often especially in hardwood that if you cannot do it yourself you'll be forking out a fortune in sharpening chains. But there are examples of folks starting from nowhere with small saws and $100 milling attachment or even home made gear.
A really simple alaskan mill can be made from a pieces 50 x 100 mm pine and some all thread rod like this.
eg
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And here is another
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21st November 2018, 12:44 AM #25
Note that Yeet hasn't been here since an hour and ten minutes after their first post.
I think the last post they may have seen is post #4.regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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21st November 2018, 09:04 PM #26New Member
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21st November 2018, 09:56 PM #27
Thank you Yeet
and welcome to the Forumsregards from Alberta, Canada
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21st November 2018, 10:28 PM #28.
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21st November 2018, 11:06 PM #29
We really need to see what Yeet has.
It's quite possible that the "cheapest way" for Yeet to turn his Ironbark wing split into a approx 1 m long thin slab suitable for a desk is to buy a 1000 x 700 x 30 mm dressed all round glue up.regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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21st November 2018, 11:18 PM #30
Man, that returns desk at Bunnings is going to be busy
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