Thread: The BIL mill (WIP)

Originally Posted by weisyboy

dose your saw have the safter triger (on top of the handle) that stops the trigger being pulled if the handl is not held firmly

if so how did you overcome this with the outdoard trigger

Yes it does have a safety trigger. With the 076 if you hold the safety trigger down and pull on the throttle a couple of mm, at this point you can then release the pressure on the safety trigger and the throttle keeps working until you release the throttle all the way which is when the safety trigger kicks in again and locks the trottle

To stop the safety trigger interfering, when I adjust the cable length for the outboard trigger I make sure the cable is already tight enough so the lever in contact with the trigger has pushed the trigger past the point where the safety trigger is still active. At this point the engine is still idling but the throttle is literally poised for takeoff!

Another way around this is to strap something like a beefy cable tie around the handle that you can slide up and down the handle to hold the safety trigger down for as long as you like.

Cheers

Weisy have you been out for Friday night drinks?

Bob I know this was well beyond a "mill" before but now I think it officially goes in to the category of "a work of art"

I'll have to swing by and have a demo some day ... or I can line up a couple of logs that you can "test" it on down this way ... maybe some more sheoak to temp you

Originally Posted by Ramps

Bob I know this was well beyond a "mill" before but now I think it officially goes in to the category of "a work of art"

Cheers Ramps!
It's getting a few dings and scratches so it's got more of a working horse look about it now.

Originally Posted by Ramps

I'll have to swing by and have a demo some day ...

Anytime - just give us a call.

Originally Posted by Ramps

or I can line up a couple of logs that you can "test" it on down this way ... maybe some more sheoak to temp you.

RE: Sheoaks: Bring em on!

Looks great Bob, I like the solution of using the 1/2" plumbing fittings to get around the hose clamps

BIL got a good workout today.

I used 4.5 litres of fuel, nearly the same of bar&chain lube, cut 8 slabs and generated 120 kgs of sawdust - boy that feels good - sanity restored , well at least till next week

For all the grimy details with heaps of pics and 2 movies check this out.

Cheers

lovely job ,interested to know how it goes when you are milling . try and cut along the grain [its easier]in stead of square to the end,if you can . good cutting bob

Originally Posted by bobsreturn2003

lovely job ,interested to know how it goes when you are milling . try and cut along the grain [its easier]in stead of square to the end,if you can . good cutting bob

Thanks. Yeah, I've done some "along the grain cutting", great swathes of curly whirly sawdust. One is of course limited by the length of the bar in that case.

Cheers

A week or so back I was rummaging through some milling off-cuts that had ended up on the firewood pile and I noticed a badly warped face cut from a Liquid Amber, which was the first log I milled with the BIL Mill. Anyway it looked pretty warped and bent so I cut a bit off and tested it with my moisture tested and it said 15% I threw it in the van and it kept calling me saying it wanted to be a tray so here it is.



The sides are sheoak - milled with my small mill earlier this year. I going to give it as an Xmas gift to my sister (BIL's wife) for putting up with me dropping around all the time to drink beer and chew'n the fat on mills with BIL.

Nice one Bob, I am sure the sis will be most impressed with that

it looks great bob turned out really well i'm sure she will love it! i'm glad i'm not the only one that rumages through the firewood pile with excitment!