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Thanks for the advice re the Elm branches. I'll look closely before considering slabbing them or possibly putting them through the bandsaw.

My tree is well and truly on my property, but will...

Thanks for the replies!

At it's thickest, the trunk section (which should be about 3m long when felled) is about 650mm diameter. Thanks for the advice re cutting the slabs a bit thicker...
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That is absolutely STUNNING!... Love it.

G'day,

For those who are familiar with Bendigo (central Vic), you would've seen a huge population of lovely mature Elm trees all over the place.

I just happen to be fortunate enough to have a...

G'day Folks,

Wanted to post a few pics of the piston in my Husky 394xp. If no success through the forum, I'll force myself into the local repair shop for some advice. I've rebuilt a couple if saws...

G'day Rob,
Langwarrin is a bit far for me, but thanks very much for replying to my post! You could try a regular on this forum, known as 'tassietimbers'. The guy's name is James; real nice bloke....

Was shocked at the huge price-jump in the price of bars once they go longer than 42". :o

Am looking for a minimum length 50" bar for my Husky 3120.

Any suggestions on suppliers?
Thanks!...

So I've been hunting for a Husky 3120 to use purely for slabbing. My 394xp has happily run a 42" bar, but I guess the desire to cut significantly larger slabs was just too strong!:-

I put a...

G'day Neil,

Some lovely colour there, and yes - I'm a weekend warrior too, so I can't be too picky about the logs I come across either.

I noticed you said you "boron washed" the slabs in...

Hey Gordo,

I'm far from experienced in the timber-milling stakes but really love this winch setup. I've been cutting more slabs and getting a smoother surface, not to mention the huge reduction...

What would a log like that weigh? Would it be too heavy for a heavy duty 12'x6' tandem?

I like the look of the timber, but live in Bendigo so would need to arrange for a crane truck to put on the...

Wow, thanks gents!

Gee I love this place. Experience being shared, tips being give ,and all-round help and great photos of timber.

Looks like I've got some thinking to do about bar lengths, and...

Now THAT is freakin' gorgeous colour!! :o

84"!!

How does the saw run with a bar that size, or haven't you had the opportunity to test it?

Am looking to purchase a Husky 3120 for slabbing. What's the biggest bar that I could reasonably run on this saw? I don't want to over-stress the saw.

Currently I'm running a 42" bar on my Husky...

I'll be keenly interested in how this looks! Not sure I've seen the guts of a Mango Tree...(?)...:?

I've got the Husky 394xp with a 50" Alaskan CSM.

I run a 42" bar for slabbing and also have an auxiliary oiler fitted to the CSM. I've got an oil-feeder bolt through the bar near the sprocket...

G'day All, Have just finished slabbing an Ironbark, and am looking for another log or two to cut up. The bar on my CSM can accommodate logs up to about 900mm in diameter. I've got a 12'x6' tandem...

I'd really be interested to see some different photo angles on the Malloff setup, thanks Bob. And yes, being 6'4" and heavily built my knees (& lower back) would much prefer to be standing, or at...

I'm intrigued by the setup in those photos above; looks like he's doing it reeeeal easy.

One of the downsides with my setup is that I need to make sure that the winch cable runs out as level as...

I realise this isn't a new idea on this forum, but I've been so pleased with the results I thought I'd share it.

So after three recent full days of milling with my Alaskan CSM, I decided to look...

Wow, Bob, that looks fantastic! As someone else said in your MC throttle thread, y really are the master! :2tsup:

Must say that when I saw that you were the first to reply, I thought that no one...

Hi All,

Please point me in the right direction if this topic has already been covered.

I'm running a Husky 394xp with 42" bar on an Alaskan 50" CSM.

Was wondering if anyone's done their own...

Thanks BobL and Bushmiller,

Bushmiller, I've tried sending 'Sawchain' a number of PMs. He got one of them, but hasn't responded to the others. He said he's having issues receiving notifications or...

Thanks for the thoughts in this thread.

I'm a novice in the world of slabbing, and read on the arborist forum that - unless someone's reasonably experienced in using skip-tooth chain- that it can...

Thanks BobL and Willy Nelson. Reckon you blokes have just made up my mind for me...
Nup, not happening.

Well, the saw is now back together and SO FAR SO GOOD! :U

I ordered two new bar- bolts ($11), and did some meatball panel-beating to the metal c-channel bracket that houses the bar-bolt heads...

G'day All,

Friends were cleaning out their shed last week, and they have me their old 'Homelite 10045a' chainsaw.

They're not the most mechanically minded folk, and when the saw stopped it just...

Thanks a lot Krunchie!... Now for the Husky saws...

Hi All,

Am keen to start collecting and rebuilding a few pro chainsaws, up to 15yrs old, some for extended periods of donestic firewood cutting and a few in the larger capacity.

Was wondering...

Yep, still have the metal plate. It also needs a little bit of TLC, but should come up pretty well.

Any thoughts on silicone sealant for around the bar-bolt holes??...

As I start to put the...

So here's some pics of the bar bolts and the c-channel referred to my post above.

You can clearly see that the square bolt heads have snapped, and the holes in the c-channel bracket have been...

...reckon you might be right about the saw being dropped at one point; probably contributed to the crack, etc...

I managed to get the flat-head bar bolts out of the oil tank. And yes - there is...

Ive been trying to upload 2 photos that I took of the bar bolts, but not sure if it's working or not. Hope so!...

One pic shows the dud-bolt, and the small flathead screwdriver is pointing to...

Thanks DJ,
Silly question, but I'm assuming that after you've done the nuts up to finger tension and the bar is straight, that you're using your spark plug wrench to tighten it?...

Thanks for your reply!

I stripped the saw down today and cleaned it thoroughly. I removed the steel 'plate' cover on the clutch side, and noticed that only ONE of the bar bolts is the issue. It's...

Thanks, that's good to know. Don't suppose you noticed if it was possible for the flat-headed bolts to pull through the casing?

If this IS what's happening to my saw, I'd be interested to know...

Thanks! I'll look into the helicoils.

Another member posted about his Husky, saying that his has flat-head type bolts that go in through the oil tank. I'll do some more research and strip the saw...

Hmmm, thanks for that. From what the shop were saying, it sounds like my saw might be the same (bolts in through the oil tank). Have you replaced your bar studs/bolts on your Husky?

Are helicoils and/or inserts readily available? I've not heard of them before, but they look ideal (from my Internet search just now...).

Are special tools required for this?

G'day All,


Picked up a nicely running used Husky 350 for a song from my local dealership. I knew it had the following issue, but couldn't pass it up for the money:


Original owner brought it...

Howdy All,

Picked up a Stihl 023 at a garage sale in Bendigo this morning. The owner said he hadn't used it for awhile, and just wanted to get rid of it.

The saw LOOKED good, compression...

Howdy All,

Apart from my 'intro' thread, this is my first post! :clap:

Over the past 6 months I've been doing a bit of voluntary work/labor out at Henry Doran Specialty Sawn Timbers (Eddington)...

G'day Fellow Inmates from Bendigo, VIC...

This is my first post here; hopefully the first of many!

I've long been a novice backyard furniture maker/restorer, and am also an avid fan of timber...