Stuart Ablett
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I have a chainsaw mill, works well, but well, it's a gas saw, of course. Even though I have put a motorcycle muffler on it, and it is very quiet compared to most chainsaws, it's still not something that I wish to run in my workshop. I don't really have the space to run it outside, so what do I do? Well, I have this old heavy duty electric chainsaw, a Shindaiwa unit, it may not move the chain that fast, but the thing has some serious torque. With some ripping chain I've ordered, I think/hope it will do the job.
This is the third chainsaw mill that I've made, so I have learned a few things along the way, I hope to incorporate them into this unit.
Right now I've got the parts done that clamp onto the bar of the saw,
The nose has a built in guard, to keep me from hurting myself.
The pieces of square tubing with the nut welded to them and the T-handles will be the parts that are attached to the frame that will go along the guide board and that sets the thickness of the cut.
I hope to be done soon, but I understand the ripping chain I ordered from Baileys Online will not be in stock until the end of May
Dunno what's up with that....![Huh? :huh: :huh:](/forums/images/smilies/017.gif)
I'll be able to cut 42.5cm or about 16 3/4" wide, not the biggest chainsaw mill, but not bad either. If the saw will pull the ripping chain through the wood easily enough, I might try to find a longer bar, I don't think that Shindaiwa makes a longer bar, and bars from other makes don't fit, I think, so I might have to modify a bar to fit (had to do with how the tension adjuster works on this saw).
I'm also going to make some kind of a fixture to hold the log in, some kind of cradle, that I can use for various lengths and diameters of logs, got to think about that some more too. I'll be able to hoist any log up to put the carriage under it, and I want it with one end higher than the other, I find that having gravity help push the mill along is a good thing.
Cheers!
This is the third chainsaw mill that I've made, so I have learned a few things along the way, I hope to incorporate them into this unit.
![IMG_5629_zpsf3d4bb67.jpg](http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm155/StuInTokyo/Electric_Chainsaw_Mill/IMG_5629_zpsf3d4bb67.jpg)
![IMG_5625_zpsb3e8e28c.jpg](http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm155/StuInTokyo/Electric_Chainsaw_Mill/IMG_5625_zpsb3e8e28c.jpg)
Right now I've got the parts done that clamp onto the bar of the saw,
![IMG_5620_zpsd2461c99.jpg](http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm155/StuInTokyo/Electric_Chainsaw_Mill/IMG_5620_zpsd2461c99.jpg)
The nose has a built in guard, to keep me from hurting myself.
![IMG_5627_zpse6a3045f.jpg](http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm155/StuInTokyo/Electric_Chainsaw_Mill/IMG_5627_zpse6a3045f.jpg)
![IMG_5626_zps04d855b5.jpg](http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm155/StuInTokyo/Electric_Chainsaw_Mill/IMG_5626_zps04d855b5.jpg)
The pieces of square tubing with the nut welded to them and the T-handles will be the parts that are attached to the frame that will go along the guide board and that sets the thickness of the cut.
I hope to be done soon, but I understand the ripping chain I ordered from Baileys Online will not be in stock until the end of May
![Huh? :huh: :huh:](/forums/images/smilies/017.gif)
I'll be able to cut 42.5cm or about 16 3/4" wide, not the biggest chainsaw mill, but not bad either. If the saw will pull the ripping chain through the wood easily enough, I might try to find a longer bar, I don't think that Shindaiwa makes a longer bar, and bars from other makes don't fit, I think, so I might have to modify a bar to fit (had to do with how the tension adjuster works on this saw).
I'm also going to make some kind of a fixture to hold the log in, some kind of cradle, that I can use for various lengths and diameters of logs, got to think about that some more too. I'll be able to hoist any log up to put the carriage under it, and I want it with one end higher than the other, I find that having gravity help push the mill along is a good thing.
Cheers!