Getting ready to build a small timber frame. Been doing months of UA-cam research. I have found your videos to be the most entertaining, uplifting, and among the most informative too. Thanks so much for what you create.
@@johnshearing Indeed. I did test it with flat and angled boards. I had a sealer on them. The difference in and after the rain is drastic. I still marvel at it. Have a great evening.
It's about cost for time and effort. While I love the romanticism of doing hand hewn with an axe or chainsaw... if doing 30+ logs the saved time of renting/buying a mill would lend well to overall build quality/ artisanal touches. The felling could be by axe and chainsaw, haul with atv or tractor and mill it!
How about wearing some nice earmuffs to go with your self milled lumber, so you can hear peoples reactions to your pretty wooden boards. But great video, love the chainsaw mill, affordable piece of equipment.
It's always worth watching this video often to see how it is really possible to use those chainsaw lumber mills and actually how simple it is to use them. Thank you for keeping these video's active and the entertainment you provide is fantastic. Fred.
It was about 10 years ago that I distinctly remember writing in my journal about a video I saw where a guy named Pa Mac use a chainsaw mill to make boards. Since then, I've chainsaw milled myself sick building a small cabin, and have upgraded to a woodmizer for building my house. Thanks for the inspiration.
Definitely worth it, but the labor is what many do not understand if they have never done this. You make it look easy and some may question this in mid stream as they attempt it. Experience is what they are watching, the way he holds the saw and moves with the saw, these are things that take time to learn, but it is doable. If any attempt this 1) be careful and start out slow 2) do not make any jerking or fast movements 3) watch your hands and your feet and keep clear at all times. Good luck and enjoy the fruit of your labor!
@@farmhandscompanion Thanks, I'm experienced working with tools, but you are the "master" at demonstrating the ways of old, I have learned things from you and am grateful to you for your instructional videos
I use an 80V electric chainsaw with an 18" blade, it is a smaller chainsaw than the ones recommended for the mill, so I had to grind down the clamp surfaces to clear the chain. After that it works well and does the job. I've always said that Pa Mac's videos are the best on You Tube.
I milled some small logs and ran in to some old nails on several. After I bought a small wand metal detector I discovered it was cheaper than replacing damaged chains and bandaids lol. Thanks for sharing!
What an awesome life you have, so self reliant, good humored and full of great and useful ideas for us all. All I can do is dream of such a life. ❤God bless🙏🏼
Awesome video as always. I kept waiting for a trip or a ponder or some other PaMac humor but this one was the teacher teaching....”here’s what you can do to cut your own lumber without paying $20,000 to do it.”
Thank you, Mark. Yes, these new short-form "bulletin" shows are produced in third person to reflect the style of the old farm bulletins of the early 1900's. There'll be more to come, too (but that's not to say there won't be a trip or a ponder thrown in from time to time, so keep a sharp eye out)
Pa Mac, another great video. Glad you have returned to making these! - P.S. Wear some hearing protection! Your future self will wish you had! Or, maybe you had some smalls ones in your ear and I missed them.
I picked up an attachment a while back and am just waiting for enough snow and ice to melt so I can get to work. Do you use the regular chain on your saw or do you have one specific for milling? Thanks for sharing.
The main problem I have with chain sawing logs into lumber is that the chain saw blade is so much thicker than a normal lumber making saw blade. So a lot of waste. For average sized logs, a good stout band saw would do more with less waste. I guess one needs to decide on the cost benefit ratio of that loss.....
That's correct, Saint Coemgen; everything usually comes down to upsides and downsides. At least with extra sawdust you can cover your chicken house or milking barn floor.
@@farmhandscompanion Actually, I was very wrong in specifics. That is, with a bit more research I found one can get a narrow gauge chain saw chain 0.043 inch (Husqvarna has one), or about 1 mm. Which would be about-ish a band saw width. So, for the specifics, if one wants to spend the money to minimize wood waste with a chain saw "lumber mill" one can. Ergo, I was wrong in specifics. A general chain saw still wastes a lot of wood IMHO. But that is mainly because I deal mostly with high value hard woods, where ever millimeter counts. As for saw dust, not having chickens or cows, I throwing saw dust into a compost pile (those I do have). Saw dust is a great source of "brown" material for any compost pile. Hope this helps.
Yahoo! Talk about a good way to start the morning 😁
Getting ready to build a small timber frame. Been doing months of UA-cam research. I have found your videos to be the most entertaining, uplifting, and among the most informative too. Thanks so much for what you create.
Gotta see his video about cutting the bottoms of cladding boards (say board n batten) on an angle. It works to shed the rain big time!
@@___PK__ yes, thank you. I saw that one. It's a rare gem not found anywhere else on UA-cam. At least not that I could find.
@@johnshearing Indeed. I did test it with flat and angled boards. I had a sealer on them. The difference in and after the rain is drastic. I still marvel at it. Have a great evening.
It's about cost for time and effort. While I love the romanticism of doing hand hewn with an axe or chainsaw... if doing 30+ logs the saved time of renting/buying a mill would lend well to overall build quality/ artisanal touches. The felling could be by axe and chainsaw, haul with atv or tractor and mill it!
Pa Mac, may your chain always be sharp. Your videos are one of a kind. Thx!
How about wearing some nice earmuffs to go with your self milled lumber, so you can hear peoples reactions to your pretty wooden boards. But great video, love the chainsaw mill, affordable piece of equipment.
Amen. We mill our own lumber and there is time to be with the Lord and appreciate the magnificence that He has placed all around us.
It's always worth watching this video often to see how it is really possible to use those chainsaw lumber mills and actually how simple it is to use them. Thank you for keeping these video's active and the entertainment you provide is fantastic. Fred.
It's good to see you living the life.
It was about 10 years ago that I distinctly remember writing in my journal about a video I saw where a guy named Pa Mac use a chainsaw mill to make boards. Since then, I've chainsaw milled myself sick building a small cabin, and have upgraded to a woodmizer for building my house. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks for making these!
You're very welcome, Douglas
We've been entertaining this for months now. We have some trees laying out, drying, ready to go I'm just waiting on the nerve. This helps!
I’ve got one of those chainsaw mills they are handy.
Gonna be a good day thanks Pa
Always great to see ya. Kinda nostalgic seein your old jonsered 670.
Oh man another FHC. Gotta save it. Can't just go half watching it while I'm doing something else.
Always happy to see you drop a new video
Another enjoyable and educational video. Thanks, as always!
Definitely worth it, but the labor is what many do not understand if they have never done this. You make it look easy and some may question this in mid stream as they attempt it. Experience is what they are watching, the way he holds the saw and moves with the saw, these are things that take time to learn, but it is doable. If any attempt this 1) be careful and start out slow 2) do not make any jerking or fast movements 3) watch your hands and your feet and keep clear at all times. Good luck and enjoy the fruit of your labor!
Those are 3 good rules of thumb to keep in mind, Row. Thanks for the input!
@@farmhandscompanion Thanks, I'm experienced working with tools, but you are the "master" at demonstrating the ways of old, I have learned things from you and am grateful to you for your instructional videos
I use an 80V electric chainsaw with an 18" blade, it is a smaller chainsaw than the ones recommended for the mill, so I had to grind down the clamp surfaces to clear the chain. After that it works well and does the job. I've always said that Pa Mac's videos are the best on You Tube.
I have done this with my mill and have a few oak logs to mill this spring.
I milled some small logs and ran in to some old nails on several. After I bought a small wand metal detector I discovered it was cheaper than replacing damaged chains and bandaids lol. Thanks for sharing!
I really enjoy all your videos and always learn some thing new.
My grandpa modified a bit for his brace into a wedge type bit used for splitting wood in kindling
What an awesome life you have, so self reliant, good humored and full of great and useful ideas for us all. All I can do is dream of such a life. ❤God bless🙏🏼
Awesome video as always. I kept waiting for a trip or a ponder or some other PaMac humor but this one was the teacher teaching....”here’s what you can do to cut your own lumber without paying $20,000 to do it.”
Thank you, Mark.
Yes, these new short-form "bulletin" shows are produced in third person to reflect the style of the old farm bulletins of the early 1900's. There'll be more to come, too (but that's not to say there won't be a trip or a ponder thrown in from time to time, so keep a sharp eye out)
Pa Mac, another great video. Glad you have returned to making these! - P.S. Wear some hearing protection! Your future self will wish you had! Or, maybe you had some smalls ones in your ear and I missed them.
Amazing procces ,good job👍👍
Thanks for the walk-thru demo, well done!
Such a good video, obvious made so long ago, but nevertheless educational.
Great video, I am interested in getting a Alaska saw mill. You made that look easy. Thanks.
Awesome! It's a wonderful set of tools that can build a life.
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That's a lot of lumber!
How much gas does it take to slice up an 8 inch pole?
Not a lot at all for an 8 inch pole
I picked up an attachment a while back and am just waiting for enough snow and ice to melt so I can get to work. Do you use the regular chain on your saw or do you have one specific for milling? Thanks for sharing.
Hey Kevin, I've used both, and both work. The rippin' chain does seem to work better, however.
You might consider a skip tooth chain as well. It reduces the power demand on your saw.
Whatcha gonna build Pa?🤗❤️🐝
That's a good question. There's always somethin' I need to work on!
@@farmhandscompanion can’t wait to see it, what ever it is to be! ❤️🤗🐝
Put one end of the log on the ground and saw down with the help of gravity- A lot less labor.
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The main problem I have with chain sawing logs into lumber is that the chain saw blade is so much thicker than a normal lumber making saw blade. So a lot of waste. For average sized logs, a good stout band saw would do more with less waste. I guess one needs to decide on the cost benefit ratio of that loss.....
That's correct, Saint Coemgen; everything usually comes down to upsides and downsides. At least with extra sawdust you can cover your chicken house or milking barn floor.
@@farmhandscompanion Actually, I was very wrong in specifics.
That is, with a bit more research I found one can get a narrow gauge chain saw chain 0.043 inch (Husqvarna has one), or about 1 mm. Which would be about-ish a band saw width. So, for the specifics, if one wants to spend the money to minimize wood waste with a chain saw "lumber mill" one can. Ergo, I was wrong in specifics. A general chain saw still wastes a lot of wood IMHO. But that is mainly because I deal mostly with high value hard woods, where ever millimeter counts.
As for saw dust, not having chickens or cows, I throwing saw dust into a compost pile (those I do have). Saw dust is a great source of "brown" material for any compost pile.
Hope this helps.
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