It’s amazing what you can get done with it in an afternoon, I just need to redesign the ladder hold down and it should make it a whole lot more user friendly 👍
The guy on "surviving ringworm" uses an Alaskan mill. His has a unique set of rails you might want to see, and most of the guys use wedges after they cut. Just trying to help if you need it even though you pretty much have it nailed down. Shawn James uses the ladder trick, too. You said a mouth full when you said it took 4 minutes to cut each piece and a total of 6 hours to do everything. That's why if you were working out there all day you'd had so much more cut (because you're already set up) but you don't need it, yet. You seem like a nice guy, and the video was well done, so I'd keep doing your thing! Good luck and be safe! That ringworm guy is a nut but you must see him work a chain saw!
Ha! Yeah I watch quite a few of Surviving Ringworms videos, loved his video on milling chains 👍 Thanks for watching and taking the time to write all that down, now I’m going to go check out Shawn James 👍 the ladder from what I’ve seen and experienced personally is the simple easy lite weight option, I just need to come up with some brackets I can bolt to it and then screw the whole works down to the log. I’d like to be able to toss all of this in my Argo or a tub trailer behind the quad and go way out into the bush with it to build some tent platforms 9’x11.5’ over a 2-3 day weekend but it needs to be more efficient than it currently is…. It’ll get better tho, I have high hopes 😁
Very neat. What is a "Milling chain"? How is it different than a standard chainsaw chain? I've never used an Alaska Mill like that. It looks like it works pretty well.
Yeah the mill works pretty darn slick, It’s a Vevor from Amazon that’s a knockoff of the Granburg alaskan sawmill. A milling chain is a semi chisel or “round” chain that’s factory ground at a 10* angle, the goal in that as far as I know is to make the side plate or leading corner of the tooth less prone to chattering in the cut or having the chain pull to one side or the other… I bought one for my big saw and it cost me around $80-$90 CDN, it doesn’t cut any smoother than a almost new full chisel skip tooth chain you see in the video… You can make your own milling chain by sharpening any kind of chain at an angle between 0* to 10*, I won’t be buying another milling chain 🤣
Very cool video Dan. Nice to see an Alaskan mill used in the forest. At the current lumber costs, those mills are good value 😄
It’s amazing what you can get done with it in an afternoon, I just need to redesign the ladder hold down and it should make it a whole lot more user friendly 👍
Great video sharing
And many cups of wonderful coffee
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Could build some mighty fine sluices boxes with that.
Or Timbers for shoring up a mine shaft 😁
The guy on "surviving ringworm" uses an Alaskan mill. His has a unique set of rails you might want to see, and most of the guys use wedges after they cut. Just trying to help if you need it even though you pretty much have it nailed down. Shawn James uses the ladder trick, too. You said a mouth full when you said it took 4 minutes to cut each piece and a total of 6 hours to do everything. That's why if you were working out there all day you'd had so much more cut (because you're already set up) but you don't need it, yet. You seem like a nice guy, and the video was well done, so I'd keep doing your thing! Good luck and be safe! That ringworm guy is a nut but you must see him work a chain saw!
Ha! Yeah I watch quite a few of Surviving Ringworms videos, loved his video on milling chains 👍
Thanks for watching and taking the time to write all that down, now I’m going to go check out Shawn James 👍
the ladder from what I’ve seen and experienced personally is the simple easy lite weight option, I just need to come up with some brackets I can bolt to it and then screw the whole works down to the log.
I’d like to be able to toss all of this in my Argo or a tub trailer behind the quad and go way out into the bush with it to build some tent platforms 9’x11.5’ over a 2-3 day weekend but it needs to be more efficient than it currently is…. It’ll get better tho, I have high hopes 😁
@@PuskwaskaOutdoors Yeah don't give up, experience is key! Speed will come with it but be safe so you can enjoy your time with your people! Have fun!
Very neat. What is a "Milling chain"? How is it different than a standard chainsaw chain? I've never used an Alaska Mill like that. It looks like it works pretty well.
Yeah the mill works pretty darn slick, It’s a Vevor from Amazon that’s a knockoff of the Granburg alaskan sawmill.
A milling chain is a semi chisel or “round” chain that’s factory ground at a 10* angle, the goal in that as far as I know is to make the side plate or leading corner of the tooth less prone to chattering in the cut or having the chain pull to one side or the other… I bought one for my big saw and it cost me around $80-$90 CDN, it doesn’t cut any smoother than a almost new full chisel skip tooth chain you see in the video…
You can make your own milling chain by sharpening any kind of chain at an angle between 0* to 10*, I won’t be buying another milling chain 🤣