Milling Around the Logosol CSM

[richhiway]

 

  Tool Time.

[4x4American]

I like the strap and bungee idear.  It can be a pain trying to get the tongs centered just perfectly.  Usually takes me a couple two three tries.  Once I get it close, I leave one tong in and just move the other tong to get it to straighten up and fly right.  Then as Murphy's law dictates, once you get it fairly level, it will spin around to just exactly where you don't want it to be.  In which case you lower the boom just enough so that one end of the log touches the ground, and you go forward or reverse to get it where you want it.  Looks like you're having fun  8)

[richhiway]

 

  Loading a pine log on the Logosol.

[richhiway]

 

  Easy, it's a big one.

[richhiway]

 

  Final adjustment.

[richhiway]

 

  First cut

[richhiway]

 

  Make some boards.

[Czech_Made]

Nice!

[JRWoodchuck]

What machine are you loading the pine with? Looks quite handy!

[Ljohnsaw]

I like the strap and bungee idear.  It can be a pain trying to get the tongs centered just perfectly.  Usually takes me a couple two three tries.  Once I get it close, I leave one tong in and just move the other tong to get it to straighten up and fly right.  Then as Murphy's law dictates, once you get it fairly level, it will spin around to just exactly where you don't want it to be.  In which case you lower the boom just enough so that one end of the log touches the ground, and you go forward or reverse to get it where you want it.  Looks like you're having fun  8)

I use my SkyTrak to move my logs.  I have tongs on the end of my 5' forks.  I grab a log about 6 or 7' from the big end.  When I tilt the forks up, the butt catches under the fork frame and I have a javelin sticking straight out.  I've moved 18' x 24" pine like this.  Since I can extend the boom, I load my mill from the end.  Someday, when I finish my cabin, the SkyTrak will be sold and I'll need to build a dead deck.

[richhiway]

Just a little mini excavator.

[richhiway]

 

 

[richhiway]

 

A lot of chainsaw milling questions are about keeping the chain true and sharp. I found this is a quick way to keep the chain touched up.

[richhiway]

 

  EZ Lap Diamond bit and guide with a 12V rotary tool. The guide has 30 and 35 degree lines,here I am grinding at 10 deg. You can see the anglr of the bit against the cutte.

[richhiway]

 

  Just a few seconds on each tooth,cleans them right up. I can do it on the mill,usually after each log.

[richhiway]

A video link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODwchvWmCDg&feature=youtu.be

[richhiway]

A video link. Cutting a big Cherry slab with the 046 Magnum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5dbXLoI_U8

[richhiway]

A video link old 038 farm boss cutting some pine 2x6 with a Haddon lumber attachment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydLCp4s0LJc&t=2s

[paul case]

Where did you get the Haddon  lumber attachment?

I think one of those would help me as a bundle cut off guide?

PC

[Briankinley2004]

I have a sky trac too. Do you have any pictures of your set up

[Ljohnsaw]

I have a sky trac too. Do you have any pictures of your set up

Sadly, no good pictures, just a couple like this:

 

And now, it is probably under a couple feet of snow. :(

I pretty much work alone and I'm always too short of time to take a picture in action, it seems.  One fork had a large hole burned through the tip that I put a very large shackle through.  I have a second shackle to rotate the tongs to the proper direction and hang them directly from that, no chains.  My forks are 60" long so I grab a log about 6' from the near end.  I rotate the forks up and the butt is trapped under the fork carriage so the far end of the logs gets lifted off the ground.

[richhiway]

I purchased the Haddon lumber maker on Ebay. They are inexpensive and well made. Yes you can cut square ends with it. I have a simple T jig to cut beams square.

[richhiway]

 

  Sharping the chain on the mill.

[richhiway]

 

  To true the chain without putting it on the bench mounted grinder,use a file guide as sold by Granberg and others. This sets your angles and depth of cut so all your teeth are the same. A 12V grinder with the gauge is also available. With any hand held sharpener you will eventually end up with uneven and cutters with different angles. When ripping you have to have a nearly perfect chain at all times.

[richhiway]

 

  Putting a large pine log on the Logosol.