testing the beam machine

Friday my chainsaw mill came in. i promised kris i'd help him move saturday, and so the mill sat in the back of my truck. About 4:00 we are enjoying a post-moving beverage and decided "hey... screw the pouring rain, lets go try that thing now!" so we did.

We headed up postil rd a few kms to a place we knew there was some sweet wood just getting board. hahaha. board...

step 1.  screw a 2x4 to the top of the log

mounted 2x4 guide

step 2.  realize that you have to start from the middle of the log because of how you placed the 2x4.  there should be a step before step 1.  check that the 2x4 is going in the right place.  we skipped that step.

kris doing some cuttin

step 3.  cut

and more cutting

once there was 1 cut, we moved the 2x4 over 3 fingers and screwed it down again.

how boards are born

step 4.  be done.

there it is.

it took just over 5 minutes for a 10 foot cut.  this thing is gonna see some major action soon i predict.

best $50 i spent last week.