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aldochina
11-16-2014, 11:42 PM
In the process of cutting firewood I came across some realy nice logs that i just would rather not burn. Looking into milling options I came across the alaskan mill. I shamefully decided to copy granbergs design. All materials are recycled from some other project, job, or purpose, some tweeked a bit to fit my needs. Only items I purchased for the build were 4- 5/16 rod couplings, 2 finish caps for the top of the square stock, and the longer bolts for the bar pinching brackets.I had a ton of fun building it, many hrs of engineering and fab(late late nights in the shop). Happy with the way it turned out. Plan to try it very soon as I just got all the wood split and stacked!!:Bounce. I will post up some pics of the results. I only have a 25" bar on the saw wich will give me 17-18 max cutting width. Max thickness would be 16". I dont want to beat up my new saw too much so I plan to get the old Jonny 920 running to use as the mill powerhead. Gonna have to try it with the 460 first though. Cant wait any longer. Bar is fixed with an oregon ripping chain. Heres some pics of the mill......................
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aldochina
11-16-2014, 11:59 PM
As for the log splitter, I have a mid 90's yard machine 25 ton. It was given to me a few years ago needing a motor. It worked great although the ram did leak a bit. Split fine, but the leak was getting pretty good. Nice pump of fluid every cycle, so I decieded to pull the cylinder and have a new seal kit put in. after removing it I noticed the female bung had been rewelded at some point in its life, must have put to much heat into the cyclinder and put it out of round enough to cause it to leak, and not be rebuildable. Bought a new cylinder, but unless you want to spend a grand for an oem replacement you gotta deal with a few things. The fittings on the new ram are offset to the mounting bracket, not 90 deg like the original, and different fittings all together. Also the ram on the original is machined down where it slides into the wedge, the new one is not. had to cut the tab and move it out to fit the new ram. couple other new little pieces like bolts and pins and such, 5 gallons of new ATF, and a motor flush and it seems good as new! Got 200 in the new motor a few yrs back, 300 for the new cylinder 40 on fittings and 70 on fluids. Not bad for 600. Less than half the price of new, and hopefully lasts another 15 yrs!! Split about 3-4 cord last few days, works great!!
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briano
11-17-2014, 08:04 AM
I like your mill, it turned out pretty nice. I've got a 4 foot Alaskan mill on a Husky 2100 with a 56 inch bar. It is very heavy with the long bar and the mill attached but it is very handy at the same time. We have cut a lot of slabs for bar tops or counter tops with it. My dad had a huge white pine cut down in his yard and we milled it up and sold the slabs which more than paid for the saw, bar, chain and mill. Plus my brother took one slab for a bar in his garage, it's 12 feet long, 44 inches wide and 3 inches thick. You can't buy something like that at your local lumber yard. Lol. Have fun with yours, and I'd suggest getting a skip tooth rip chain if you end up with a bar over 36 inches, the cut is a lot smoother. Ours looks like a bandsaw cut with the skip tooth chain.

redsox
11-17-2014, 09:02 AM
nice work bud. looks like there was some engineering involved. came out sweet! you're always up to something, you devious son of a trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro. master recycler/repurposer. i love it! i've just recently fired up the new (ancient) wood stove in the barn. first stove experience for me. i love it. its just in the shop so i'm not relying on it for home heat, but i still foresee quite a few logs getting toasted in that baby this winter while i wrench. My dad and I built a splitter about ten years back. John Deere mock-up. thing is sweet. i'll post some pics of when it was nice and shiny and new. interesting story on where we sourced some parts as well.

coolpool
11-17-2014, 09:48 AM
Looks very ingenious. As I have no experience with that set up I'd have to see it in use to understand how it works. Is it fixed and the log gets pushed or does it travel along the log? Either way, both projects look great!

aldochina
11-17-2014, 11:08 AM
I will try to get picks as i go with this to show the process. You have to set up a some rails to make the first cut, once you have a flat surface on the log you just set your depth and go. the long rails ride on the flat surface as you work the saw through the stationary log! Pretty simple really, atleast in theory as i havnt tried it yet. Got some work to do to get the logs set up to a nice workable height, although you could just do it right on the ground. Now that the workweek has started not sure when I will fire this up, but hopefully get some time before the weekend. I will start with some nice pine logs that i want to use for siding the new shed when I get to it! Then i have some nice oak (chestnut and red) and some very nice hickory! thanks for looking guys!!