milling hickory

Wow that a super chunk a wood.

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Very nice…. A 20’ Husqvarna or Echo and Alaskan mill are on my wish list… Yeah I know 20” is a bit small, but it’s the biggest I can justify out of the household budget…

Hickory and Pecan are gorgeous woods to work with. Can’t wait to see some projects come out of that!

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hey thanks folks, that bar is a 42”.on a husq 395xp.

DB just make sure the sawhead is powerful enough for whatever type stuff you’ll be milling.
if all ya do is 12” wide or less trees then i guess you’ll be ok.
the mill attachment will eat up about 6” of your bar i think it is..

P.S
i recognize ya(and the icon!) from BT3Central. good to see you !

-- Matthew,Long island ny. www.tribalwind.com

Gorgeous stuff! Hickory / Pecan = tough wood! :)

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thanks, yes i learned hickory is supposed to be pecan,but you know the funny thing though, i have a bunch of pecan form a neighbor and it is totally different than this, the trunk is only 18” at max,most were 14” or so .. and the color a a very creapy pure off-white yellowy with non-pronounced grain… heres a little goblet i made from a piece of it.. (pen was bloodwood,and i lost it,that was my first pen,boohoo)

i guess there are many varieties?

-- Matthew,Long island ny. www.tribalwind.com

Do you have a ripping chain saw blade in that saw? I have looked at getting myself one. I read that the ripping blade is the way to go. I love Hickory wood.

yep, ripping chains a must.
its just a different grind angle on the chain is all. the bar is the same,
i’m not much good at sharpening chain yet, it’s a skill i’ve GOT to learn.
theres soem masters at it on arboristsite.com in the milling section,
all sorts of special grinds for making it cut like butter

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Nice bunch of milled lumber (slabs) of hickory. Hickory reminds me of Hockey stick.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Some great looking wood. Big stuff.

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I’d love to build a natural edge table out of that slab you guys are holding in pic 4. Wow!

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thats what i’d like to do with it too,
maybe cut the wide part off,”naturalize” that edge and make a tall entryway hall table,could straigh-edge the back to flush it up on the wall even.

it’s all available to be had,but UT’s a ways off from NY!

-- Matthew,Long island ny. www.tribalwind.com

Matthew good score – I’m jealous.

DB – if you are interested in buying a larger chainsaw you could consider making your own Alaskan mill. If you spend less on the mill, you could (maybe) get a larger saw.

I made one one that works pretty well, even if I say so myself. It is show here

I have various links in that post leading to some of the work I’ve done with it. The revised design I mention in that post is shown here

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Can’t find that just anywhere. Nice.

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