Alaskan sawmill and a free afternoon, does it get any better??

Dusted off the Alaskan mill and my MS461 to rip a few live edge slabs for an upcoming project.
I know Alaskan mill videos are like watching paint dry so it won’t hurt my feelings if nobody watches it, but I had fun doing it so here it is 👍
Some rough details
Fuel burned including falling bucking site prep and milling approx 3L
Saw is a Stihl MS461 with a dual port muffler and no other mods (hasnt ran In 8 Months so yeah It was grumpy for the first little while)
Sawn width of tree minamum 12” maximum 17”
Actual cutting time approx 4:30 per slab
Actual time to setup camera, cut wood, travel approx 6hrs

[@TheEmporiumOutdoors]

Very cool video Dan. Nice to see an Alaskan mill used in the forest. At the current lumber costs, those mills are good value 😄

[@PuskwaskaOutdoors]

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 👍

[@penggraiankayuchannel7760]

Great video sharing

[@bradh74]

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!

[@PuskwaskaOutdoors]

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 😁

[@bradh74]

@@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!

[@kluge4206]

And many cups of wonderful coffee

[@PuskwaskaOutdoors]

Many many cups

[@Goldstreamplacer]

Could build some mighty fine sluices boxes with that.

[@PuskwaskaOutdoors]

Or Timbers for shoring up a mine shaft 😁

[@MuskratOutdoors]

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.

[@PuskwaskaOutdoors]

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 🤣