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I milled some trees from my yard with a chainsaw and wrote about it. Exhausting but rewarding! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by thenewred@lemmy.world to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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https://edmomot.github.io/Chainsaw-Milling/

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[–] bluGill@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for that hint of the jig. All I've seen before are to expensive for the little is use it. That works for me and in no time I had a few boards cut that have been waiting on me getting energy for a while. I didn't finish but only because my chainsaw oiler stopped working again. (Probably blogged with sawdust)

For anyone trying this, the jig he has in the blog is cheap and works well. Much faster\easier than freehand.

[–] thenewred@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Glad to hear that worked out!