Portable Chainsaw Mill 36 Inches 304 stainless steel and Aluminum Planking Milling Bar Size 14 Inches to 36 Inches

I bought this mill to make lumber for wood shop projects. The local store doesn’t sell slabs of sufficient thickness for what I want to do so I wanted to make my own. This mill does the job perfectly. I have it mounted to my Stihl 461 with a 32” bar. I bought a ripping chain for milling and highly recommended that you do so as well. A standard chain should have a cutter angle of around 30° where the ripping chain has a cutter angle of only 10°. It is also sharpened with a special flat/angled file instead of a round file. It is made for milling and should not be used for general cutting. There are no step by step instructions for assembly, but it comes with a schematic that shows how to put it together. It took me about half an hour. Mounting it on the saw is pretty strait forward. Just make sure you clamp it where the sprocket/tip meets the bar, not on the sprocket rivets. Doing so will compress the tip and not allow the sprocket in the tip to spin freely, ruining your bar which can get expensive. I get about 25" of useable bar with the 32" bar. I could probably get another inch if I were to take the dogs off the powerhead but that’s a lot of work for minimal benefit. When milling, go slow and make sure you support the slab with wedges or shims to keep the weight of the slab off the bar. Let the saw do the work and don’t rush it. For the first cut, I made a rail out of some 1x4 and scrap 2x4 pieces. I secure this to the log with screws on the bigger end first and measure to my intended line which I draw with a level on the log end. On the smaller end I shim up the rail to a similar line the opposite log end. I then set the mill for that thickness and make my first cut. For subsequent cuts the mill rests right on the previous cut without the rail. There are videos on YouTube showing how this works. Overall, I am happy with this little mill. It makes accurate cuts of any thickness. I was surprised at the weight. It is very light and easy to use. If you’re wanting to mill your own lumber I highly recommend this mill.

This planking tool works good. When using a heavy saw, one has to be careful to keep the guide on top and parallel to the rail. It can tend to drift in the direction of the saw's power head. The price is good for the quality. It is mode of custom aluminum rails and other good quality parts. Two holes are required to be drilled through the bar, to mount the clamp parts. I really like the adjustments. On my particular product, one of the bolts had a thread problem and had to be replaced, not a problem.

Yes, it's a little difficult to assemble. The instructions aren't as good as they should be. It took the better part of a Saturday just to get everything assembled and configured correctly and then get a good cut. But now that it's all dialed in, it works great with minimal adjustments. So far I've cut 9 beautiful 2X10X10 boards out of two logs, and that means this mill has over paid for itself. I'm definitely happy with it. There are some negatives though. 1. It takes a LOT longer than I expected. It cuts slow, even with a rip chain. It's enjoyable, and so satisfying to offload that finished board after a cut. But it will take 10-15 minutes per slice, depending on the size of the log. 2. Mine came with a cross-threaded U-bolt. Obviously I was sent a 'returned' item. I had to go to the hardware store and get a new one. Because of that it's now way more difficult to make thickness adjustments. I'm not very happy about that. 3. The curved nose-guard didn't fit. With that installed, the contraption wouldn't clamp tight to my bar. I left it off, and everything is fine. Just a design flaw, I guess. 4. I don't like that I can't adjust my chain tension without completely removing this device. It messes up the thickness settings and it's just a pain. You can't really remove it from the saw without resetting your thickness. 5. You need a tool to make ANY/ALL adjustments. It's a standard chainsaw tool. But still, I wish they were wing-nuts that could be adjusted by hand. Otherwise... it works great. And for the money, I'm willing to put up with these issues. (for now)

I new going in the issues so it worked well. I didn't even try and use the clamping mechanism to hold the bar in place drilled through the bar and used the holes in the mill that were designed for that. They mention that in the instructions like you wont need to do that but good luck if you don't. I also cut 2 maple square pins that I put in the bar that slides up and down. There were some reviews of the clamping mechanism crushing the guide bar I can see that happening with the wood inside you can tighten the bolts much tighter with no fear. I dont see why it wont hold up long term.

Ugly = 1st time using V clamp for U-bolt on one side split/cracked in half with very little force applied to nuts. Currently trying to figure out how to get this one piece replaced by seller without having to return the whole item. Bad = The steel square tubing that is the support for the bar clamps as well as the thickness adjustment indents easily when applying the necessary, clamping force to overcome movement due to the vibrations of the chainsaw/cutting. The smallest nuts and Phillips head bolts provide good clamping force on the end to end round pole alignment support however the nuts strip easily with the provided 8 mm wrench and I would’ve preferred something other than Phillips head as well. Good = almost all of the hardware seems to be much better quality than a previous chainsaw mill that I’ve used and all seems to be straight and aligns well. I like that there is plenty of room to get a socket onto coupling nuts when adjusting thickness of cut as another mill I’ve used did not have the same room. I also like the black handle stays put and does not slip off as well as has a hole on top for storing a tool. I also like to see that it seems the bar clamps provide straight alignment, and I also like the option of being able to drill the bar and bolt the clamp to the bar.

The product arrived on time and was well packaged. The instructions were a little hanky but if you don’t rush easy enough to get through. I am going to have to get a bigger saw however because the one I currently have is 18 inches and once I have it mounted I only have a little over 11 inches of clearance for cutting, so keep that in mind if you’re planning on buying this. You will lose several inches of cutting length once this is attached to your saw.It seems easy to set up and went together well enough. I haven’t used it yet but plan to soon. Maybe I’ll update my review once I do. Seems like a good product for the price. Okay now that I’ve used it a couple times I will say that it works well. Only issue that I am seeing for now is where it mounts at the end of the bar tends to move a little and will get into your chain if you aren’t careful. One thing is I was probably pushing a little too much while using. A quick tip, if you can put one end of your log up on something, get your saw started and just let gravity and the saw get through the cut it goes much easier.

Wonderful machine. Only had a problem with 1 bolt that went into a welded nut. It was slightly off.

Unboxed and assembled. Compared to my buddy's GB, this is right up there. The real test is when we put it to wood. Instructions were ok, pictures could have been enlarged a bit..old eyes. ...follow up review to come OK, here's the follow up after a year or so. Over all, great I'd give it 10 stars if it was possible. + great design, tip guard is great +tolerences are very good, I can have confidence lateral alignment is spot on +allows for modifications like adding a wench +light weight and durable Negative -Biggest negative and most frustrating is you are sent junk nuts and bolts. Do yourself a favor and go to your local harware store and get some good quality fasteners. Nuts stripped out on almost every piece I need to loosen/tightening when changing cuts...wasted an entire day back in the woods. -The handle bar plastic cover is garbage. If you plan to add a wench, no problem, but the handle bar grip sent with this becomes hard as a rock in freezing temps, slid right off the post. Could have been bad. So swap that out with a good sticky mountain bike grip Other than that, its cut about 2,000 linear of redpine and maple.

Bueno, sólo tardo mucho en llegar

He tenido que sustituir dos tornillos de origen ya que se desafían al apretar, pero en general bien

I love finding a quality product that does exactly what I needed for an unbeatable low price and fast shipping. Sawmill goes together easily. All tools and instructions provided. Can't wait to rip boards 😁

This is one really simple jig to assemble! Not too heavy but rigid enough for the work it is intended to do. Great value for money!

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