I love watching your videos, thanks for sharing.Mate

Greetings from Michigan! I bought some property a years ago, grabbed my tent and chainsaw mill and moved to the forest. To keep myself entertained, I mill up the cedar trees and build (mostly) useless things/structures. As a general rule, I build without any planning just for the satisfaction of seeing where things take me as I go along. Clearly, we don’t have this in common! I’m so sore from three days of milling and starting construction on a 15’ (5m) high deck in the middle of the forest, that I can seem to drag myself out of my sleeping bag though it has been light for almost an hour. Part of what keeps me stuck where I lay is that I just happened on your videos and have been watching one after another. Though I am a “just start and see where it goes” kind of builder, I also really appreciate watching you doing things “the right way,” so that your builds last longer than a haircut. After a year of doing almost nothing but chainsaw milling, I was surprised to learn so much about it from your videos. If I can get myself out of bed, I’ll try out a couple tricks and techniques I’ve learned from you this morning. See...sometimes it pays to stay in bed just a little longer. Thanks for the videos!

You are abs brilliant ! I’ve never seen anyone explain something better than you 👍 thank you

Thank you for your videos and knowledge!!

Awesome video, thank you so much for sharing this, I really appreciate your tips 😁

You can use the half rounds for siding on a shed.

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Really good tips. Thanks man. Have an amazing Sunday, Andreas from Off Grid Sweden 🇸🇪

Another great video. Thx for taking the time to. Make it and upload,

Helped the old man make a fence out of slab wood way back when . cut them to length for fence boards then ripped the edges to where they were about an inch thick . Most were slightly tapered . some tapered a lot . we just put them together keeping the leading edge close to plumb . one wide at the bottom , the next wide at the top .

You're awesome. All I want is few pieces of slab.

Thx for posting these on milling. I'm just getting started and they are most helpful. My own series of vids is on micro hydropower

The best part of milling is taking off that first slab to see what the tree has hidden away all those years.

Half rounds-could be used for making live edge bowls on a lathe.

You can use the scraps, leftovers to make shelves, or cutting boards

Make flower boxes with the bark on them, you know the shape of a stop sign!

I use the round ends for charcuterie boards.

I've seen the first and last cuts stood up and either used as a WELCOME sign or as an address marker. Looks very sharp with about 6 coats of varathane....

Hmm, thinking about summer camps coming up, I can see the end slabs being popular for making temporary kitchen/ camp furniture then being chucked on the fire at the end when the wood supply is diminished - what do you think?

I use my half rounds as a out side floor for stacking slabs that are drying or logs waiting to be milled so they are out of the dirt

Half rounds can be good for mounting trophy fish or finish them further for serving trays or cutting boards

I have a tip for you but first thanks for all your tips. My tip is get a paint brush and keep it with your fuel and oil to clean around your bar oil and fuel cap before unscrewing them.

I was hoping you could make a video of how you built your mill for you chainsaw. It looks easy to use versus the traditional Alaska saw mill.

Regards to your half - rounds,try making viking star gazing chairs. Keep up the good work!

Strip the bark off the half rounds and make some lovely wood and resin table tops or other furniture. I imagine you could create some awsome designs. You could even play around with Shou Sugi Ban before placing them is resin. Just a suggestion.

Bottom rounds for wild game mounts. I find them useful for Turkey mounts and skull mounts. Cheers!

My thoughts for using half-rounds and bark ends that don't seem to overlap other comments: Great construction material for the kids in your family (yours, sibs, nephews/nieces [collectively called "niblings," I was recently told], friends' kids), for stuff like doghouses, or forts, or school/scout projects, whatever. They can even just be banged around, nails knocked into them, sawn, practiced on, and generally just abused by the kids with abandon. Good material for makeshift support ...tools? Things like sawbucks, bracing, concrete forms, stuff you don't want to use good lumber for but at least need one good flat side.

You can use the half rounds for privacy fences or siding on sheds, lean-to's

Natural hollows in the half rounds can make funky mirror housings:-)

I used the half-round off-cuts to make raised beds for my wife. (I even shot a short video.)

Half rounds would be great for a log Cabin look if its under a veranda. Also would be great for sides on a Top Bar Beehive, they should sell like hot cakes.

What size model # Stihl and bar are you using? Nice video.

You can use the half rounds to cover the top of your stack while it air drying, trim them up for trophies to be mounted on in plaque fashion or of course firewood. Turn them flat up add round timber legs for nice benches or tables, clean out any nasty bits and add colored epoxy for a river effect.

Thanks for the great video! I have a ladder just like that. What is the attachment that you hook the chainsaw to that slides along the ladder?

you might be able to use half-rounds to make raised beds for gardens/planting? they look good for that.

Great video gracias, wat caind of lubricant are you using?

Sand and finish the face of the half round, router a keyhole or mount bracket on the back (depending on the weight of the piece), seal all faces, and turn into wall clocks.

Have you tried both ripping and normal crosscut chains? How was the speed difference vs the finished surface? A comment on Baileys says a ripping chain is slower, but leaves a smoother finish, with a local feller who slabs saying sometimes it is smooth enough he doesn't need further finishing. I'm sure it depends, but if we can make decent benches or log rides 5 miles in on a trail with pine or fir 33% faster using a normal chain, that would be great to know. I've been thinking about mills for a long time, and just borrowed one from a friend. Thanks for this video and the 17 tips one...great to hear tips from someone who's used one a lot!!!

We use our bark rounds to make house names signs for friends.

So, ideas for how to use the beginning and end pieces that don't stack well? What are you guys using them for, or what do you imagine they could be used for? I need some better uses than keeping the quad trailer from getting stuck in the bog!

How long should you season the wood before using in a project?

What type/brand is the face shield/respirator you use

You mentioned you’re going to cut beams, which is my area of interest rather than slabbing. I’ve tried a couple of methods, but have yet to try the granberg mini mill for vertical cuts, but I’m keen to know what you do to get the 90 degree cuts where you want them? Cheers, N

So the log curing bit, are air drying or kiln? I’ve found that milling trees that have been blown down and left under canopy for a few years air dry really fast but I did do something a little different. I didn’t lay the planks down, I dried them standing vertically. Got near zero checking or cupping. It just seemed to make sense that a tree’s preferred direction of transporting moisture is vertical, not sideways through the hard grains.

How long is your bar? What size and model is as good as the Saw that you used, what was your brand of saw,? please.

Suggestions for bark ends or half rounds: 1, cut up and stack for firewood 2, cut up to make garden edge borders 3, use as rain cover roofing for firewood stacks 4, Possibly see if a local school or organization that has wood-shop would be interested in taking them. Maybe your country would even consider it a tax deductible donation if you can reasonably prove their value or worth? 5. leave them right there where you cut them to rot and provide food for the eco system. For instance, worms and bugs will feed birds, make soil richer, etc....

I've seen some nice bird houses made from the left overs

Sell the pieces as bowl blanks to wood workers. The pieces can be turned on their lathes into bowls.

What size motor is the stihl you're using, and what size bar?

half rounds for Raised beds sides .

We use a 6" x 6" I beam that's 30' long and weighs somewhere around 1000lbs. We don't even fasten it all, just lay it on top and shim it.

Blanks for live edge bowls

Here is another tip, use wedge shims under the guide so the screw force wont bring your guide out of flat. Or you can tap two holes every few feet so you can set a bolt through to provide a level support. Sorry if this is confusing.

You can use them as signs. Use a routes to draw the letters then burn inside the routed timber. Sand the face of the timber. Oil and your done.

What size saw are you using

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Hello! 🙋🌲 From the Eastern Woodlands of the U.S.A. 🙋🌳🌲...are you in Scotland? Wales?

How long before you can use the wood you cut??????????????????

Poised ivy ?

What language is it, mix of Norman and flomand...)))

quarantine time! bought myself a chainsaw mill now i need a straight ladder :(

Half rnds? Fletch is the correct term!

pays to have a good saw with a propa chain. too .mate

Can you send me info on how 2 make you tube videos professional?

Bugs like bark. They dont like the bare wood as much. At least from what Ive seen

Ten seconds in, I’m looking at that log and thinking, “pull off the first cut plank from the top, quickly and without damaging the vines and leaves, and quickly et it in a homemade box three inches deep and pour ecopoxy on it and preserve that for wall art or a table with the bark, vines, and leaves on it.” I’m betting when I restart the video that doesn’t happen.... too bad, that is a gorgeous tree....

Insects. Bugs are listening devices (microphones)