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I like how you did this on your own without doing the same thing everyone else is doing. Looks like you got pretty good results as well

I started out this way years ago, made out of two camper jacks, the tall ones and bolted to a 12' rail that would sit over a log and I could lower each end with a 44" double ended bar and two o64 sthil chainsaws and two people and it was still a lot of work, now I have a lucus swing blade sawmill and I love it. Still lot of work but I can get more done in a day.

Congratulations on hitting 1,000 subscribers . . . especially in only a year's time. Always nice getting something done for a fraction of the cost. When I had my Panther Pro chainsaw mill I tackled logs the same way with the pivot approach. Happy to subscribe. Congratulations again! - Samuel

Good idea when gadgets are so expensive. I have an old electric chainsaw i will give it a try. I've done this before with a gas chainsaw and it's faster, but I need a ripping blade that has sharp teeth and I think the electric will do fine with that kind of blade. I work with pine because that all we have up here. so if it's not green it cuts well. the first log I cut the round edges off then a straight cut on top, then I got an idea for a bench. I took the rounded edges, most toss these, but I cut two of them bench high and lag bolted to the log with flate top and went a little higher about7 to 10 inches, it created arm rests. Dan the log, or seating area was thick about 8 inches, but that's what made it look good then with the two rounded side the same length I bolted then to the log, creating the heaviest bench I've ever seen and it looks great. Sealed the bench because pine crack a lot. I found if I seal it with the right amount of moisture in it doesn't crack as much. It's fun work and i look forward to more projects. I only wish I was better at technology so I could share what I discover. Thanks keep them coming.

Neat

That chainsaw milling is a lot of work and a lot of down on your knees. I did quite a bit of it years ago, but have graduated up to a woodland mills sawmill. Much more productive and better materials off the mill in the end. I learned a lot milling with a chainsaw though and it let me know I wanted to continue to mill, so was worth it in the end.