Portable Chainsaw mill 24 Inches Planking Milling Bar Size 14 Inches to 24 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)

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.

Bueno, sólo tardo mucho en llegar

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

Les serres en U ont brisé après seulement 1h d’utilisation. J’aimerais avoir un remboursement

Article complet, rien à redire ça vos son prix. Monter en 30 minutes, notice en anglais. Je recommande.

Das Produkt ist simpel aufgebaut und leicht montiert. Bei kleinen Holzmengen eine gute Möglichkeit. Um eine einigermaßen Breite Schnittfläche zu haben sollte man mindestens ein 50cm Schwert auf der Säge haben. So habe ich 33cm Schnittfläche. Bei größeren Holzmengen würde ich allerdings ein Sägewerk empfehlen.