Its been a while since I posted,life gets in the way. With that said in the last few years since I posted I have bought a few items. I was building a bandsaw mill but I got a chainsaw mill and a new sthil saw. I also got one of the sawmill attachments that you can screw a 2x4 to the log and split it. A couple of years ago I made some oak boards using the chainsaw mill with the sthil. I was pleased with everything but one issue. It took about half an hour to cut one board 8 to 12 inches wide. Is this average?
I have a cedar log I cut a while back. It is a huge log,somewhere between 25 and 40 inches wide. I am thinking of splitting it down the middle using the 2x4 cutting attachment into quarters then using the Alaskian sawmill attachment to get it into roughly 8 inch beams I can store.
With that said is there anyway to speed up cutting? Can I get a different chain to cut faster. This Sthil cuts really fast as far as firewood or bringing down a tree but slow for boards. The main thing is I do not want to damage the chainsaw due to cutting boards.