Very nice! I always wanted one of those, doubt my little Poulan could handle that job, though. I love the look of rough cut timbers.
I had good luck converting a regular chain to a milling chain. Below is a diagram, but generally I used a bench grinder to grind the wide part off half the teeth to make scorers. So it would go L scorer, R scorer, L cutter, R cutter. Then filed the teeth down to 5 degrees (not zero in the pic). I just did the first maybe half of the tooth and then every time I resharpened I'd get a little more off.
FWIW the milling chain wasn't really any faster, it just cut smoother and left a very nice finish on the boards.
How do you like it so far? I am toying around with the idea of getting one like this or something similar, to cut boards for wood working projects. I have a friend a couple of miles away that has a full-blown saw mill, but I have to bring him a minimum 6' log. It would be nice to be able to mill out shorter pieces too.
Hopefully I can tell you more after the weekend. Had a busy week and haven't had time to play with it
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