Re: Alaskan Sawmilling
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In enjoying your build. I'm putting in a septic tank and drain field myself, not near as fun as building a cabin. DYI Septic ! Wow, my hats off to you. Hey thanks for adding to the post. I enjoy your pictures and insight.
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Re: Alaskan Sawmilling
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Hello all! I've been on the project a little while and recently finished the roof framing. It won't look like much but all the little details had to be attended to. Got the rafter tails cut with a 2 foot overhang. Would have like to go with more overhang but the building is gonna have to be moved (someday) and I'm already over the limit for moving over the highway. Hopefully it'll be a short move, whenever that day comes. I did bird blocking (that's what we used to call it) with an angle to match the 8/12 roof pitch, a double fascia with the same angle and barge rafter, took plenty of time. Being a one man show, all those trips up and down ladder, made for slow going. Additionally, my lumber didn't cooperate and I had to do lots of sizing, trimming, cutting etc. One of the drawbacks of rough cut materials. Despite all that, the roof lines are pretty straight and I'm happy with the progress (as slow as it is.) So, I'm ready for decking the roof with 1x. I don't have it cut yet but have the trees scoped out. Lots of work ahead of me. Thanks for checking in on the progress.
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Re: Alaskan Sawmilling
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Re: Alaskan Sawmilling
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Thanks for taking us along!
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Re: Alaskan Sawmilling
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Re: Alaskan Sawmilling
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Re: Alaskan Sawmilling
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Thanks for the replies and encouragement guys. A few more from today … …. and just like that … I'm outta lumber again. I've got more trees in my sights, problem is there's lots of snow at 10,000 feet since this first storm blew through. I can still get to them if I hurry … its gonna be a race against the next storm … whenever that is. Thanks for looking guys.
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Re: Alaskan Sawmilling
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Wow awesome work. Really makes me wanna go out and buy one of those mills! Could build a really nice cabin out on the line with it. Well, if you do, please start a Tman thread on your work with it. I only wish I was doing this in the wilderness … of course a truck is kinda nice to have around when hauling all that lumber ! How often do you have to touch up your chain when milling like that? I either touch up or change chains about every 10 passes and I'm usually milling 10-12' lengths, 15 - 18" wide (sometimes wider)
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Re: Alaskan Sawmilling
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Wasn't long till the next storm was to hit the high country ... I had the time so I headed up to give it my best shot. There are several nice logs in that pile of blow-downs. But slow and steady is as fast as I can go. This location is every bit of 10,000' in elevation and the storm was moving in just as I arrived. I stopped to touch up the chain, and went back to milling but I couldn't get a good cut. The saw and I were working too hard. I couldn't figure out what was wrong but the constant wind and snow wore me down. With the help of my high-lift jack, I was able to get the two halves in the back of my truck. I'll get them home where I can figure out what's wrong with my chain and get them milled to 1x thickness. There's a good amount of lumber in those two halves but its not enough lumber to finish. It was sure nice to get in the truck and let that heater work on me. If the snow continues, I won't be able to get to the other logs in the pile, and I will be done till next spring. Would like to get back out there, but the holiday's are taking me out of town to family gatherings. I'm so close to getting the lumber I need to dry things in but think I'm gonna fall short. Who knows what the weather will do in the high country, but it won't take much to shut me down ... we'll see what next week brings. Thanks for looking at the project.
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