I love yew, I love yew more

[Woodmonkey]

Yes it's a normal saw with the milling attachment bolted on to the bar. And yes it's a different chain than you would normally have on a chainsaw.

 

[disco_monkey79]

Thanks both

 

[Otto]

He loves ewe

 

[Grahamshed]

Oh dear

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Yes it's a normal saw with the milling attachment bolted on to the bar. And yes it's a different chain than you would normally have on a chainsaw.

You can use a regular chisel chain for ripping and as long as its super sharp it works OK. Dedicated ripping chains give a smoother cut and are slightly faster. The primary difference is that the teeth are filed to a 10 deg rake instead of the more normal 30 deg on a cross cutting chain. In other words you can convert a normal chain to ripping. But for a small volume of timber its not worth it because as above, a sharp cross cut chain works fine.

 

[Woodmonkey]

You can convert a crosscut chain by changing the angles, but a dedicated ripping chain is different. Every other cutter is half the width, these are known as clearing or scoring cutters and are set at a different angle again, they help stop the cut from clogging up. It cuts more efficiently.

 

[Woodmonkey]

Only 4 years later and finally used a bit of this yew, put some through the wide belt sander and it came up lovely.

Glued some up to be the top for a kind of a dog hutch thing (don't ask…!)

Looks very shiny as it's just been sprayed.
Will be making my next bass guitar out of some of this.