it's Pete from cheap homesteading I'm in the woods today and I want to try out my
Alaskan sawmill but I told myself I have to wait until I'm done cutting my
firewood because that's what I do I get distracted and I don't finish one half -
so I finished up cutting my firewood and I just wanted to try out my new Alaskan
sawmill I didn't have a chance to go by a longer bar for it and get a ripping
chain for it so we are just gonna try it with my 18 inch bar my normal chain I'm
sure we're gonna be able to just at least make a board or two with it anyway
so I just wanted to see how it worked so let's go so this is what I use to make
my first cut they're just plates with a bunch of
little holes in them to slots that I can sit my borrowers in so that'll give me a
flat surface to do my first cut all I do is I use a level make sure it's level go
to the other side and we'll make sure that's level too
find it easier to put one in get the level
look at that that's actually pretty smooth this is the first cut with my
host form Alaskan sawmill and it did a great job and the chainsaw held up
makes you wonder when you run it that long but I want to at least make one or
two boards out of this and then I'm gonna get out of the mosquitos because
this is crazy
I'm gonna set the Alaskan sawmill to an inch and then we're gonna see how it
does okay so we'll set it at one inch tighten this
one
okay so we're ready to give this
Wow burnt through a tank of fuel I guess I'll have to fuel it up every
time I make a cut that's crazy
that came out pretty decent for a 18 inch bar and a normal chain I'm sure if
I actually get a ripping chain on there and a longer bar it'll definitely go a
lot faster but that is pretty good sometimes you just gotta go try
something alright you know I've been holding off holding off trying that
Alaskan sawmill and at least I got one board so that's good so you guys have
good