Hands down the best DIY chainsaw mill on YouTube that I’ve seen. Great job, thank you! And don’t let the haters make you salty. When you respond to nonsense you feed the beast.

Getting ready to fell a few trees on my parent’s property and want to mill some lumber to make a (future) table top for my mother, and this video is absolutely invaluable to me!

Wealth of information, as well as sharing your guide design with us!A big thumbs up to you sir for keeping it simple and low cost, yet practical and effective.

I would be curious to see how your little saw and bar would perform with a ripping chain. Really well done.I’ve been using the commercial version of this (Beam Machine) for years.

Cut lots of beams for wood sheds, etc. Simple and works well but there is a learning curve to keeping square and parallel, blade offset, and not wrecking your back. Good video, for a first go you thought things out well.

Enjoyed the video. I had a couple of thoughts that could possibly improve the rig. Of course I am theorizing as I have not used it myself.

I thought that you could put a handle on top of the rig so that you could push down on the rig as you pull it down the 2×4. Also I thought that if you put a ballast extending off the other side of the rig and weight it to counter the weight of the chainsaw it might help in making smoother cuts.

I just tried freehanding a log with my plug in electric chainsaw and I was surprised. Like holy cow it works! Unfortunately I hand cut most of the tree up already before I thought about turning it into lumber.

Loved the video. I did something similar to this in the late 1980’s when I was a teenager living in the mountains of northern California near the border with Oregon. Over time I got good enough to mill without the jig as well.

Extremely impressed! Gives me some great ideas. Like your 2×4 guide being straight, and maybe your guide splines, or tapered, to avoid kickback. I have some flat teflon material.

Might help if I glued some to the guide. I think I must use your ideas as soon as I can get a rip chain. this awesome video.

I have been looking for a solution for square cutting large 6 x 6 and 8 x 8 beams and I think I have found it. Again, thank you for sharing your simple yet effective solution.