Too Dam hot.

All I managed today was to set up the double length mill and make a couple of cuts. The chain is not the right one for this kind of work. very slow. On this log, with it being twice the length I would normally work with and in this heat wave we are having it takes it out of you . Hot Hot. Humidity is down to a record 55 percent. The timber is just about curling up at the edges.



The two guide rails needed to be supported in the middle.



Here you can see I have gone for a deep first cut on the second face. Saves time and will make a great 17 foot bench for the top of the dam the landlord is having put in at the bottom of his garden!!
Im happy with the size of the knots and should get three main beams per slab.
Here is a small clip of the big bench being cut from the trunk. Video link.



Any way after the heat of today I'm dun in and theres still allot more cutting to do :-)