Chainsaw Mill Attachments

Every chainsaw mill guide rail has a fixed length, and sooner or later a log shows up that's longer than it. A 5-foot or 9-foot rail handles most firewood-length rounds, but a straight, knot-free log worth milling into full boards is often 10, 12, or 16 feet long. A chainsaw mill rail extension is how ... Read more

Learning how to sharpen a chainsaw mill chain properly will save you more cutting time than any other maintenance habit. A dull chain is the most common reason a chainsaw mill starts cutting slowly, wandering off line, or burning the wood instead of slicing through it. Milling puts a chain through more linear feet of ... Read more

The best ripping chain for chainsaw mill work is not the chain already on your saw. Standard crosscut chain works fine for felling and bucking firewood, but drag it through a chainsaw mill, and you get a rough, slow, splintery cut that wears out your saw faster than it should. Ripping chain is ground at ... Read more

Chainsaw mill compatibility comes down to two numbers, not brand loyalty. To answer the most common question first: no, DEWALT doesn't make a chainsaw mill attachment. Nobody at DEWALT sells a slabbing rail (a guide board that sets up the first flat cut) or an Alaskan-style mill under their own name. What people usually mean ... Read more

Chainsaw mill safety comes down to understanding one thing above all else: kickback, the accident that scares people away from chainsaw milling before they've made a single cut, and the one most people misunderstand. It isn't unique to milling. It's the same mechanical event that causes most chainsaw injuries in any context, but a mill ... Read more

Chainsaw mill accessories fall into two categories: the ones that fix a real problem you'll run into, and the ones that just look good in a kit photo. Three accessories come up again and again (an oiler kit, felling wedges, and a dedicated guide bar), and each one solves a specific mechanical issue that milling ... Read more

How to use a chainsaw mill comes down to one fact: your first cut determines the quality of every cut after it. Get the setup right and the rest of the slab goes smoothly. Get it wrong and you'll spend the whole log fighting a mistake you made in the first ten minutes. Here's the ... Read more

What size chainsaw do you need for a chainsaw mill? It depends on the log, so here's the math: what engine size, bar length, and chain type you need for the logs you're planning to cut, and why an underpowered saw on a long bar is a worse mistake than most people expect. Why this ... Read more

The best chainsaw mill attachment for beginners is the Zozen Chainsaw Mill, a real rail mill with real slabbing capability at a price that doesn't punish a first-timer for trying milling.