I'm a bit late into this thread, but I was an area manager for McCulloch chainsaws back in the early 80's.- just at the end of them making great chainsaws. That meant quite a few field days & the Royal Show demonstrations ( pic is of a Forestry Industry expo) . We had a mill which consisted of two 100cc saws & a double ended -probably 60" bar & special chain- it had less wide cutters, probably what you have Roger.
We regularly cut up slabs as the noise soon created a crowd. The best slabs were 150 year old Elm trees that were removed from Caulfield park to make way for a lake- 2x 6' & about 50" wide. They cost us a 50' reel of chain !!. We had a backlog of orders from the audience & sold them for beer money- but we did drink a fair bit on those occasions.
From what we gleaned from the old timers, especially red gum, was the best result is to "chuck them in a dam for a year or so" we soon found that anything less than 50mm would warp, and cypress was useless as slabs.
Very impressed by your efforts there... but I guess you don't have a dam..
David
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