Somewhere along the coast (can't remember - Washington, Oregon or northern California) wife and I stopped in a coastal town and walked out on their pier system. They had benches with backrests made of half sawn logs like you have in your pictures. They were beautiful.
They impressed me enough to buy one of the mills and also one of the mini-mills that make the first cut easier. I've used the mini-mill but have yet to use the larger one. Bought a new bar and 90 degree sharpened chain. I was just thinking about that attachment the other day and contemplating making some benches for around the pond.
My saw is not really a big enough one to do any production work. From what I have read, to really mill a lot of wood a person wants the biggest, baddest saw because of the power needed for ripping instead of crosscut.
Beautiful wood. We have burned a bunch of pecan for fire wood, but mostly limbs from large trees that needed trimming or a tree that went bad. Dense wood.
Keep us posted on how you get along.
