If the original chain was a .058 ga. installed on a .050 ga. bar, well, it would not have been!!!!
I have worked in the business for a long time, and this is not the case.
If there was any problem with the original chain, it would likely have been that the drive link tang got bent when/if they cut an extra loop for the guy off of a roll.
And whoever put it on the saw decided to try to run it out.
Which is exactly why I requested a pic of the chain off of the saw at the area of the green drive link, so we could see if the drive link was bent there, or elsewhere,
but no one bothered to do that.
I am getting too old I guess to keep chasing these threads around the barn 5 times trying to help folks.
Tired of helping folks for nothing to show for it, I guess.....
But, with all of the "evidence" thrown up in this thread so far, if he has run through 3/4 of a gallon of bar oil, then the saw/chain was likely fine when he took it
home, and he just wants to start whining now.
But if he could put up the pics I requested, and show me the chain at the green tiestrap area, I may be on his side. But if not, I will have to side against him.
The chain punch and spinner setup that dealers employ are quite crude, and I only use the punch after grinding most of the rivet head off first, because I have been
in the business for a real long time, and I abhor making loops off of a reel when I am busy as hell, and bending a drive link tang is easy to do when punching out loops.
Just tired of it, I guess.