Evening gentlemen,,,,, just had a quick look on FB and surprise surprise the village idiot has again told me that I'm a looser.
On the above person in question I found this snippet regarding his incredible knowledge, offering his audience his advice on a few things, pay close attension to his racing chain procedures.....
I'm so glad he was never ever my trainer or else I would of come dead last every 1st heat like him.
mcbob
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Posted: Mar 1st, '06, 23:37
Joined: Nov 22nd, '05, 23:09
Posts: 4150
Location: Weston NSW Australia
Country: Down under
Well Errol,
This is an interesting thread and one that needs to be clear and easy to understand.
In Mac Chain the where 3 basic styles, Round, Semi Chisel and full Chisel, with the introduction of a square filed full chisel a little later.
Round tooth or chipper chain is a multi-purpose smooth cutting chain.
Easy to sharpen and maintain.
Semi-chisel a more aggressive chain and again mult-purpose and still easy to sharpen and maintain.
Super chisel a full professional chain for cutting green clean timber an excellent falling chain but not really a good chain for ripping as it causes lots of vibration and is hard on the saw unit, shakes everything to pieces.
Not recommended for milling as this is a falling chain and regardless of what you file the top plate at it still not smooth.
Race chains are more purpose setup to suit the saw and operator but all times achieved should be compared against a known new chain to see the benifits obtained, Many a race chain filed up by bushmen i have beaten with a new out of the box standard chain.
So much for their abilities and years of experiance as it can all come to nothing with a few strokes of misguided ego.
All chains on my race saws are brand new for strength and i leave the origion edge on the cutter as it's very crisp just paying attention to the rest of the chain, P.S What ever you take off the depth gauges you cannot put back and with saw racing if the depth gauges are set to low the chain becomes to aggressive and rough plus it kicks back like a mule not a very pleasant thing on a very high powered saw when it comes to the plunge cut as it can ruin you day very quickly.
I suggest sticking to the makers recommendations as regards angles and depth gauge setting as their've been at it a lot longer than us.
To win a race you need 3 things.
1. A good powerful power unit
2. A well sharpened and set chain.
3. A good operator with a good feel for the saw being used.
And their is no substitute for cubic inchs and rpm.
I have been doing some testing on a few chains filed up and moddified like Art Martin does and will be testing one this weekend coming at the saw races. We'll see how it handles Australian Hardwoods.
Mc Bob.
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Truely a man of many colours "Mc Bob", "Atomic Bob", Mc "Bender" Bob, Mc "Whiz" Bob, "Herr" Bob and "Whatever" Bob.
Thats why you should own a Mac first.
McBob .. 1949 and still kicking.
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