Detailing a chainsaw ,the official PSP thread

[Jon1212]

Hell, my newest saw (a MS201T) already looks old because of Hedge staining. I take care of my equipment because I don't like pissing investments away, BUT, they are tools and I use them as such. I like watching cookie racing, but I cut firewood... And pie.

Hooray for Pie!!

 

[Jon1212]

Does anyone here throw saws down after they are polished or piss revved ,or do you set the saw down ever so gently after a polish or a cut to avoid any new blemishes ?

Ask your buddy Gabe Rygard the same questions..........LOL!

 

[Locust Cutter]

I am having trouble keeping up here...
is it stained because the saw is so awesome he pooped the trou?
or
is it stained because the Hedge is so wicked scary?
or
is it stained because he is somehow chewing through the logs with his rectum?

I guess it is only wrong if somebody polishes the log on the jobsite
Dave

I about spit coffee on my PC reading that... LMAO

 

[fhafer]

I get my saws detailed at a local motorcycle shop. I cut all my farwood with my friend's saw.

 

[Trx250r180]

Ask your buddy Gabe Rygard the same questions..........LOL!

I have seen his saws,they do not ever get polished by the looks of them.Am sure they get dropped also.

 

[Michigan Escapee]

Just realized I didn't clean my saw after that five minute trim. Been oily sawdust gack inside the chain path for over a week, oh noes! Will have to try and remember to clean that out, and 3 in 1 coat the chain. And shop rags under the saw, toolbox handle well is filling with oil again.

 

[KenJax Tree]

Anyone polish the chrome on their chain?

 

[Deleted member 117362]

Anyone polish the chrome on their chain?

Mother's Chrome - Mag Polish and a dremel work best for those small shiny parts.

 

[Stihlofadeal64]

 

[Philbert]

Anyone polish the chrome on their chain?

I have seen some older chain where the entire cutter is chromed. Now, they only plate the upper part. Lighter. Cheaper. And the racers remove it anyway.

Philbert

 

[Definitive Dave]

I use a leather strop to polish my chain, or I have one of the servants do it if I am feeling generous.
They get such a sense of purpose from a job well done.

On a more ridiculous subject I am having trouble finding a shop that will chrome plate Magnesium, any metallurgists know why?
Dave

 

[stihl sawing]

I blow them off and wipe em off some, no polishing. I never could figure out how some of you get them so clean. Their just a tool for me and stay in the barn, not on the coffee table.

 

[Trx250r180]

I use a leather strop to polish my chain, or I have one of the servants do it if I am feeling generous.
They get such a sense of purpose from a job well done.

On a more ridiculous subject I am having trouble finding a shop that will chrome plate Magnesium, any metallurgists know why?
Dave

You can polish mag ,but i think the chrome would peel ,or the mag would catch on fire and burn the guys shop down ,take a file and shave some mag off a case ,then hold a long sticked match to it and see what happens ,just do not look at it without welding mask on .

 

[Michigan Escapee]

I use a leather strop to polish my chain, or I have one of the servants do it if I am feeling generous.
They get such a sense of purpose from a job well done.

On a more ridiculous subject I am having trouble finding a shop that will chrome plate Magnesium, any metallurgists know why?
Dave

Chrome plate is done via electroplating chromic acids of various sorts. As magnesium in an alkaline metal, and reactive in air/moisture, you have all sorts of issues. You can try and dig through what I found here. http://www.finishing.com/71/52.shtml but it all reads about like this.

"
Magnesium can be plated by either using the zincate route or by direct plating. The zincate path uses an alkaline cleaner, followed by a chromic acid dip and another dip in phosphoric acid and fluoride. This is followed by a fluoride loaded zincate bath and Rochelle copper to about 5µm. The magnesium is then plated in electroless nickel.

The direct plating path is an alkaline soak, followed by a dip in 150 g/l CrO3 with a proprietary additive. This is followed by another dip in 15% HF at 25 °C and direct electroless nickel. The direct electroless nickel is a mixture of NiCO3/HF/ citric acid/NH3HF/ sodium hypophosphite/ NH4OH at about 85 °C "

I'm thinking that process probably involves a LOT of messing around, man hours, cost, etc.

 

[huskihl]

I'm no chemical engineer, but I just understood exactly what you were talking about

















NOT

 

[Trx250r180]

I bet Dave is stripping all the paint off his saws now ,and getting the green rouge stick out and the polishing wheel .

 

[Sammy777]

You can polish mag ,but i think the chrome would peel ,or the mag would catch on fire and burn the guys shop down ,take a file and shave some mag off a case ,then hold a long sticked match to it and see what happens ,just do not look at it without welding mask on .

Sammy777

 

[Sammy777]

You can polish mag ,but i think the chrome would peel ,or the mag would catch on fire and burn the guys shop down ,take a file and shave some mag off a case ,then hold a long sticked match to it and see what happens ,just do not look at it without welding mask on .

Sammy777

 

[Sammy777]

You can polish mag ,but i think the chrome would peel ,or the mag would catch on fire and burn the guys shop down ,take a file and shave some mag off a case ,then hold a long sticked match to it and see what happens ,just do not look at it without welding mask on .

Good job! Some people don't care about a deep cleaning and detailed and I really respect that, however they may not have the passion for a nice looking saw! Again, I respect everyone's choice. [emoji106]

Sammy777

 

[Philbert]

Does anyone else put cucumber slices over their saws' exhaust ports?

Philbert