dswensen
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Cutting through old oak (been standing dead for at least 10 years) at my mother's place for her winter firewood. Working with the MS 361. Brought a spare chain that was a brand new STIHL full skip chain. When chain #1 started making small chips, I switched them out - now have chain #2 on the saw. Finished the days work just fine.
Got home to put a file to chain #2 and found 1 of the rakers bent "outwards" so far that the file wouldn't fit on the cutter. Odd - there was no other damage to the chain that I could see - must be a manufacturing defect???. Got dumb for a second and grabbed some pliers to "bend" the raker back - yeah broke it off. (Note to self; hard steel is often brittle.)
Now I have an 84 link Stihl chain with one broken raker. I'm thinking I shouldn't have any trouble running it, but thought I'd ask here.
I can run the chain, right?
Got home to put a file to chain #2 and found 1 of the rakers bent "outwards" so far that the file wouldn't fit on the cutter. Odd - there was no other damage to the chain that I could see - must be a manufacturing defect???. Got dumb for a second and grabbed some pliers to "bend" the raker back - yeah broke it off. (Note to self; hard steel is often brittle.)
Now I have an 84 link Stihl chain with one broken raker. I'm thinking I shouldn't have any trouble running it, but thought I'd ask here.
I can run the chain, right?