Brand new bar issue?
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I'd send the pics to the company I bought it from.
I'd send the pics to the company I bought it from.
Yeah they should replace it as the rail is obviously off center.
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I'd send it back, you obviously got a defective bar. There is no shame in expecting a company to give you what you paid for.
Did you buy it off amazon?
I recently bought a oregon speed cut bar/chain off amazon as it was way cheaper than at the local stores.
The chain is garbage, it's only hardened on one side. I made 3 cuts and it was dull, when sharpening it I noticed the right side cutters are super soft and are half gone after 4-5 swipes with a file lol.
I went and bought a new chain locally, I didnt save much in the end.
I think they're selling seconds/rejects on amazon not the good oregon stuff.
I recently bought a oregon speed cut bar/chain off amazon as it was way cheaper than at the local stores.
The chain is garbage, it's only hardened on one side. I made 3 cuts and it was dull, when sharpening it I noticed the right side cutters are super soft and are half gone after 4-5 swipes with a file lol.
I went and bought a new chain locally, I didnt save much in the end.
I think they're selling seconds/rejects on amazon not the good oregon stuff.
Be interested in bar maker too.
Wonder if one of the ones that moved their production overseas and not QC'ing the bars as good.
Wonder if one of the ones that moved their production overseas and not QC'ing the bars as good.
Looking at bar closer from little OP showed. Bet Oregon powercut what used to be powermatch bars.
Yes quality been going down with Oregon for years.
Just my WAG
Yes quality been going down with Oregon for years.
Just my WAG
We still don't know the brand? And, who sold it?
"Most expensive bar" for his saw dosen't seem completely apparent to me that its an Oregon. They are kind of a mid to low grade bar.
Stihl,Sugi,GB, cannon,tsumara ... those are high end.
Stihl,Sugi,GB, cannon,tsumara ... those are high end.
Black tip and grey/steel rails is either Cannon Duralite, Oregon Reduced Weight, Oregon Powermatch Pro or * Sugi, Tsumura, their Chinese knockoffs, or their Husky variant *.
Using a blown up pic, the tip rail gauge is 1/4". The standard bar tip gauge is roughly 0.063. Divide .25 by .063 and you get 3.9683. Divide the distance from where the teeth start to the end of the tip by 3.9683 and you get .69 roughly. An Oregon tip (used by both Oregon and Cannon) has about 1.25" from where the teeth start and the end of the tip, so not them. Tsumura bars have a long tip, so my bet is Sugihara or a Chinesium copy.
Using a blown up pic, the tip rail gauge is 1/4". The standard bar tip gauge is roughly 0.063. Divide .25 by .063 and you get 3.9683. Divide the distance from where the teeth start to the end of the tip by 3.9683 and you get .69 roughly. An Oregon tip (used by both Oregon and Cannon) has about 1.25" from where the teeth start and the end of the tip, so not them. Tsumura bars have a long tip, so my bet is Sugihara or a Chinesium copy.
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Well if it is a brand new roller tip then I will give you what you paid for it. I can address the rail issues in one of my Silvey Bar Shops
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My guess to brand would be Holzfforma/farmertec
Good catch. I didnt blow pic up to see the black nose sprocket.
Could just be one of these 10-30 dollar bars then.
He means this brands most expensive, not most expensive available.
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