gregn
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Whats the easiest way to determine a chain's gauge by looking at the chain if you dont already know what it is?
Whats the easiest way to determine a chain's gauge by looking at the chain if you dont already know what it is?
Micrometer....Unless your really good with memorizing info on paper (see Sawtroll for tips) and then commit every manufacturers numbers and specs to memory....:msp_mellow:
I don't have too many saws (does anyone really have too many) so I have remembered the few that I see. I look up the others online.
Like the 91 listed above I ran across last week. 91 is 3/8 low pro IIRC
I don't have too many saws (does anyone really have too many) so I have remembered the few that I see. I look up the others online.
Not to drag up an old thread, but someone asked about this, and I could no longer find it on-line, and the thread link is 'dead'.Bailey's also published a 'coin trick' a several months back:
Another genius idea from @Philbert !Another option is to buy a few, new drive links of 0.043, 0.050, 0.058, and 0.063 chain, and keep them on a key ring for reference. This would also be helpful for seeing what chains will fit into a worn guide bar.
I don't have too many saws (does anyone really have too many) so I have remembered the few that I see. I look up the others online.
Like the 91 listed above I ran across last week. 91 is 3/8 low pro IIRC
This summer I was up to 40 saws. With a wife and 5 kids that means we each had a 5 saw plan plus I had 5 sparesThat is why you are half full get some saws until you have too too many and then you will be set. Maybe this is why I am not married. I have only eleven right now and just the other day turned down a nice saw. Thanks
I do not know why anybody would worry about chain gauges anyway . . .
Ooh, pretty!I like the Oregon and Granberg plastic 'gauges' for measuring chain pitch:
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But for guide bar groove, I prefer something more solid. Especially when seeing what will fit a worn bar, or to drag it around the bar to look for pinches or tight spots. This is an example of a set of sample chains that a very nice A.S. member picked up for me at a trade show. I am thinking a much smaller version of this would be really handy to have hanging on a nail:
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Ted, I like this information when sorting used or scrounged chains and bars. If they are all my own, and were bought new, I usually know what I have. When you have a mongrel collection, it helps to sort them out.
Philbert
I like the Oregon and Granberg plastic 'gauges' for measuring chain pitch:
View attachment 619473
But for guide bar groove, I prefer something more solid. Especially when seeing what will fit a worn bar, or to drag it around the bar to look for pinches or tight spots. This is an example of a set of sample chains that a very nice A.S. member picked up for me at a trade show. I am thinking a much smaller version of this would be really handy to have hanging on a nail for measuring bar groove / gauge:
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Ted, I like this information when sorting used or scrounged chains and bars. If they are all my own, and were bought new, I usually know what I have. When you have a mongrel collection, it helps to sort them out.
Philbert
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