pataya1
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I'd like to post and get some feedback on what others think if a new or shall we call about a modified Chainsaw chain would be a better production chain than standard chain and would it sell.
I am currently working on a project that I will explain below
Would you use it rather if it costs more?
Regular chain?
Works great when its sharp, and correctly sharpened.
Carbide Chain?
Cuts slow, teeth break, not worth the money.
What if there was another option?
I'm going to take about 24 chains and begin a process of adding chemical plating to them.
I know for some of you there may have known that Carlton chain used to have a higher content of Nickel in it. (now that it's Oregon I really don't know)
For comparison purposes:
I know all the good old General Motors engine blocks, the highly desired blocked ended in 010 casting numbers also called the high nickel block.
I'm gong to do the following over the next few months:
Test the chainsaw chain with plating's applied.
Nickel
Chrome
2 other proprietary plating's that are designed for Cutting surfaces I won't name now.
I'm going to have to experiment carefully with this because you have several factors here:
you cannot add too much plating material because you have to have the chain still fit in the bar and rotate.
You want to still be able to sharpen the chain.
What I hope to discover from this is the following and what I anticipate are the following:
1. A successfully plated chain will cut much better upon initial use.
2. How much longer will the plated chain work better than standard chain.
3. Upon sharpening I am anticipating the chains performance to decrease as the coating wears out of the cutting tooth.
4. What I hope to understand is the exact chemical content of the coating added.
If that recipe as we can call it was used to forge the metal allow in new chain, you would have a pro logger chain worth the money.
I think because now there are less than a handful of manufacturers (I think 2) of chain left, and it would be really interesting to see if this works. Maybe the idea would be bought by on of these 2 or a new player could enter the chain manufacturing market.
It'll be a while before I have results. But I'm at the point where its a go.
Philip
I am currently working on a project that I will explain below
Would you use it rather if it costs more?
Regular chain?
Works great when its sharp, and correctly sharpened.
Carbide Chain?
Cuts slow, teeth break, not worth the money.
What if there was another option?
I'm going to take about 24 chains and begin a process of adding chemical plating to them.
I know for some of you there may have known that Carlton chain used to have a higher content of Nickel in it. (now that it's Oregon I really don't know)
For comparison purposes:
I know all the good old General Motors engine blocks, the highly desired blocked ended in 010 casting numbers also called the high nickel block.
I'm gong to do the following over the next few months:
Test the chainsaw chain with plating's applied.
Nickel
Chrome
2 other proprietary plating's that are designed for Cutting surfaces I won't name now.
I'm going to have to experiment carefully with this because you have several factors here:
you cannot add too much plating material because you have to have the chain still fit in the bar and rotate.
You want to still be able to sharpen the chain.
What I hope to discover from this is the following and what I anticipate are the following:
1. A successfully plated chain will cut much better upon initial use.
2. How much longer will the plated chain work better than standard chain.
3. Upon sharpening I am anticipating the chains performance to decrease as the coating wears out of the cutting tooth.
4. What I hope to understand is the exact chemical content of the coating added.
If that recipe as we can call it was used to forge the metal allow in new chain, you would have a pro logger chain worth the money.
I think because now there are less than a handful of manufacturers (I think 2) of chain left, and it would be really interesting to see if this works. Maybe the idea would be bought by on of these 2 or a new player could enter the chain manufacturing market.
It'll be a while before I have results. But I'm at the point where its a go.
Philip