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Keith
Thats where that baby starts cuttin good ! Squared filed with at least half the tooth gone!! Lol!! With a few teeth gone its just considered semi skip now!!
here in montana i see that all the time farmers and ranchers want to get the most out of everything and they do it like that. i tell them they need a new chain before i will let it out of my shop. for cutting sake. yes they cut great but they are also at the end of the life by that point and should be replaced when you get to the life mark on the cutter but you can still get another sharpening out of a last bit of life chain like that.This came in today on a 24" Stihl MS660. Talk about stretching the absolute complete life out of the chain, jeez........
Am I looking at it wrong or is the chain on backwards also?This came in today on a 24" Stihl MS660. Talk about stretching the absolute complete life out of the chain, jeez........
Could be the saw is upside down.Am I looking at it wrong or is the chain on backwards also?
I never thought about that, could be.Could be the saw is upside down.
Sam
I think I'm gonna have to re-think about some of my worn out chains, they're new compared to yours.Only when the chain becomes "Super Skip" it nears the end of its life!
Two teeth , one left and one right preferably on distance of each other , suffice for cutting.
My currently eldest "race" chain in use , a Dolmar 099 , 3/8" .058" 72DL:
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It is intentionally missing every other tooth for superior chip clearance in strong wood!
Two more chains are past the witness mark and bound to become true hardcore race chains , but not until next year!
If one doesn't cut too deep into the gullet , those teeth hold their ground remarkably well!
Why throw away what still works fine?!
P.S.: Definition of "Super Skip" = one cutter/tooth vs. two or three skips (missing teeth)
I think I'm gonna have to re-think about some of my worn out chains, they're new compared to yours.
I've rarely been put in a situation where I had to take cutters that far back ,except in the early days and when I was into racing chain.
Generally most work chains taken back that far have heavily preened tie straps taking they're toll on bar and sprocket....
...One chain will cut a lot of wood depending on cutting circumstances and who's doing the filing.
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