Help me pick a chain.....

[SawTroll]

Depends on the wood to be cut!

 

[dragrcr]

i find i loose files before they go bad......

 

[Andyshine77]

Depends on the wood to be cut!

Hi Niko.

I mostly cut pretty hard wood. Hickory, Beech, and other hard woods. I'm sure it's nothing compared to the wood you cut.

 

[wigglesworth]

Hi Niko.

I mostly cut pretty hard wood. Hickory, Beech, and other hard woods. I'm sure it's nothing compared to the wood you cut.

Not to mention the BTU per weight ratio of that Norway wood!! LOL

 

[Modifiedmark]

Big dead falls means dirty wood in my mind, so I myself vote semi chisel no if ands or buts about it.

Skip would be fine but I couldnt get semi chisel skip in .063 gauge but not a big deal I find no chip clearence problems with full comp 32" in hard wood. In fact I think the full comp semi chisel seems about as fast as the skip chisel did and I know its faster at the end of the day with less sharpening.

This is my experiance with a SXL 925 and power is not a problem.

 

[madhatte]

Round chisel, skip. Easy to maintain, cuts plenty fast. Choose your brand and cut like there's no tomorrow!

 

[flashpuppy]

Buy one of each and tell us which worked the best.

 

[MCW]

Semi-Chisel-Skip

You're not in "production" where "time is money", so make it easy on yourself and your saw.

Semi-Chisel-Skip will cut just fine, nice and smooth, plenty fast, easier to sharpen, stays sharper longer.


Just my .0002

Agreed. Although I have used all types of chain on my 32" bars on my 7900's/3120 I'd go semi chisel skip in harder wood.
Skip isn't needed for chip removal on a 32" bar in my opinion, just works the saw a bit less with less cutters to sharpen.

 

[wigglesworth]

Is everybody done? Does it look like Full chisel skip for me? Could this be the end of my chain purchase fiasco?

 

[gdhome2]

PS - Go for gold, 1 more vote for full chisel skip.

 

[DougNH]

I voted full-chisel skip though I would probably get at least two chains, one full-chisel skip and the other semi-chisel skip. Use the semi-chisel if you have any doubts about how clean the wood is.

CAD also applies to chains & bars!

 

[gallegosmike]

I just bought a loop of RMC to try out. If the freaking weather would cooperate with me! Rain and more freaking rain. Last firewood season, I almost made with one RS chain. Stihl chains are pretty tough! I tried woodland pro 30RC on bone dry elm. The elm ate up the 30RC pretty bad. I am waiting to see how it handles green pinon pine and juniper before ordering anymore of it. It is a bit harder then oregon LPX chain that came stock on my husky saws. :monkey:

 

[wigglesworth]

Something is missing here????

p.s. How you guys like my $21 bar??

 

[m44]

I would go with the full chisel skip, thats what I used on the 32 incher that was on my 046 for a while (I put it on the 066).