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arborjunky
I think that when I bought my saws I focused on the wrong thing, namely a focus on the powerheads w/o a focus on "Perpetually-sharp chains", whether accomplished by buying chain in-bulk and making my own, or investing in some expensive machinery that'd quickly&easily sharpen a chain for me (IE Oregon's unit...if it's not quick&simple, it just won't get done...I don't mind sharpening that much, but just cannot keep-up with it, I'd sharpen mid-job if time were never an issue!!)
Have found that I'll (significantly) prefer my 25cc with new chain to my 36cc with two-job's-use chain, the degradation is just so fast..... I do wonder how much of this is due to cheap chains, as I simply buy Walmart 2-packs and replace chains instead of sharpening (usually), but then think back to how when I had only Oregons it didn't seem that different..
Very curious people's thoughts on how to "keep sharp" or be efficient here, I mean I far better with my lil 25cc climbsaw than my bulky 36cc, and but go for the latter if I've already got an hours'-use on the former....it's like the cutter teeth's state is far more important than the power of the saw itself, but that the cutter-teeth are such that they simply can't get much usage before they're dulled.
Thanks for any insight, am buying these $15-20 2-packs from walmart way too often (though still feels "more efficient" than when I was sharpening & lowering rakers on my Oregon 91's chains), wish I had a good idea here -- have climbed with/for nearly a dozen other companies (am new to "being solo" the way I am now) and never saw a good solution (IE I've seen plenty of dog-**** 194T's because of dull chains, never saw someone sharpening on-site, heard-of sharpening machinery, or seen a reel of chain in real life)
Thanks again for any help/insight here!
Have found that I'll (significantly) prefer my 25cc with new chain to my 36cc with two-job's-use chain, the degradation is just so fast..... I do wonder how much of this is due to cheap chains, as I simply buy Walmart 2-packs and replace chains instead of sharpening (usually), but then think back to how when I had only Oregons it didn't seem that different..
Very curious people's thoughts on how to "keep sharp" or be efficient here, I mean I far better with my lil 25cc climbsaw than my bulky 36cc, and but go for the latter if I've already got an hours'-use on the former....it's like the cutter teeth's state is far more important than the power of the saw itself, but that the cutter-teeth are such that they simply can't get much usage before they're dulled.
Thanks for any insight, am buying these $15-20 2-packs from walmart way too often (though still feels "more efficient" than when I was sharpening & lowering rakers on my Oregon 91's chains), wish I had a good idea here -- have climbed with/for nearly a dozen other companies (am new to "being solo" the way I am now) and never saw a good solution (IE I've seen plenty of dog-**** 194T's because of dull chains, never saw someone sharpening on-site, heard-of sharpening machinery, or seen a reel of chain in real life)
Thanks again for any help/insight here!