So let's not make this a pissing contest (yeah right).
I am curious what you guys set your rakers and cutters to and whether you use a gauge. Here in the west where we cut real trees, softwoods like redwood and D-fir (and eucalyptus when we have to), (and madrone and tanoak) we alter the angles and the raker depth depending on the job. I only use and understand round filed teeth so comment if you wish because the principles are the same, I can just skip over that part.
I mainly use skip chain because I only have to file 2/3 the amount of cutters. Clean wood gets filed at 25 degrees and dirty wood at 30 degrees. I have nothing against full comp and I run it on small saws just not on longer bars, that is over 28".
Raker depth is around 33 to 37 thou, no two raker gauges file the same. This is standard for me. Cutting redwood I run the rakers way down, like 40 or 45 thou. I rarely check with a micrometer.
These stats are for 3/8's only btw.
Does anyone know what Oregon or any other manufacturer calls for on 1/4" chain. I only have one saw that uses 1/4" but it appears to be quite rare.
I am curious what you guys set your rakers and cutters to and whether you use a gauge. Here in the west where we cut real trees, softwoods like redwood and D-fir (and eucalyptus when we have to), (and madrone and tanoak) we alter the angles and the raker depth depending on the job. I only use and understand round filed teeth so comment if you wish because the principles are the same, I can just skip over that part.
I mainly use skip chain because I only have to file 2/3 the amount of cutters. Clean wood gets filed at 25 degrees and dirty wood at 30 degrees. I have nothing against full comp and I run it on small saws just not on longer bars, that is over 28".
Raker depth is around 33 to 37 thou, no two raker gauges file the same. This is standard for me. Cutting redwood I run the rakers way down, like 40 or 45 thou. I rarely check with a micrometer.
These stats are for 3/8's only btw.
Does anyone know what Oregon or any other manufacturer calls for on 1/4" chain. I only have one saw that uses 1/4" but it appears to be quite rare.