Dai Sensei
ArboristSite Member
While you are at it you might want to consider drilling the same hole on the other side of the bar for when you flip the bar.
Yep, I was going to, but I still have to do the 60" and I was worried my drills wouldn't last. Once I have one in each bar done, I'll go back and do the other side.
One thing I have done on my small mill is add quick click on-off garden hose fittings to the hose that connects the aux-oil line.
On this small (20" bar) mill the oil bolt does not run through the bar but drips oil direct onto the gap between the chain and the bar. This means the mill can be use by any small chainsaw.
Currently on the BIL mill I have a shower hose screw fitting (which is much easier to get of and on than using a hose clamp) but a click-on-off with auto-fluid-shut off like the small mill would be the way to go. That way every time you disconnect there isn't a flood of bar oil everywhere.
I use the click-on-off with auto-fluid-shut off for my water cooling on BIL see here.
At the moment it only has a 1/4" hose, so not suited for the quick click connections, and it slips off the connectors without too much trouble (just tight enough not to leak). The two taps can be sepparated though, so I might put the second one nearer the bar to minimise oil spillage.
Water cooling - next on the list, great idea, I'd seen it on your other posts. The big bars will be used usually out bush (I am on standard city block, not rural), so I need to think on how to set up without using heaps of water, and low pressure/no power.