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When making an open faced notch, grip the saw on the upper curve of the handlebar for the uppercut, and the lower curve for the undercut. This will give you the perfect angle and should line up well.
more zippo: eff the dimestore card of flints. just pick up disposed of disposable lighters for the best and cheapest flints. rip the top off and extract. easy.Another Zippo fan, add to that a Leatherman...the one with a bit set. Torx, square drive, etc....priceless.
A tip on the Zippo, get a flint pack & stick an extra flint under the felt block. That way you always have an extra flint with the lighter.
The best tip for me is a razor sharp chain...nothing else compares.
last..my scrench from Stihl the screwdriver is tapered just right to use as a bar groove cleaner..I thought that was common knowledge
I don't like loops in my bootlaces in the woods. Have almost always used just a squareknot. With leather laces/wet day sometimes and extra turn on the lower or first layer.
I doubt that your screwdriver is getting to the bottom of the groove where it is important. If so , its not much of a screwdriver anymore. .
That's what your Spencer tape nail is for besides going into your logs.
You can have all the emergency gear in the kit---HD Kotex, surgical tubing, Celox ( strongly recommended ), duck/duct tape. But more: Take a Wilderness Medicine class that are given all over N. America, Europe, and those southern outposts. I got recertified last year for climbing and cutting,and the medical technology and training changes yearly. Learn to take care of yourself or buddies improvising without EMT gear.
If I may be allowed to extend cutting tips to splitting tips:
An old tire around the chopping block keeps the maul from striking the ground (rocks) and it helps keep the block upright:
It is recommended to hole saw several large holes through the 'ground-sidewall' to prevent water from collecting within the tire.
Best tool for working in the woods or with firewood is my "Grab a Log" helper. This tool can move 8 ft logs up to 13" inch effortlessly and is used daily when it just so much easier to drag something quickly. Also very valueable when postioning logs for lifting or just cutting firewood splits as you eliminate a lot of bending over which at the end of the day makes a huge difference. Well worth the $40 dollars I spent on it.. as my back feels so much better after a long day in the woods. See picture below.
For some free first aid training, join the military, your local volunteer FD, or even volunteer to be a first responder at your work. I spent time in the military and have been a first responder at nearly every job I've worked at. For those of you who haven't had training in a while, go take a CPR class, the "old rules" have changed greatly in the last few years.
Mostly correct Steve. However, most large bureaucracies like FD's and any mil except the specials ( I'm biased ) are way behind civilian advances in emergency care, gear, training techniques. Trust me, I've been.
CPR, for example, saves few lives IN THE FIELD compared with bleeding out, shock, or other trauma such as hypothermia. Add into that training to use what is available immediately far away from the high tech EMT or ER or medic field technology. The WILDERNESS MEDICINE programs do take some techniques from military medicine advances, but much more from field trauma experience in mountain injuries and sports medicine. It's worth a look at the agendas of the many Wildernewss Medicine programs.
ANY training is worth the time.....you're right.
Sometimes the simplest little technique makes life a lot easier when it comes to working on or cutting with chainsaws. If you "discovered" something simple that helps out, post it. Even if you think think its minor or if you think everybody else is already doing it, who cares, post it.
I always try to take the scabard off the bar BEFORE I start cutting.:help:
Sometimes the simplest little technique makes life a lot easier when it comes to working on or cutting with chainsaws. If you "discovered" something simple that helps out, post it. Even if you think think its minor or if you think everybody else is already doing it, who cares, post it.
I always try to take the scabard off the bar BEFORE I start cutting.:help:
Does that help?? :hmm3grin2orange:
I'll wager that it makes no difference to the saw or cutting but, I'll also wager that if you remove it before cutting the scabbard is good for more than one usage.
Bullittman.
I'll wager that it makes no difference to the saw or cutting but, I'll also wager that if you remove it before cutting the scabbard is good for more than one usage.
Bullittman.
You mean that you take the scabbard OFF before cutting ???? :monkey:
NO!!! The scabbard acts as a lubricant for the chain! It is also a safety guard for when you put your hand on the spinning chain. I can't tell you how many times I had to get my fingers re-attached before I learned this trick.
But only as long as it is running real fast. As soon as you stop the soft and lubricating plastic rehardens!
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