DPDISXR4Ti
ArboristSite Operative
I believe this is an entirely seperate issue from my oiling issue discussed here:
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=54575
...so I figured it was worthy of a seperate discussion.
The problem is that the saw wants to pull to the left, especially on the larger logs. I thought perhaps it was me (rather than the saw), so I made a very conscious effort to start the cut slightly angled to the right and apply force more towards that direction by moving my left hand further to the left to apply some right-ward pressure. It still seems to want to pull to the left the further I get into the wood.
I had this problem last year and thought perhaps I had bent the bar, so I went ahead and replaced the bar and chain. I didn't seem to have the problem initially with new stuff, but it seems to have returned rather quickly. I've hand-sharpened the chain a few times to 30-degrees. I can't imagine I'm doing it so wrong as to cause the saw to pull. Yes, I do realize there's cutters on either side.
Any ideas?
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=54575
...so I figured it was worthy of a seperate discussion.
The problem is that the saw wants to pull to the left, especially on the larger logs. I thought perhaps it was me (rather than the saw), so I made a very conscious effort to start the cut slightly angled to the right and apply force more towards that direction by moving my left hand further to the left to apply some right-ward pressure. It still seems to want to pull to the left the further I get into the wood.
I had this problem last year and thought perhaps I had bent the bar, so I went ahead and replaced the bar and chain. I didn't seem to have the problem initially with new stuff, but it seems to have returned rather quickly. I've hand-sharpened the chain a few times to 30-degrees. I can't imagine I'm doing it so wrong as to cause the saw to pull. Yes, I do realize there's cutters on either side.
Any ideas?