Lately my house has received quite a bit of rain. It has been raining 1/2" chain and long bars. I have zero experience with 1/2" chain and I can use some advice. First off what size file do I use? Second what should the rakers be set at?
As far as saws and bars go I have a Homelite Super 1050 with a roughly 34"bar and 1/2"chain. It is a hard nose bar. The saw, bar, and chain are all in excellent shape with very little use. The saw starts easy and runs great. The other Homelite is an 1130G with a 60" bar (hard nose), 1/2' chain, and a helper handle. This saw is beautiful but is currently having the cylinder worked on. There is no question why this saw has a stinger.
I was recently given an unmarked 3002 mount 60" roller nose bar and a near new loop of Stihl 1/2" chain. It also came with a 1/2" spur sprocket for a Stihl 090, which I have, but I already have a .404, 60" 3 rivet Cannon bar and two good chains for it. Does Stihl make a 1/2" sprocket that would fit the 084 I have? The 090 runs a 48" new style Cannon in 404 that I really want to keep on it. Truth be told, the 090 vibrates too much to be enjoyable to run very long and the 084 spanks it pretty badly even with the 48" bar.
Also in the garage is a 60" Stihl Duramatic. I guess it is an older bar because it has the slot for a helper handle, and it has two sets of tensioner holes unlike my newer 41" bars.
The last of the new bars is an unmarked 66" double ended milling bar that came with a mill I bought. The owner had a loop of 3/8 050 safety chain on it with an extra loop of 404 063 milling chain (and no 404 sprocket). My friend with a Bar Shop miced the groove at 058 and the ground it to 063 for me. The mill has a stinger with a roller so I am going to run 3/8 milling chain on it.
There's more but I'll end with this, I was also given a loop of older but hardly used Stihl 1/2" (what I believe to be) chipper chain, it is 68 drive links and is 063. What length bar would that have been used on? And what years would that chain have been sold?
Thanks in advance guys. My ignorance is on full display. Bill
As far as saws and bars go I have a Homelite Super 1050 with a roughly 34"bar and 1/2"chain. It is a hard nose bar. The saw, bar, and chain are all in excellent shape with very little use. The saw starts easy and runs great. The other Homelite is an 1130G with a 60" bar (hard nose), 1/2' chain, and a helper handle. This saw is beautiful but is currently having the cylinder worked on. There is no question why this saw has a stinger.
I was recently given an unmarked 3002 mount 60" roller nose bar and a near new loop of Stihl 1/2" chain. It also came with a 1/2" spur sprocket for a Stihl 090, which I have, but I already have a .404, 60" 3 rivet Cannon bar and two good chains for it. Does Stihl make a 1/2" sprocket that would fit the 084 I have? The 090 runs a 48" new style Cannon in 404 that I really want to keep on it. Truth be told, the 090 vibrates too much to be enjoyable to run very long and the 084 spanks it pretty badly even with the 48" bar.
Also in the garage is a 60" Stihl Duramatic. I guess it is an older bar because it has the slot for a helper handle, and it has two sets of tensioner holes unlike my newer 41" bars.
The last of the new bars is an unmarked 66" double ended milling bar that came with a mill I bought. The owner had a loop of 3/8 050 safety chain on it with an extra loop of 404 063 milling chain (and no 404 sprocket). My friend with a Bar Shop miced the groove at 058 and the ground it to 063 for me. The mill has a stinger with a roller so I am going to run 3/8 milling chain on it.
There's more but I'll end with this, I was also given a loop of older but hardly used Stihl 1/2" (what I believe to be) chipper chain, it is 68 drive links and is 063. What length bar would that have been used on? And what years would that chain have been sold?
Thanks in advance guys. My ignorance is on full display. Bill
It is amazing how time flies by. They were in the late 1960s to very early 1970's. They were not a 6 spline drive though, well at least not the ones I have had. The were a standard 7 spline. As far as I remember the oddball 6 spline showed up on only on the rim drive drums for the 2100 and 1050. For whatever reason Homelite thought that was a good idea. The majority were all .404-8. I may have a few 6 spline 1/2" rims though. 
