Gabriel1982
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Hello everyone! Today I cut some 20" inch hardwood still green/wet. I was impressed first logs ,but half way the makita EA6100P began to bog down when buried in the log. It didn't do that at the start. Turns out I'm a very "not carefull" guy. First I think I forgot to tighten well the air filter and it was a bit loose. Some air with fine dust may have been sucked in the engine/cylinder... Don't wanna think about it much...
Second problem I wasn't paying attention wich way left or right you set the oil chain bar pump to maximum... I got it the other way around and instead of "max oil" to the bar/chain I set it to minimum...
Third blunder: Logs had some mud fine yellowish on the bark. I cleaned some but got bored and just went straight through them all.
Consequences? After one gas tank finnished the chain didn't Cut as good as before! Since I'm really new to chainsaws and sharpening any chain ,I spent a lot of time figuring out this oregon file stuff ,25 degrees angle ,etc... Got it sharp (I think) in the end ,but am too tired to try anything...
Was wondering if this "normal" Oregon .325 chain goes to dumpster (although I barely used it) what would be an even better chain for this type of bar? .325 , 45cm long .
Found out Husqvarna makes one X-CUT chain, haven't found out if it's also made in the size for this Makita.
Anyone used a .325 Husqvarna X-CUT chain? Is it better, cuts faster ,stays sharper for longer time?
Thank you all!
Cheers
Found this picture of chains types wich is interesting indeed!
I would love a full-house X-Cut chain
Second problem I wasn't paying attention wich way left or right you set the oil chain bar pump to maximum... I got it the other way around and instead of "max oil" to the bar/chain I set it to minimum...
Third blunder: Logs had some mud fine yellowish on the bark. I cleaned some but got bored and just went straight through them all.
Consequences? After one gas tank finnished the chain didn't Cut as good as before! Since I'm really new to chainsaws and sharpening any chain ,I spent a lot of time figuring out this oregon file stuff ,25 degrees angle ,etc... Got it sharp (I think) in the end ,but am too tired to try anything...
Was wondering if this "normal" Oregon .325 chain goes to dumpster (although I barely used it) what would be an even better chain for this type of bar? .325 , 45cm long .
Found out Husqvarna makes one X-CUT chain, haven't found out if it's also made in the size for this Makita.
Anyone used a .325 Husqvarna X-CUT chain? Is it better, cuts faster ,stays sharper for longer time?
Thank you all!
Cheers
Found this picture of chains types wich is interesting indeed!
I would love a full-house X-Cut chain