use the tool to move the chain on the guide
I use a file. You can check while you are sharpening.....
use the tool to move the chain on the guide
Loosen your bar nuts. Flip the saw upside down so the bar is in the farthest up position. I tighten the chain till you can pull the chain just taught enough. That you can see the bottom of 1 driver. I do this on a 20 inch bar. Longer bars might need it looser. Then tighten the nuts. Then flip itHow tight or loose do i want my chain on my saw. I see conflicting things in my manual
I was always taught to leave the chain slightly loose with hardnose bars - maybe half a drive link below the bar.Does it get tightened differently if it is a hardnose?
I've only run through one and didn't treat it any different....but didn't even bother researching if I should.
Husqvarna showed this at a Paul Bunyan show. Never tried it but seems to make sense.Loosen your bar nuts. Flip the saw upside down so the bar is in the farthest up position. I tighten the chain till you can pull the chain just taught enough. That you can see the bottom of 1 driver. I do this on a 20 inch bar. Longer bars might need it looser. Then tighten the nuts. Then flip it
YT is your friend...How tight or loose do i want my chain on my saw. I see conflicting things in my manual
YT is your friend...
My rule of thumb is to reverse the bar and do general saw maintenance when I have to mix a new gallon of fuel. For me, it takes a pretty solid day to use a gallonThat sounds like a good standard maintenance schedule to go by. I don't do it at the start of everyday because I generally don't use a saw all day. It may take me from a few days to a week to get a full days run time on a saw. I have 3 so I rotate them a bit so they all get some run time.
As for dressing the bar I will if I put on a new chain. My philosophy is that a bar and chain will self seat themselves as the saw is run and you actually have more surface area in contact between the bar and chain once they have seated together. As long as it is still cutting strait that is. Or if the rail starts mushrooming over and gets a bur on the outside groove of the bar that can hang up on the wood as it's cutting through the wood. If it ain't broke don't fix it.
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