hey compadres, thanks to everybody that lent me some words. Ive gotten to use it quite a bit this weekend and i am getting used to it. it seems great overall however i am left with a few questions. i thought id post them here before i make a new thread, but I might just in case.. i could have probably titled this post a little better.
But first off it seems like the saw tends to cut to the left.. it seems difficult to cut straight down and it seems to me like the teeth on the chain are off center. I did a little reading and it looks like my bar is straight and not spurred or damaged anywhere.. heres some pictures.. from the looks of it the saw looked nearly new and i didnt really notice that the chain might have been damaged.
My next question is about the chain getting hot. It looks like there is some discoloration/blueing on the bar as if it is getting too hot. or is this normal? i am wondering if it is inevitable that the chain and bar get hot, but my dad says that you need to keep it cutting wood and as it bites into the wood that dissipates the heat.. is that on the right track?
and then also I wonder if I could improve my technique to keep the bar and chain in better shape overall, the paint is wearing off around on the bar, and that mostly happens when i cut wedges out of trees and cut horizontally, but still I might be doing something wrong to be wearing so much paint off the bar compared to how i got it just a couple weeks ago. i just figured it wasnt hardly used as pictured before, and so is this just normal wear? Just wondering what yall think. ive probably cut a little less than half a cord of wood, mostly pretty hard dead stuff
But first off it seems like the saw tends to cut to the left.. it seems difficult to cut straight down and it seems to me like the teeth on the chain are off center. I did a little reading and it looks like my bar is straight and not spurred or damaged anywhere.. heres some pictures.. from the looks of it the saw looked nearly new and i didnt really notice that the chain might have been damaged.
My next question is about the chain getting hot. It looks like there is some discoloration/blueing on the bar as if it is getting too hot. or is this normal? i am wondering if it is inevitable that the chain and bar get hot, but my dad says that you need to keep it cutting wood and as it bites into the wood that dissipates the heat.. is that on the right track?
and then also I wonder if I could improve my technique to keep the bar and chain in better shape overall, the paint is wearing off around on the bar, and that mostly happens when i cut wedges out of trees and cut horizontally, but still I might be doing something wrong to be wearing so much paint off the bar compared to how i got it just a couple weeks ago. i just figured it wasnt hardly used as pictured before, and so is this just normal wear? Just wondering what yall think. ive probably cut a little less than half a cord of wood, mostly pretty hard dead stuff