I had a problem with wood chips from my saw flying up and clogging the cooling air vent. Only a few cuts and the air vent would be completely clogged!
I watched what was happening and this mostly happened with my 36" bar when the wind was blowing from behind me. This was happening when I was bucking smaller logs on the ground. Does not happen so much with my 32" bar!
Seems the 36" bar is just the right length to shoot the chips up so they hit my leg then bounce off, and the wind from behind sends them up to get sucked into the cooling air vent.
I designed a fix for this...
I got a rubber doormat from the hardware store and cut it into sort of an "L" shape. Then I got two hose clamps and clamped this onto the bottom bar of my saw. So this blocks the chips from getting to the lower portion of the saw air intake and blocks the chips from hitting my leg (and then bouncing up into the air intake).
It works! A few chips still get into the intake, but just a few. I put one on my 32 inch saw as well.
Here are pictures of my "Flap"...
I watched what was happening and this mostly happened with my 36" bar when the wind was blowing from behind me. This was happening when I was bucking smaller logs on the ground. Does not happen so much with my 32" bar!
Seems the 36" bar is just the right length to shoot the chips up so they hit my leg then bounce off, and the wind from behind sends them up to get sucked into the cooling air vent.
I designed a fix for this...
I got a rubber doormat from the hardware store and cut it into sort of an "L" shape. Then I got two hose clamps and clamped this onto the bottom bar of my saw. So this blocks the chips from getting to the lower portion of the saw air intake and blocks the chips from hitting my leg (and then bouncing up into the air intake).
It works! A few chips still get into the intake, but just a few. I put one on my 32 inch saw as well.
Here are pictures of my "Flap"...
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