I have a several blocks of *very* hard wood which are 25" diameter and about 18" long. I think this may be Yew wood.
Trying to cut these up for firewood....
They are too heavy to lift into a splitter, and I can't split them by hand as is.
So I got the idea I would saw (rip) them in half and then also cut them down to about 9" length. So I did that, then I had 9" long "halves" which I was then able to split by hand.
But I swear that one rip cut dulled my chain! Clean wood, no metal, did not hit the ground????
Anyway I was poking around the archives and noticed there are special "ripping chains".
Anyone know what would be the best ripping chain for a 460 with a 32" Stihl ES bar .50 gauge 3/8 pitch?
Trying to cut these up for firewood....
They are too heavy to lift into a splitter, and I can't split them by hand as is.
So I got the idea I would saw (rip) them in half and then also cut them down to about 9" length. So I did that, then I had 9" long "halves" which I was then able to split by hand.
But I swear that one rip cut dulled my chain! Clean wood, no metal, did not hit the ground????
Anyway I was poking around the archives and noticed there are special "ripping chains".
Anyone know what would be the best ripping chain for a 460 with a 32" Stihl ES bar .50 gauge 3/8 pitch?