them0nk
ArboristSite Member
I've been browsing, but having really found any easy answers to this (and i know i'm going to get proved wrong, it's just the way things work i swear...) but i'm wondering what a good bar/chain setup to make chunking larger parts with my ms280 easier...
right now it's got the stock 20" bar w/ stock chain.
i think i've read low profile chain, but i wonder about the bar... 14-16" quarter tip? or should the tip be even a littler bigger?
mind you as i'm typing this i've only done ONE carving, and it wasn't even that wonderful. it was a small childrens bench... only chunked out the seat area, cut the bottom flat, cut arm rests in, etc:
As you can see not really that wonderful. I can easily say it was not easy with that saw. the kickback was intense. it wasn't till i was doggedly tired that i noticed how to actually remove material off the seat of the chair to make it "smooth", and it was going to get dark soon so i called it done.
One thing i really noticed was how hard rip cuts are with a normal blade... Is it better to get some sort of rip cut blade for those cuts, or is a "carving" blade on that saw going to make that easier? Reason i ask is while browsing "ripping" blades i read 2 different statements that perked my attention up... 1. ripping chains are not meant for handheld use, and 2. ripping blades cut slower, but smoother than standard blades. at least that was what the description (1.) and a comment on the blades (2.) said.
To tell you the truth, right now i don't even know what the difference in geometry of the blades really is, yet. or how it effects everything. which is why i haven't really messed with sharpening my own blades manually yet... i have a cheap benchtop harbor freight one that seems to work for now...
last thing i read, that i wondered about was... canola oil, really? that sounds like a instantly voided warrantee to me (who knows though, putting a carving guide on there probably does that anyways...) - does this have any effect, other than keeping uber thick oil off your work peice?
Of course, thank you all for your future replies, even if they're flame posts... i deserve it, i pulled the newb thing to do, post without spending a month reading, i know...
right now it's got the stock 20" bar w/ stock chain.
i think i've read low profile chain, but i wonder about the bar... 14-16" quarter tip? or should the tip be even a littler bigger?
mind you as i'm typing this i've only done ONE carving, and it wasn't even that wonderful. it was a small childrens bench... only chunked out the seat area, cut the bottom flat, cut arm rests in, etc:
As you can see not really that wonderful. I can easily say it was not easy with that saw. the kickback was intense. it wasn't till i was doggedly tired that i noticed how to actually remove material off the seat of the chair to make it "smooth", and it was going to get dark soon so i called it done.
One thing i really noticed was how hard rip cuts are with a normal blade... Is it better to get some sort of rip cut blade for those cuts, or is a "carving" blade on that saw going to make that easier? Reason i ask is while browsing "ripping" blades i read 2 different statements that perked my attention up... 1. ripping chains are not meant for handheld use, and 2. ripping blades cut slower, but smoother than standard blades. at least that was what the description (1.) and a comment on the blades (2.) said.
To tell you the truth, right now i don't even know what the difference in geometry of the blades really is, yet. or how it effects everything. which is why i haven't really messed with sharpening my own blades manually yet... i have a cheap benchtop harbor freight one that seems to work for now...
last thing i read, that i wondered about was... canola oil, really? that sounds like a instantly voided warrantee to me (who knows though, putting a carving guide on there probably does that anyways...) - does this have any effect, other than keeping uber thick oil off your work peice?
Of course, thank you all for your future replies, even if they're flame posts... i deserve it, i pulled the newb thing to do, post without spending a month reading, i know...