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Noodling Saw
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Any of the Stihl R version pro saws. i.e 362R, 441r, 461r, 660r, have big clutch covers to spit chips.
Personally I use either 441r, 461r or 660r for noodling, beats a vertical split everyday of the week
Personally I use either 441r, 461r or 660r for noodling, beats a vertical split everyday of the week
See, I prefer a clutch cover to be as small as possible for noodling. Even a relief cut in the back.
SDB777
I find unique timber and cut it up
Have you ever considered a splitting wedge?
I prefer to have more wood to burn, then shavings to find a 'home for'......just throwing out another idea(not meant as a bash).
Scott (builds them thar muscles too) B
I prefer to have more wood to burn, then shavings to find a 'home for'......just throwing out another idea(not meant as a bash).
Scott (builds them thar muscles too) B
Chris-PA
Where the Wild Things Are
I agree, but I noodle crotches and knots to get stackable pieces.
Lo Pro makes a narrower kerf and noodles just fine.
fearofpavement
Trying them all
Noodling doesn't take much saw power, what does matter as indicated is the ability of the saw to expel the shreddings. Some saws are horrible at this and some excel. Usually a person noodles with whatever saw they're bucking with. It's not an efficient way to split wood but is a solution for two situations, one is dividing crotches and other difficult to split pieces and the other frequent app is to divide or quarter very large rounds so they can be loaded for transport to the splitting site. Most of the time I bring a maul to work large rounds into liftable pieces but do noodle them on occasion.
Some of the old timer saws had very little coverage over the sprockets and those work great for noodling. I don't use a saw just for that purpose because I don't do that much of it. The majority of the wood I have noodled is for testing saws when I don't have any pieces long enough to cut cookies off of. The noodles make good fire starter, animal bedding and a surface to work your woodpile on if it's muddy.
Some of the old timer saws had very little coverage over the sprockets and those work great for noodling. I don't use a saw just for that purpose because I don't do that much of it. The majority of the wood I have noodled is for testing saws when I don't have any pieces long enough to cut cookies off of. The noodles make good fire starter, animal bedding and a surface to work your woodpile on if it's muddy.
Chris-PA
Where the Wild Things Are
LOL - I've done plenty of that too, and used the noodles to deal with the mud!
XSKIER
Addicted to ArboristSite
Yes, cherry. I use full comp, semi chisel. Massive noodles! Like 3 to 6 inches long, really!
Ditch the factory chain catcher, and add the dual dawgs and roller chain catcher. The factory wide clutch cover may help as well. Your 441 will work as well as anything out there.
KG441c
Keith
The reason i started the post is a shoulder has been giving me lots of pain and splitting really makes it hurt so ive resorted to noodling and was looking for advice from all the experience here onAS. Thanks for all the advice
7sleeper
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No videos yet?! Well the only thing I can add is that if your saw clogs often it is usually easier just to hold it 2-3 inches from the trunk.
In this video you can see that sometimes the woodtype(surface or core wood) and growth direction influence the noodle length. Don't be fooled that your chain is dull. It's just the above factors creating the difference. You can tell by seeing the difference of noodle length in the beginning, middle and end of the video.
Here you can see that it is beneficial if the noodling wood is shorter than the bar length. Even if it should clog the noodles are thrown out the othe side.
Here you can see that even with holding a distance it sometimes just clogs... and because the wood is longer than the bar the situation aggravates.
I use just normal Stihl semi chisel chain, with which I also cut my wood. If you have a lot of clogging just tilt the saw body so that the bar is cutting at an angle. This will automatically make shorter noodles.
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In this video you can see that sometimes the woodtype(surface or core wood) and growth direction influence the noodle length. Don't be fooled that your chain is dull. It's just the above factors creating the difference. You can tell by seeing the difference of noodle length in the beginning, middle and end of the video.
Here you can see that it is beneficial if the noodling wood is shorter than the bar length. Even if it should clog the noodles are thrown out the othe side.
Here you can see that even with holding a distance it sometimes just clogs...
and because the wood is longer than the bar the situation aggravates.I use just normal Stihl semi chisel chain, with which I also cut my wood. If you have a lot of clogging just tilt the saw body so that the bar is cutting at an angle. This will automatically make shorter noodles.
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7sleeper
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What I forgot. I noodle a lot because I don't have a splitter. Often I don't noodle all the way through but just into the branch areas. This relieves the inside tension of the wood enough that it can often be easily split.
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Chris-PA
Where the Wild Things Are
I partially dislocated my shoulder falling on the ice this winter and it is taking a long time to heal. I swung an axe for the first time last weekend, and that went better than I thought - I didn't have that much trouble in the actual swing of the axe, but when it got stuck and I went to pound down on the handle with the palm of my hand it was very painful. I started stretching out the tendons and that is helping a lot. Still, I am worried about getting my splitting done this spring. I may have to noodle more than usual.
KG441c
Keith
Thanks 7sleeper that was helpful. Chris Pa i.feel ur pain
Russ Melampy
ArboristSite Member
ported 441 RCM, 25 inch chisel...noodling is fun and there is no such thing as wood too big or gnarly. I have a splitter but don't want to lift heavy logs so I noodle... and I never want to use my splitter in vertical, so I keep noodling until the wood is easily able to be lifted up to the splitter. Can't imagine a better saw for noodling...
longbowch
ArboristSite Guru
I agree with ya Russ, I noodle with a 440, and I like running the saw noodling better than running the splitter. Oh, I think rmf chain works good for noodling.
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880 is a very good noodling saw. Plus a lot of fun to run.
Hal
SierraWoodsman
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I Noodle quite a bit with the 372/390 to get the big rounds down to manageable size, usually quartering them.
Makes for a tighter packed more stable load, and well as gives me fire-starter for the whole year.
Still she gets clogged up quite often. Any of you guys tried the wide clutch cover for the 372 for noodling?
Makes for a tighter packed more stable load, and well as gives me fire-starter for the whole year.
Still she gets clogged up quite often. Any of you guys tried the wide clutch cover for the 372 for noodling?
