Arbonaut
Go Climb It
A lot of guys will take whatever a dealer hands them, or just what comes on the saw for that matter. When they go back they are just replacing the same thing without ever considering what is best for their needs. I cut firewood. I get in dirt and sand and ice with dirty sand frozen in it. You ever see a decade's buildup of frozen salamander poop hidden in a tree? I have. And you will.
Even one loop of the new duro carbide chain is out of range for most guys at $100 per loop, and it requires special grinding equipment to resharpen it. I only mention this so you'll know it is out there, as the carbide is designed to maintain sharper teeth under less than optimum conditions. I don't know any one who efficiently puts up the kind of wood I do by putting clean straight 8" ash logs on saw bucks with a tractor. I said efficiently. There is much counter efficiency prevalent in firewood processing by people who put much more in it than it saves monetarily. But if it gives that warm fuzzy feeling, one can spend a quarter to save a dime, and I'm too busy to notice them. I will concede that if they are burning wood indoors, the radiant heat is quite healthful as is the exercise they wouldn't otherwise get.
I buy chain by the roll and loop it up for various bar lengths. For falling big trees with big saws, use full chisel cutter shape especially if plunging or bore cutting is involved. Running full chisel into very little abrasion will dull your edge. For almost everything besides falling and bucking large clean logs, semi-chisel cutter shape is designed to stay sharper longer. But pay attention to your angles when grinding as the different characteristics of the different cutter shapes require specific angles for each.
Even one loop of the new duro carbide chain is out of range for most guys at $100 per loop, and it requires special grinding equipment to resharpen it. I only mention this so you'll know it is out there, as the carbide is designed to maintain sharper teeth under less than optimum conditions. I don't know any one who efficiently puts up the kind of wood I do by putting clean straight 8" ash logs on saw bucks with a tractor. I said efficiently. There is much counter efficiency prevalent in firewood processing by people who put much more in it than it saves monetarily. But if it gives that warm fuzzy feeling, one can spend a quarter to save a dime, and I'm too busy to notice them. I will concede that if they are burning wood indoors, the radiant heat is quite healthful as is the exercise they wouldn't otherwise get.
I buy chain by the roll and loop it up for various bar lengths. For falling big trees with big saws, use full chisel cutter shape especially if plunging or bore cutting is involved. Running full chisel into very little abrasion will dull your edge. For almost everything besides falling and bucking large clean logs, semi-chisel cutter shape is designed to stay sharper longer. But pay attention to your angles when grinding as the different characteristics of the different cutter shapes require specific angles for each.
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