good post! Will look at pics next. One can't really be a 'nay sayer' until it's all presented.I have no problem with criticism that is rightly done so. But those who begin to insinuate that I am fabricating or shading the truth to try and prove a point, I will buck that. I can however assure anyone here, there has been absolutely no impact to the chain or bar. Every time I have hit something hard with a chain, it has left scratches leading down in either the top or side of the cutter, and there is none in this chain. If I state some evidence, and it doesn't equal someone's conclusion, then that should say something about their conclusion, not the evidence provided by me. I have no reason to fabricate anything, it does me no good at all, or anyone else.
There is no way this bar should have wore that fast, I have cut too many rotted trees over the years to believe otherwise. I made only a couple cuts in the rotted section with this thing, and it was done. I also filed the grooves out of the bar a few minutes ago with a hand file, and that bar is the softest I ever filed.
Now there has been those who do not agree with the above, whether it be all or some, and that is fine and everyone is welcome to chime in. But I did not make anything up, and I posted this as an informative thread and open for discussion.
Thanks for your involvement in this thread, and we'll be talking to ya!
Perhaps I may not have said a lot of things in my last post if this site was flourishing as it had in past years..
I'm ashamed to say that as it really shouldn't matter if there is 50,000 members or 50. People should be welcomed and treated decent. To me It doesn't make any difference if they have any experience or own a saw for that matter. Sites shift and crowds change. People want the old familiarity. I certainly haven't always been an angel but I don't want people to get a bad impression and leave off the site. We need the people here to build the site up.
I just didn't want to see you get frustrated and things blow up.
I just read Andy's post....I believe that was Glen's word "impact"
It's been dusted in my terms