Again - unless you are counting milliseconds and fractions of an inch side-to-side, one extra or one less cutter will make no discernible difference in your cutting and if I could save half the cost, I 'd gladly take one less cutter on a chain.
There could be a few reasons they removed the cutter, quit possible it was bent/damage. It obviously didn't get by quality control or it was returned at one point as you paid about half price. I think that's good.So while sharpening my new Oregon chain, I noticed that there seemed to be a cutter missing where it was joined together. Reading through the forum, this seems to be fairly normal and most people say not to sweat it.
Two questions:
1) I didn't notice any dishing while limbing, but will it cut straight through bigger wood if it's got 17 cutters on the right and only 16 on the left?
2) Why not have a cutter where it is joined? (The chain has 68 drivelinks.)
Thoughts???
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