The chainsaw thread...

[highangle]

If you compare cost/link for whatever size chain, oftentimes you come out ahead buying loops over spools and the associated tools/labor.

http://www.baileysonline.com/Chainsaw-Chain/

[XXX-er]

my buddy cut the big wood down on the coast for a bit until it freaked him out too much and he said the outfit he worked for issued each faller 3 chains every morning which they turned in every night to be machine sharpened and the fallers were not allowed to file chains

I got my system down pat to sharpen pretty quick using that Oregon jig and so I always have 2 sharp chains but i agree not everybody cares how sharp a chain is and given wages maybe a new chain makes sense?

I'm also pretty anal about my maintenance routine so after a day of running saw, I swap out the air filter ( I got 2) to be washed & dryed, clean sawdust out of engine, pull the cover to clean the smoo out of clutch area and sharpen chain.

Might seem excessive but no lost time so far

[mecc69]

Last month I was talking to the keeper of the saws at work and he said he's ready to toss a chain after it hits a rock really hard. His thinking was this: a roll of chain costs $180 (I don't know where he gets it that cheap, but that's what he said. Maybe a 50 ft roll?) and most of the fools that work there don't know how to sharpen a chain well, so they'll spend over an hour sharpening and trying to cut ineffectively with a badly sharpened chain. The math of wages and productivity lost vs. cost of a new chain comes out in favor of the new chain. "That's my philosophy anyway," is how he put it, so he just makes up a few new chains and tosses the ones that are worn down or will take a while to sharpen. Just a little food for thought.

Yeah, but he could hire a dude to sharpen chain for $15 bucks an hour with a machine...like XXX-er described.

[XXX-er]

I don't think my jig would stand up to heavy use but its ok for once a week

http://www.baileysonline.com/Chainsa...hain-Grinders/

If it makes business sense electric chain grinders would be the tits but then you still got to pay someone to run it

So depending on circumstances it might be simpler for his saw guy to just replace the chains a lot

[mecc69]

It doesn't make sense if everyone in the field is running dull, beat to shit chains that aren't sharp. Rock hits? Yeah, just get rid of them.

[DoWork]

Last month I was talking to the keeper of the saws at work and he said he's ready to toss a chain after it hits a rock really hard. His thinking was this: a roll of chain costs $180 (I don't know where he gets it that cheap, but that's what he said. Maybe a 50 ft roll?) and most of the fools that work there don't know how to sharpen a chain well, so they'll spend over an hour sharpening and trying to cut ineffectively with a badly sharpened chain. The math of wages and productivity lost vs. cost of a new chain comes out in favor of the new chain. "That's my philosophy anyway," is how he put it, so he just makes up a few new chains and tosses the ones that are worn down or will take a while to sharpen. Just a little food for thought.

I run Ops for a ski area and we have switched to carbide chains because with how low shit has to get cut to the ground, you are going to hit rocks eventually. With how much wood we were running through, how often chains needed sharpening and the time it took- carbide is well worth it.

The cut may not be quite as fast as some of the more aggressive chippers out there but it cuts smooth and fast- and goes weeks without sharpening, not hours. Even if we threw them in the garbage rather than have them sharpened they’d still be worth it in productivity and man hours.

[XXX-er]

http://www.baileysonline.com/Chainsa...ain-3-8-X-050/

Obviuosly you have done the math but besides cutting "significantly slower" Carbide chains look pretty fucking expensive ?

[~mikey b]

Yeah it looks like throwing away money because you can’t sharpen chains.

[DBdude]

i have had chains sharpened by grinders using a jig and the chain loses it's bite really quickly

[Timberridge]

^^ Are you talking carbide or regular?

[DBdude]

regular - too cheap to buy carbide

I can cut a lot of wood with a new regular chain. my friends that have it together touch the chain up with a round file. I am not very good at it

[Timberridge]

Gotcha. Some shops by me are better than others w/ that. Try another shop.

Depends what you cut too. In our area dogwood, locust and hornbeam can eat up a chain in 25 cuts. Maple and birch you can go for weeks. Oak is in the middle.

[DBdude]

i cut predominantly ash, some oak and maple

[dtown]

Remember there being a few posts on some affordable Alaskan mills, can’t seem to find it. Anyone have any recommendations? Have a Stihl MS 271 w/ a 20” Bar. Not looking to getting into anything super heavy duty, looking at something like this...thoughts?

https://www.amazon.com/Granberg-Chai.../dp/B000AMFY90


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[Meadow Skipper]

Maybe the best IG post for this thread on this site. #bitchingraphicsdude. #powandsaws
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfd4AfcjPJk/

[LightRanger]

Maybe the best IG post for this thread on this site. #bitchingraphicsdude. #powandsaws
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfd4AfcjPJk/

I'm pretty sure those are one of the BD Megawatt vintages.

[abraham]

I'm pretty sure those are one of the BD Megawatt vintages.

1st Gen?

[LightRanger]

^^^ That's what I was thinking. I think the second gen was the blue graphic?

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[zion zig zag]

I'm pretty sure those are one of the BD Megawatt vintages.

Like this?
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...2ti?highlight=

[Meadow Skipper]

Hmm, looks like that's it. I never saw (heh) that before. The first Megawatt I noticed was the blue.

[abraham]

Yeah I think that was the first year graphic. 2009-10 season almost certainly.

[XXX-er]

Wait a minute is it cool to like megawatts ?

[Meadow Skipper]

Wait a minute is it cool to like megawatts ?

Whoa, let's not go crazy here. I was just digging the graphics.

[Dee Hubbs]

I need a new saw for cutting trenches in snow to burry cable containments pipes. We have a deal with Husqvarna, and I'm a Stihl guy. I need a saw with a 20" bar, and has enough power to push through super compact snow.
If I was buying a Sthil I'd buy a MS440 with 20" bar. What is the Husqvarna equivalent?

[rbtree]

Husqvarna 562. You'll love it... it's less displacement, but has gobs of power. Otherwise, the 372, if you can find one. The 562 is all you need.