not cutting

Hi everyone! Just bought my first chain saw. A used stihl 290. I dont really know much about saws but i am familiar with engines so im picking up pretty quick as i read through forum after forum. Basically, my saw wouldn't cut through wood, its got an 18 inch bar, and the wood or chain just...

Hello hopefully you can help me with my problem when I start cutting a log the first couple inches of the cut things go as they should but then after about one foot it seems like the saw gets stuck and is unable to cut the wood. It will not bite into it at all. I am using a ripping chain. at...