I'm having a bit of trouble finding 404 063 ripping chain. I've only used standard chain and wanted to try ripping. Seems to be plenty of 375 063 ripping available. Can I use the 375 063 with my bar and sprocket? Thanks, Joe.
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Unless you are using a hard or roller nose bar you will need a different bar, and you will need a different sprocket.
An alternative is to buy regular top plate angle 404 and gradually file it to ripping angle over successive sharpenings.
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Joe, change the nose sprocket to 3/8, change the rim sprocket to 3/8, and you're good to go.
I'm running a solid 36" bar, and at first I was thinking that finding a rim in 3/8 for an early 70's Homelite 1050 might be quite hard. But, I was talking to a friend this morning, and he said he's pretty sure that the rim from a 925 will fit, if so, I'm good to go. Thanks, Joe.
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Iv'e never had a local shop have any milling chain on hand. They are always happy to order a loop for me in any size I want. Often the price at the local shop is more than a loop from Bailey's including the cost of shipping. If you happen to need anything else such as a box of files or an air cleaner or even a couple of loops then the savings start to really add up.
Skip the granberg milling chain and stick with the Oregon or Carlton milling chain.
When you change from .404 to .375 you should go up a pin size to maintain chain speed. That old homelite has plenty of torqe but lacks the chain speed of the new saws so this is a pretty important performance detail. Bailey's should have rim sprockets for your saw. Also along the same lines your saw has so much torque that you can easily increase the depth of cut on your chain. You can easily increase to .035 and possible up to .040. The increased depth of cut will help the slower chain speed of your saw come close to thee same milling speed of a newer higher rpm saw. Those 1050's are a good saw so don't feel out gunned because of its age, I mill with a similar vintage Stihl.
Skip the granberg milling chain and stick with the Oregon or Carlton milling chain.
When you change from .404 to .375 you should go up a pin size to maintain chain speed. That old homelite has plenty of torqe but lacks the chain speed of the new saws so this is a pretty important performance detail. Bailey's should have rim sprockets for your saw. Also along the same lines your saw has so much torque that you can easily increase the depth of cut on your chain. You can easily increase to .035 and possible up to .040. The increased depth of cut will help the slower chain speed of your saw come close to thee same milling speed of a newer higher rpm saw. Those 1050's are a good saw so don't feel out gunned because of its age, I mill with a similar vintage Stihl.
Bailey's is out of 404 milling chain and they don't know when they might get more in. I'll probably get a loop of regular chain from my Stihl dealer, he'll cut to order. Actually the saw cuts as fast as I care to go with a sharp chain, I just wanted to see the difference in the cuts. I just bought a 30 in, 3/8 .050 bar for my XL924 so I'll get a couple loops of ripping chain for it and see what kind of difference it makes. Thanks for the advice, Joe.
splitpost
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ripping chain will give you a better finish but will cut a tad slower
MCW
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Carlton has discontinued manufacturing ripping chain now along with discontinuing skip chain a few months back 
Blount need their butt kicked.
I always mill with just standard 30° semi chisel with no issues but as splitpost mentioned it doesn't leave quite as smooth of a finish but still pretty good.
Blount need their butt kicked.I always mill with just standard 30° semi chisel with no issues but as splitpost mentioned it doesn't leave quite as smooth of a finish but still pretty good.
My buddy had a 24" tulip Poplar go down in his yard last week. I bought a new 30" bar for my XL924 with 3/8 chain. I decided to cut a few blocks of fire wood with it before I put it on the mill, give the chain a chance to stretch a little. I think the 924 is 82 CC's, and I mean to tell you that thing went through that Poplar scary fast. Put it on the mill and was making the first slab cut and the saw conked out. It sounded like it just ran out of gas. Got about 4' into the cut. I'm hoping the fuel line was curved a little and sticking to one side of the tank, so when I laid it on it's side, all of the gas ran to the bottom and left the filter high and dry. I was pressed for time so I just through every thing in the truck and headed home. I'll get to it in the next couple days, I hope. We just ordered 40 yards of topsoil and I have to get it spread and seeded, Joe.
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Carlton has discontinued manufacturing ripping chain now along with discontinuing skip chain a few months back
I always mill with just standard 30° semi chisel with no issues but as splitpost mentioned it doesn't leave quite as smooth of a finish but still pretty good.
Ya didnt tell me they stopped the ripping chain as well.:msp_sad:
MCW
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Only found out yesterday mate from a US supplier who emailed me. He just bought a few thousand feet of it (every single bit his supplier had) in 25' rolls. I've got a heap already if you want some mate, but only in 25' rolls myself. It isn't going anywhere, not a big seller here, and I rarely use it - I run 30° semi chisel for milling.
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MCW
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You'd wear that out in a week.
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But next time youll get 4 and have a gob of links left over .
