Do I have a Ripping Chain?

[fultzjason]

Hi all, I'm new to milling and just bought a Stihl 066 on Ebay a week ago. The saw came with a 36" sandvik/Windsor bar and a Full skip tooth Windsor Chain, which the seller told me was a new ripping chain. I have been reading that a cross cut chain is 25degrees and a ripping chain will be filed to 10degrees. I measured the angle and its 25degrees. Can this still be a ripping chain? The markings on the chain say Windsor K0 63A.

also, If this is not a ripping chain and i go an start milling with it, will it damage the saw? go slower? leave a rough surface?

any advice would be much appreciated. I'm ready to go out and use this thing!

Thanks,
Jason

 

[Metals406]

Doesn't sound like a ripping chain, sounds like regular old full-skip.

You'll want to use full-comp, and make a ripping chain, or buy one.

To make one, you grind the top plate off a R&L cutter, then skip two, and do it all over again. Grind slow so you don't put too much heat in the cutter and ruin the chain.

 

[john taliaferro]

Welcome , go read the stickies at the top Bob and Dan will learn you more bout chain than you wanted to Know Good stuff . I run full comp at 10 top plate and 50 hook with 7 to 9 degrees on the rakers on a stock 660 36" homemade mill i can cut 27 and handle it alone .

 

[BobL]

Ripping chain is not essential. You can use the 25º chain and as it wears slowly change it to 10º.

 

[mikeb1079]

you can mill with it just fine, it'll just leave a slightly rougher surface than 10 degree chain.