Extra chain storage methods

[heimannm]

Chain storage

I keep my spare chains in plastic bags with a small tag & twist tie to identify. This way I can tell which chain goes with which saw and bar without taking them out of the bag. When a chain is dull I toss another tag labled "dull" to help keep track. After sharpening (I file my chains by hand) I spray them down with WD-40 then back in the bag. I have all my extra chains and bars in the bottom of a large wooden tool box that I can carry along in the field.

 

[redprospector]

I needed to figure out a way to keep my race chains seperate, and organized.
So a couple of months ago I built a box with 4 drawer's, each drawer holds 3 chains and since I don't want the teeth on my race chains touching anything but wood I put a 1/2" strip to fit inside each loop, and glued a 1/8" strip to fit between the chains. I write on the 1/2" strip what size the chain is and what wood it cut's best in.
This system works good for traveling to show's, and when at home fit's under the bench for storage.

Andy

 

[Bill G]

..................I need to find a way to keep them organized. Once they are used in wood and sharpened once they all look the same save for counting out the drive links and measuring the gauge & pitch with a dial caliper. .....................

Why are you using a caliper when they are marked on the drive tang?

 

[RaisedByWolves]

I hang em on the wall with their corresponding bar inside them.


Looks nice.






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[geofore]

plastic peanut butter jars

The nail or spike in the wall is reat until you need to take a bunch of them with you some where. I been wanting a solution for this as well.

Place them in 40 oz. plastic peanut butter jars and mark the lids with the size. I use permenant yellow grease pen to write it on the lids. You can fit a couple of chains in each one and remember to sharpen them before you put them in the jars. This way you have them ready to go with you when the time comes. The jars are water proof if the lids on tight and they are not eaten by the oil as peanut butter has oil in it so the jars were made to handle oily chains. You got kids? They eat a lot of peanut butter, start saving plastic jars. You can fit spark plugs, filters and bolts in those jars and they stay clean and fresh till they are needed. The jars are see through so you can see what's in then no problem. I like the parts stay dry in the rain if the jars are closed. Chains rust hanging on a nail but not if you oil them and put them in the jars.
:greenchainsaw:

 

[Ekka]

I vouch for the waterproof metal ammo box too. Sits in the ute no worries, I siliconed in dividers for different length chains, but at home on the shed I hang them off nails.

 

[Tree Sling'r]

White cotton liner gloves. I have 32's 36's and 42's in gloves. I spray paint the outside of the glove a different color for each size chain. The gloves are good because they keep the chain tight so that a ground one is not getting dull by being bounced around.

 

[dustytools]

I use the el-cheapo plastic sandwich boxes from the dollar store. Mark the lid with a sharpie to identify them.

 

[MikeInParadise]

I use the el-cheapo plastic sandwich boxes from the dollar store. Mark the lid with a sharpie to identify them.

Me too but the only problem is they really are crappy and break easily, plus when I throw one in my tool box that I take with me when sawing the lid usually falls off.

 

[rxe]

Posted this before....

Here's my saw box that goes in the truck. I mark the chain boxes with whichever saw + bar length combination they contain. Blunt chains go in the passenger footwell of the truck to await resharpening.

 

[bnew]

We like to take a piece of plywood with a screw in one side and a small bungie on the other.Keeps the chains tangle free and streches them out to see the lengths,16,18,20 etc.