Falling pics 11/25/09

[KiwiBro]

Thanks fellas.

 

[Metals406]

I like .027"-.030" all around for stops.

 

[KiwiBro]

I keep forgetting this is the logging section and not the bucking/blocking all day for firewood section. If i stall out an angry chain when blocking up for firewood, the tree isn't going to squash me, fall on something it shouldn't, or morph from a premium log into fibre-pulled and split ugly.

I like .027"-.030" all around for stops.

To be honest, I don't really know what the step is on mine. I just try to hit about 7 or 8 degrees from cutter tip to raker regardless of raker depth if I want a smooth chain and anything much above 10 degrees gets pretty hairy and no doubt not much good for the saw but heck it's fun.

 

[Trx250r180]

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i was hoping the pics would both be there to compare.........file looks pretty close

Your file job looks real close to the new angles i am going to try ,nice work sir

Is it me or are those rakers pretty high? Is is something with square filed/ground chain that the rakers shouldn't be or need to be down much? Or maybe it's just the camera angle?

The advantage of the square is you can run higher rakers ,in that pic they are about .025 with my little measure jig tool ,The higher rakers ,and eliminating the hook from round makes the chain so much smoother ,i can set my bar tip on a log one handed and bore in and it is smooth ,i have yet to do that with round ,and not being so grabby frees up power in the saw so it is not loads so hard on the clutch ,win win all around ,as long as you have a way ,or know how to sharpen it is good stuff ,if i run .020 or less in fir my chips look like this ,higher raker makes longer chips ,this was not noodling either ,it was bucking

 

[KiwiBro]

my chips look like this ,higher raker makes longer chips ,this was not noodling either ,it was bucking View attachment 417881

Beautiful. Thanks.

 

[Trx250r180]

Got mine used. Came with a spare wheel and motor. Need to get new stop fingers for it, they have seen better days, otherwise it skookum unit. Managed to work my way through all the chains I didn't feel like hand filing over the slowdown.

Think when I wear out the blue wheels that came with it I'll get something a little more aggressive though, I'm used to grinders having more balls, so I burn up the blues pretty fast.

Pretty comfortable with the top angle now (no Idea what it is?) and just need to dial in the side angle, got bumped a little during shipping so I'm still playing with it, right now its just about 90 finished at the tooth, like -15 on the wheel?

For now I have to scale each side until they are right, one of the stop fingers is shorter then the other... and not much left for adjustment.

this is about where my tops end up 20 ish ? degrees

gonna add this pic ,the chain just looks hungry to me from this angle ,lol

 

[treeslayer2003]

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[treeslayer2003]

evidently i have posted a link.........also a first even if thats not what i meant to do. maybe y'all can see it any way.

 

[HuskStihl]

I saw it! Pretty boring. My videos have lots more running and screaming. That's how to chase a hinge and not be a fiber puller. Thanks for fighting thru the tech issues

 

[Skeans]

Is it me or is just a west coast thing for wearing hard hats?


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[treeslayer2003]

my back cut was a touch high, twin stump in the way and not always use to the full wrap yet.

 

[treeslayer2003]

Is it me or is just a west coast thing for wearing hard hats?


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i'd wear one if i could find one that will stay on my head.

 

[Skeans]

You get use to it even looking up and down, I hardly ever have mine come off


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[treeslayer2003]

i have had a couple of the ones with the ear muffs built in, they will stay on but i want to hear whats going on with the tree.

 

[Skeans]

Full brim tin hat only way to go even the skull bucket ones work good.


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[Spotted Owl]

Full brim tin hat only way to go even the skull bucket ones work good.

My full brim has saved me more than once for sure, I wear plastic though. Skull buckets don't fit right and I really dislike ratchet suspensions. Also once from a flying chain. Never cut them, but, maybe hardwood doesn't shed like our stuff does.

i'd wear one if i could find one that will stay on my head.

You got a full head of hair? I know when mine gets long enough it will push the hat right off my head, or let it slide off?



Owl

 

[bitzer]

Mike you did it ya old coot! Nice work chasin. Yeah you need to get a full brim. I have ear plugs in and can hear everything. Bugz too for the eyes. I caught a good limb in the head a week ago that would have sent me to the ER. Not the first time. Your head ain't that special that a hard hat won't fit it! I have never owned nor will I own the forestry type hard hat.

Spotted- you wouldn't believe the type of **** exploding and flying back at you in hardwood select cut. Especially in bigger timber. Our trees are a lot wider canopy so there is a lot breaking and flying around.

 

[CapitaineHaddoc]

 

[HuskStihl]

Y'all really need to be wearing hearing protection as much of the time as you can. "Hear me now, and believe me later" (Hans and Franz)

 

[northmanlogging]

full brim with the extra loop thing that goes around the back of your skull, helps hold it on a little more better. Mine falls off probably once a day, but it has saved my ass several times.