Pour the dirt in your carb and mind you won't have anymore dull chain issues. You're going to have great looking chains saws and always sharp
I do also Wolfy , try sharpening a little less acute angle , it will stay sharper longer . A butter knife sharpeness is more than adequate usually in most grass species !We go through them every month or so lot of sand around here.
It is very resistant to being ground to a sharp edge, its rather brittle like hardened steel, think of a file hard.I wonder about doing that to lawn mower blades? Feasible?
Also learning the difference within a tree in compression or tension really reduces the stress a chain is put in during routine felling & bucking !
I wonder about doing that to lawn mower blades? Feasible?
It is very resistant to being ground to a sharp edge, its rather brittle like hardened steel, think of a file hard.
... But I'm curious to know the SCIENCE behind it.
Dirt is soft, wood is much HARDER, then how come dirt dulls a chainsaw chain (almost) INSTANTLY?
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I suppose thats why I haven't heard of anyone doing this.Don't bother. I tried it many years ago. I coated each cutting edge with tube borium. It works great, but then ruins the blade at the same time.
Here's what happens:
- You change the temper and hardness of the blade when you braze that stuff onto your mower blade.
- It holds the edge quite well, but is so hard that it cannot be sharpened with a conventional grinder.
- When you hit a rock, it shatters and the supporting steel gets a giant chip knocked out. It ends up getting a much deeper gouge taken out than if your blade had never been modified, and it doesn't take much of a ding to do it, either.
- The very hard metal gets undermined by the supporting steel abrading away. Presto! Your brittle hard-face material no longer has any strength, and it chips off destructively.
- Once you get that large fractured chip taken off the leading edge, it predisposes the blade to cracking. This is very bad, 'cause those blade tips do some serious damage when they fly out from under the mower deck.
- If you decide that you need to sharpen, it is impossible. Grinders just bounce off this stuff.
Hardness is a physical property that science measures for most solids that are consistently formed. Diamonds are a 10 on the Mohs hardness scale. This is applied to most minerals, whereas metals get graded on the Rockwell hardness scale.
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Quartz is about the most common mineral you find in dirt. At a hardness of 7, it's a bit harder than steel, and dulls hell out of your saw. As you can see from the simple chart above, carbide comes in a lot harder, and doesn't dull nearly so quickly.
When we build cutting edges back up on earth moving gear we don`t even attempt grinding it, I have burned in 25 lbs of rod on the bucket of a 22 ton excavator , doing the cutting sides and wear bars on the bottom side, as for the teeth we just replace them but there has been times I needed to replace the sockets/ bases the teeth connect to. Miller Trailblazer out in the field and a Miller 300 at the shop.Don't bother. I tried it many years ago. I coated each cutting edge with tube borium. It works great, but then ruins the blade at the same time.
Here's what happens:
- You change the temper and hardness of the blade when you braze that stuff onto your mower blade.
- It holds the edge quite well, but is so hard that it cannot be sharpened with a conventional grinder.
- When you hit a rock, it shatters and the supporting steel gets a giant chip knocked out. It ends up getting a much deeper gouge taken out than if your blade had never been modified, and it doesn't take much of a ding to do it, either.
- The very hard metal gets undermined by the supporting steel abrading away. Presto! Your brittle hard-face material no longer has any strength, and it chips off destructively.
- Once you get that large fractured chip taken off the leading edge, it predisposes the blade to cracking. This is very bad, 'cause those blade tips do some serious damage when they fly out from under the mower deck.
- If you decide that you need to sharpen, it is impossible. Grinders just bounce off this stuff.
Hardness is a physical property that science measures for most solids that are consistently formed. Diamonds are a 10 on the Mohs hardness scale. This is applied to most minerals, whereas metals get graded on the Rockwell hardness scale.
View attachment 1057636 View attachment 1057637
Quartz is about the most common mineral you find in dirt. At a hardness of 7, it's a bit harder than steel, and dulls hell out of your saw. As you can see from the simple chart above, carbide comes in a lot harder, and doesn't dull nearly so quickly.
Quartz is about the most common mineral you find in dirt. At a hardness of 7, it's a bit harder than steel, and dulls hell out of your saw.
I suppose thats why I haven't heard of anyone doing this.
Dang Man Stop cutting on the beach. Stick to the yard lolWe go through them every month or so lot of sand around here.
Have you ever welded up track rollers/idlers for a crawler? Many will not do it anymoreWhen we build cutting edges back up on earth moving gear we don`t even attempt grinding it, I have burned in 25 lbs of rod on the bucket of a 22 ton excavator , doing the cutting sides and wear bars on the bottom side, as for the teeth we just replace them but there has been times I needed to replace the sockets/ bases the teeth connect to. Miller Trailblazer out in the field and a Miller 300 at the shop.
Not with a stick. My BIL does it with a mig wire on a turning fixture at the shop he works at. Too much work doing it by hand, cheaper to buy new replacements.Have you ever welded up track rollers/idlers for a crawler? Many will not do it anymore
Thats right! never buy another file, and for the love of mike, keep plunging that bar nose into the garden.......we only deal in bars, chains, and bearings.......files are a gimmick...........I think it is nothing but a conspiracy by file manufactuers to sell more files to gulible people
That is 100% true today. The issue is when you are working on a 1949 IH TD-9 dozer.Not with a stick. My BIL does it with a mig wire on a turning fixture at the shop he works at. Too much work doing it by hand, cheaper to buy new replacements.
For the old stuff, it can be done up at a shop that has the setup. Kind of common around here with a lot of rock crushers busting up bluestone bedrock.That is 100% true today. The issue is when you are working on a 1949 IH TD-9 dozer.
I remember some cold days in the winter of 1980 Dad welding them up outside. Weld them up and spin them in the lathe.For the old stuff, it can be done up at a shop that has the setup. Kind of common around here with a lot of rock crushers busting up bluestone bedrock.
no no no let darwinism take care of this for us all... not to mention if we get lucky we might get to see youtube videos...To the OP please get someone local to show you how to use a chainsaw. Before you get hurt.
The ole you tuber censors take away the rough stuff.no no no let darwinism take care of this for us all... not to mention if we get lucky we might get to see youtube videos...
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