How small is too small

[wdchuck]

What is the smallest or most worn you've used a chain before tossing it?

 

[chowdozer]

What is the smallest or most worn you've used a chain before tossing it?

I was at the pawn shop yesterday and they had an 024 with about 1/16" of the top plates remaining. It looked like they'd break off if you sunk it in wood.

 

[Tree Sling'r]

My throw away chains are a gold mine for others. I don't run them down to horribly far.

 

[ciscoguy01]

Crooked

I usually run mine till they start cutting crooked and I can't sharpen them to cut straight anymore...

 

[wdchuck]

Usually the cutter will resemble a triangle when I finally toss 'em.

The guy who really introduced me into this would grind off the tiny ones and keep going, and still out cut my saws.