New to site - chainsaw terminology

[Thomas]

Greetings everyone. This is a terrific website full of useful information.
A little about myself. This past winter I installed a woodstove in our family room and because of it, we very sparingly had to turn the heat on in the house. We burned about 3 cords this past winter. I have plenty of rounds in the backyard ready to split. By hand of course. Not sure what next winter will bring but this winter was very mild. I may burn 5-6 cords.

I have a husky rancher 55 that probably has about 12-15 hours of work on it and looking to get a second chainsaw. Maybe a Stihl.

My question to you folks is.... Could someone explain some of the terminology such as pitch and compression regarding chainsaws. I'm eager to learn as much as possible when it comes to operating and maintaining my chainsaw.

Thank you,

Tom

 

[fishhuntcutwood]

Read this. In the right hand margin it'll explain and illustrate pitch and guage for you. Your chain, bar sprocket and saw rim all need to be the same pitch. .325" and 3/8" are the most common, followed by .404". Gauge is the thickness of your drive links, and should match the thickness of your bar's groove.

http://www.stihllibrary.com/pdf/catalog/SawChainSelectionID.pdf

Compression is the amount of pressure in PSI that your saw's piston/cylinder will hold. Low compression means that you're getting blow-by and that your saw won't perform as well as it should.

Welcome to AS.

Jeff

 

[Thomas]

Thanks, with a little bit of reading I was able to better understand what some of those terms ment.

Tom

 

[havvey]

saws

since your are new take a class in chainsaw repair read all kinds of books (work in a repair shop too) then go up north and work on a logging job (cable skidder crew) collect and restore 200 or so saws, work on a arborist tree service crew weekends and you will be there, have fun if we can really help let us know and yes books on saws can help self teach you :yoyo:

 

[Thomas]

Havvy thanks, weekends right now are all tied up. I may be able to take that chainsaw repair class though. And I'm an avid reader so I think that may help me.

When school gets out maybe I can take that trip up north to work this summer. Do you think they'd let me work only till Labor Day? LOL.

All the best,

Tom

 

[Dan Forsh]

Tom,

Go by all means, just be careful if you hear someone say "You got a preedy mouth"

And just remember, if you feel one hand on your shoulder, that's camaraderie, if you feel both, bite down hard!