That's an awfully sharp bar you have on the 5400.
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That's an awfully sharp bar you have on the 5400.
astnmacgto
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I'm assuming you mean poulan bar specific? Cause I have a 16" mac bar with a 1/4 pitch chain but I don't know if it's the same count as a poulan bar.
Tim - the chain is sharp, the bar looked better before I roughed it up in that elm.
Mark
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Silkscreened bars for the older saws were very rare in Canada. Mostly plain Windsors. Homelite had some as did Mac on the early saws.
I suspect because a lot of them were made in Canada at the time and came directly from the factory, cheapest way, rather than from the US.
I don't know if the decorating of the bars was done at Windsor or if Poulan subcontracted that.
I'm glad you picked those Poulans up. Something fun to mess with and easy to work on. They cut pretty well too.
astnmacgto
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For an oil burner or for being used somewhere else
astnmacgto
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We have a waste oil furnace at work and it works fantastic, when it's working. I think it has a demon
Assuming it's a S25 series bar profile, it would be 82DLs. Your memory is good, a 14" S25 series bar does use 76DLs.
A good rule of thumb calculation is to multiply the equivalent 3/8" pitch number of DLs by 0.376, then divide by a quarter. Round that number up if around .5, to make sure you can get the chain on a brand new bar, LOL.
So a 16" S25 bar normally uses 56 3/8"
DLs, and the 1/4" pitch calcs at 82.2, so cut her off at 82 DLs.
Of course, if the bar & sprocket is worn & been sanded a few times on the rails, then you might have to cut it at 81DLs to get your chain adjuster back into action.
No i knew it was bad *** i was just unsure of the shear bad***ery it really possessed!
We need a video of that saw in wood, you probably couldn't even get it started as it has the wrong sized seals in it!
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We need a video, you probably couldn't even get it started as it has the wrong sized seals in it!
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Jesus. Thought my math days were over!Assuming it's a S25 series bar profile, it would be 82DLs. Your memory is good, a 14" S25 series bar does use 76DLs.
A good rule of thumb calculation is to multiply the equivalent 3/8" pitch number of DLs by 0.376, then divide by a quarter. Round that number up if around .5, to make sure you can get the chain on a brand new bar, LOL.
So a 16" S25 bar normally uses 56 3/8"
DLs, and the 1/4" pitch calcs at 82.2, so cut her off at 82 DLs.
Of course, if the bar & sprocket is worn & been sanded a few times on the rails, then you might have to cut it at 81DLs to get your chain adjuster back into action.
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