Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX GTG (Next GTG 08/27/2016 ) Fort Scott, KS

[sawnami]

Well, it passed the hedge test. Buried it in a 22" log and let it eat.

Sent from my SM-N910V

 

[Hedgerow]

sharpened some chains again tonight...... i got a peice of crap old semi chisel that flys threw wood
out cuts all my other semi chisels, its got some messed up angles real agressive, and one funny looking square filed cutter
i touched it up very lightly tonight... except the square one kinda funny it makes big chips and cuts smooth

I'll bet the cutters are about half gone at least, right?

 

[67L36Driver]

Well, it passed the hedge test. Buried it in a 22" log and let it eat.

Sent from my SM-N910V

What you need now is a PL-5 or an SL-11. And then a PL/SL-55. An 82cc ripper in a package hardly any larger or heavier than the 59cc boys.

The best part about Remys is they most often come with a roller nose bar.

MORNING MIDLANDERS!

 

[jerrycmorrow]

I here yall talkin bout square grinding but can't says I've ever seen one. anyone got any pix? also, why is that better than normal?

 

[Work Saw Collector]

I here yall talkin bout square grinding but can't says I've ever seen one. anyone got any pix? also, why is that better than normal?

Faster not better, in dirty or really hard wood not worth the time. I have some but it's just for GTG not wood cutting.

 

[sunfish]

I here yall talkin bout square grinding but can't says I've ever seen one. anyone got any pix? also, why is that better than normal?

I recently bought a couple sq ground chains from Bailey's. Not sold on square just yet...

 

[Hedgerow]

Faster not better, in dirty or really hard wood not worth the time. I have some but it's just for GTG not wood cutting.

I've actually used it for work chains here lately.. If you keep your angles conservative, it'll cut just as long as round full chisel, but semi chisel still lasts the longest...

 

[Work Saw Collector]

If your like me and spend a lot of time making tiny ditches under the log stick with RM

 

[Hedgerow]

I here yall talkin bout square grinding but can't says I've ever seen one. anyone got any pix? also, why is that better than normal?

 

[Work Saw Collector]

I've actually used it for work chains here lately.. If you keep your angles conservative, it'll cut just as long as round full chisel, but semi chisel still lasts the longest...

I too have a loop of RSLK on a 36" but I only use it for the felling cut on big ****. It's fast but I hate to sharpin that bastard.

 

[Work Saw Collector]

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Matt thats looks good.

 

[Work Saw Collector]

Here is a out of the box cutter, from Stihl web site.

 

[jerrycmorrow]

ah so. thanks guys. got a better idea now

 

[awol]

Like Matt said, a square ground with conservative angles is as durable as the round, and much smoother and less grabby. I like using square filed for felling, it responds much better to input pressure without hanging up in the cut.

 

[awol]

Yesterday I went and took down this big old widow maker, and today the boys and I are working on cleaning it up. It is a huge old White Oak, has over a hundred growth rings. I'm gonna try to freehand a couple slabs from the trunk, it's very solid.

 

[Hedgerow]

Yesterday I went and took down this big old widow maker, and today the boys and I are working on cleaning it up. It is a huge old White Oak, has over a hundred growth rings. I'm gonna try to freehand a couple slabs from the trunk, it's very solid.
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Nice firewood there!
Wonder what killed it?

 

[jerrycmorrow]

I took a white oak down, bout 24" dbh, counted 183 rings. Course it was born, lived, and died on arkansas hillside. Tough life. Figure last winter got to it. Got quite a few snags from last winter

 

[RVALUE]

175 was the oldest I've counted around here. About 4 foot dbh.

I cut a bigger LIVE tree that was only 150, for someone to build a house.

 

[67L36Driver]

175 was the oldest I've counted around here. About 4 foot dbh.

I cut a bigger LIVE tree that was only 150, for someone to build a house.

Damn house!

House easy to move in planning stage.

 

[Hedgerow]

Good trees are hard to come by in these parts...