I think someone has mentioned this before but I don't remember.
Is there a company that will straighten bent & twisted guide bars?
Thanks.
Is there a company that will straighten bent & twisted guide bars?
Thanks.
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MR4WD
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Cannon bar works specializes in it.
http://chainbar.com/index.html these guys fix them pretty cheap http://rkymtnsaw.com/9701.html and heres one more
forestryworks
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The Rocky Mtn. Saw and Repair shop is in a nice area of colorado. Not too far from Rocky Mtn. National Park.
Try again.
http://chainbar.com/
http://chainbar.com/
Terry L
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Straightening Bars
Try to straighten it yourself. I've straightened dozens, maybe hundreds of bars. You need eye protection, ear protection, a ball-peen hammer and a very heavy piece of metal, such as an anvil, to work on. Fixing twisted bars is difficult, but ordinary bent bars aren't so difficult to get straight. Solid bars can be straightened, but the laminated cheapy bars are much more difficult.
Hit the bar, and keep checking the bar by holding it up close to your eye and looking down the bar, into a light background. Practice makes perfect!
Try to straighten it yourself. I've straightened dozens, maybe hundreds of bars. You need eye protection, ear protection, a ball-peen hammer and a very heavy piece of metal, such as an anvil, to work on. Fixing twisted bars is difficult, but ordinary bent bars aren't so difficult to get straight. Solid bars can be straightened, but the laminated cheapy bars are much more difficult.
Hit the bar, and keep checking the bar by holding it up close to your eye and looking down the bar, into a light background. Practice makes perfect!
Funny you should post that, I was just out in the garage beating on some bent bars. All I have is concrete though, the local tradeing post has a big anvil, but the guy wants wayy too much, and it looks like someone spent a few years hitting it with a jack hammer...
Greystoke
Tarzan
That is why I have this baby in my saw shop...2 feet by 4 feet by 2" thick.
Yea yea, show off
Greystoke
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Greystoke
Tarzan
Il buy your table for 100.00 bucks.
you pay for shipping though. LOLOL
Where in western Montana are you at T?
I might be moving up to the sandpoint area soon here. I am worried though cause the trees there look really small...
you pay for shipping though. LOLOL
Where in western Montana are you at T?
I might be moving up to the sandpoint area soon here. I am worried though cause the trees there look really small...
Greystoke
Tarzan
Ha ha...you funny! That table is my baby. I am in Missoula...aka little Berkeley...hippieville. There is decent sized timber around (not nearly as big as coastal) but none of it gets cut, even if there was a market. Sandpoint area has nicer timber than here...I have cut some nice white fir and white pine in that area.
What are the odds of landing a job in the industry up there?
Are there any steelie waters up ther besides the Clearwater?
Im just not goin if there isent. . . . . . . . .
Are there any steelie waters up ther besides the Clearwater?
Im just not goin if there isent. . . . . . . . .
There are some huge trees in N. Idaho.
I often see three log loads going to the cedar mill. Also lots of fir about 30", some of them loads look like a stack of pipes on those trucks.
Mr. HE
Well that is certainly nice to hear.
Don't get the impression that all the trees are that big. Up the Clearwater most of the timber goes to the paper mill. They cut lots of small trees, twisted and wind sheared stuff for the paper mill. Even fairly steep ground is mechanized, but bigger stuff is still hand felled. Most operations are smaller, a guy might have to fell and run a skidder for example.
I'm still getting up to speed on stuff in this area. I do know a couple loggers making some real good money cutting cedar up north of Moscow. Sorry I don't have any actual job leads for you right now.
Mr. HE
Its all good any info is good info here.
