Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Erik B]

That's quite a compliment! I don't file my own chains, there, I said it, I feel sort of incomplete as a guy obviously. My brother's FIL has a grinder and does my chains for me. However I've been thinking I ought to learn to touch up my own chains. I'm very tempted to get an easy file. Or 2 actually, is need different sizes wouldn't I, for my picco 1.3mm chains and my wider 1.6mm stuff?

I have the 3/8 regular and 3/8 pico 2in1's. The only other size they make is the .325 2in1.

 

[LondonNeil]

being a filing virgin I haven't a clue what sizes I'd need. I found a copy of the stihl file on ebay, a couple of pounds cheaper
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-In-1-Fi...ox-/332391051289?_trksid=p2385738.m2548.l4275
it comes in 3 sizes, 5/32, 3/16 and 7/32 Would I need the small one for the 1.3mm gauge chain and the largest for the 1.6mm stuff?

 

[dancan]

That's quite a compliment! I don't file my own chains, there, I said it, I feel sort of incomplete as a guy obviously. My brother's FIL has a grinder and does my chains for me. However I've been thinking I ought to learn to touch up my own chains. I'm very tempted to get an easy file. Or 2 actually, is need different sizes wouldn't I, for my picco 1.3mm chains and my wider 1.6mm stuff?

I have the 3/8 regular and 3/8 pico 2in1's. The only other size they make is the .325 2in1.

I thot I had 4 of them , 3/8 , .325 , 3/8p and 1/4 , I'll have to check .
Neil , you won't like filing a chain that's been on the grinder , save those chains for dirty and yard trees for continued grinding and get new chain for hand filing .
I have a Tecomec grinder somewhere ...

 

[KiwiBro]

Before I get too old to drive, I'm gonna buy me a scooter, mount a 12v dinasaw automatic grinder on the back, along with breaker and spinner, and spawn the 'bleeding edge' mobile chain service. For $10 I'll come over drink your beer, spin some yarns and grind a chain for every Harry or Harriet Homeowner abused chainsaw owner who wants a fast cutting saw without the mess or hassle of learning how to file.

Just think of the up-selling opportunities. Chain munted - sell 'em a fresh loop while I'm there. Convert them over to the KiwiPutz race bar and chain setup, sell them a better wee saw (I'm liking some of the Japanese wee saws for such a market), drop those 'big' 2 foot DBH trees their saws won't handle, etc, etc. Hmm, I wonder if I could tow my super split behind the scooter.

Later y'all, I got a business plan to write up...Na scratch that, I'll turn this into a worldwide franchise opportunity with multiple IPO's in untapped markets around the world and spend the $ on a few hundred Ha of bush where I can set up my own harvesting/milling operation and retreat for corporate burnouts and team building weekends where the rich and frazzled can become blissfully immersed in the art of dropping a few trees, milling their own wood, etc. Everyone leaves with a smile, a lighter weight on their shoulders (and wallet) and a pocket full of man glitter (sawdust).

 

[woodchip rookie]

Wow. Thats epic.

 

[farmer steve]

If a day does come and I buy a husky over a stihl it will be the day that hell freezes over

being a filing virgin I haven't a clue what sizes I'd need. I found a copy of the stihl file on ebay, a couple of pounds cheaper
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-In-1-Fi...ox-/332391051289?_trksid=p2385738.m2548.l4275
it comes in 3 sizes, 5/32, 3/16 and 7/32 Would I need the small one for the 1.3mm gauge chain and the largest for the 1.6mm stuff?

we need imperial sizes to help you out Neil. none of this mm stuff. 5/32 would be for 3/8 picco chain. 3/16 is for .325 chain. and 13/64 for 3/8 chain. i'm up for corrections.

 

[LondonNeil]

Ahh hang on... I see here http://www.stihl.co.uk/sharpening-the-saw-chain.aspx that its pitch nd gauge that is important...ahhh

 

[KiwiBro]

Wow. Thats epic.

I promise to offer an early-bird special and free airport transfers to fellow scrounger-threadsters. Y'all can be my beta testers to help iron out the kinks.

 

[MustangMike]

7/32 for 3/8 chain works just fine.

 

[KiwiBro]

7/32 for 3/8 chain works just fine.

Even on the last half of a Stihl 3/8 chain?

 

[Erik B]

The two I have are both Stihl 2 in 1. I don't know if there is another vendor that has a similar setup for 1/4 inch size.

 

[woodchip rookie]

So I have this big shed I dont use anymore. The pic does no justice. The door is 6ft wide, so 10ftx12 or 14. With a loft. If I cut a hole in the back of the shed (leaving the supports) do you think it would make a good woodshed? It has trees next to it right now but columbia gas is comming through this winter and dropping everything in a 50ft wide path(which will literally be a giant backyard scrounge), so it will have sun all day, every day, year round, and the doors face west. I think it will. It will be great. Thanks for your input guys! I need to get a saw out and do some chainsaw demo and get that thin paneling off the back of the shed. IM GONNA HAVE A WOODSHED!!!

10x12 stacked 7ft(ish) high....how manies cords is that?

 

[woodchip rookie]

wow that pic is crappy. Sorry.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Wait a sec....by my calcs a cord is 4x4x8 right? So thats 128cu/ft....10x12x7 is 840cu/ft!!....so 6.5 cords???!!

 

[crowbuster]

Im stihl stuck on I got a big shed im Not using. Does not compute.

 

[woodchip rookie]

I have lived here 11yrs and it was used the whole time except the last year. I'm working on being a minimalist so I have gotten rid of a TON of stuff. Now I dont have anything in the shed. I was going to give it away on craigslist. That woulda been dumb

 

[Jeffkrib]

Tree felling for corporate team building shin digs ......now your talking Kiwibro.
Regarding the scooter if you leave this too long you’ll be needing a mobility scooter.

 

[Cowboy254]

I'm with @nighthunter , the day I buy a husky over a Stihl will be the other day hell freezes over. Now, sure, I do own a big husky mower, but that's only because Stihl don't make one.

So I have this big shed I dont use anymore. IM GONNA HAVE A WOODSHED!!!

Im stihl stuck on I got a big shed im Not using. Does not compute.

I must concur. The first thing I think of whenever I see a shed, shop or go to a footy stadium is "I wonder how much wood you could fit in this place". Then I start doing the mental calculations. Yet, you have had this structure in your back yard and it has been sitting there not full of wood?? Shame, young man. Don't make me ask for your scrounger card.

 

[Jeffkrib]

Is that snow still up in them there hills?

 

[LondonNeil]

Maybe take alternate vertical boards off all the way around instead of cutting one big hole, or 1 in 3.
Think about making separate bays inside. What do you burn each year? Could your fit 2 or 3 year sized bays?

It will be a great wood shed though.