Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[KiwiBro]

Those oak chips are like roided-up gum chips/dust. The ash chips are like wet pine chips. Wood type is most of the reason, given the same chain.

 

[woodchip rookie]

My wife has this idea that she wants us to do the snow bird thing in Phoenix (in like 20 years) but I told her the snowmobiling sucks down there.

No it doesn't. It just has a different name. Sandmobiling.

 

[farmer steve]

So I noticed the other day I get chips like this in the ash logs.View attachment 616786and dust like this in the oak logs View attachment 616787with the same chain. Is it the difference in wood or is my fileing really bad.

i'd say it's the wood types and not your filing as you had a good ( ) teacher on filing. you know the same guy that picked up the 3/8 file for a .325 chain today.

 

[James Miller]

i'd say it's the wood types and not your filing as you had a good ( ) teacher on filing. you know the same guy that picked up the 3/8 file for a .325 chain today.

Must have learned that from you to. I took my time on the bench today don't take that much time at the wood pile cause time is money . I think the 036 oiler is stingy. It oils the bar OK but there's more oil left when it needs refueled then I thought there would be. Run the 590 wide open and you won't get a tank of gas without stopping to fill the bar oil.

 

[farmer steve]

Must have learned that from you to. I took my time on the bench today don't take that much time at the wood pile cause time is money . I think the 036 oiler is stingy. It oils the bar OK but there's more oil left when it needs refueled then I thought there would be. Run the 590 wide open and you won't get a tank of gas without stopping to fill the bar oil.

it's turned up the whole way. most of my stihl's are a tank of fuel to about 1/2 tank of oil. some more, some less.

 

[James Miller]

it's turned up the whole way. most of my stihl's are a tank of fuel to about 1/2 tank of oil. some more, some less.

OK I'm getting 3/4 oil per tank of fuel.

 

[95custmz]

Yeah Steve is right. Rule of thumb is bar oil every other tank full of fuel. If you have to add bar oil more often, then oiler needs adjustment.

 

[LondonNeil]

So I noticed the other day I get chips like this in the ash logs.View attachment 616786and dust like this in the oak logs View attachment 616787with the same chain. Is it the difference in wood or is my fileing really bad.

Damn! that reminds me I forgot to take a chips photo. I tested one of the chains I filed, some 6 inch oak, and then buried the ms180s 14" bar in some sycamore and some leyland cypress, Chips, woo who! [the stihl 2 in 1 fie has made] me a filing god! Well maybe...the chain on there happened to be the least dulled but it is sharp and cutting again, if the others are as good then I'm gong to be very pleased.

 

[LondonNeil]

Yeah Steve is right. Rule of thumb is bar oil every other tank full of fuel. If you have to add bar oil more often, then oiler needs adjustment.

Err, that depends on the length of bar, longer needs more oil. I suspect some woods might want more too. I've always thought Stihl size the oil tanks such that with the largest (sensible) bar that fits a saw, you'll have just a little left at the end of tank of fuel. That's the way with my ms180 (14" bar, longest recommended) and its non adjustable oiler, just under 100ml oil per 250ml tank of mix.

 

[LondonNeil]

I did snap that last night, 2.5 tanks through a little ms180 gets a fair bit done. 2.5 tanks, so about 650 ml. That's the size of the tank on the 038 I think (maybe it is 600ml). No way would I get that much cut with one tank in the 038.... Although the mountain of chips would be bigger, a lot bigger!

I can't be bothered to do the maths for you....a UK pint is 567 ml and 20 FL Oz. So if you want us pints it's 650x20)/(567x16). Oh...I just did do the maths!

 

[KiwiBro]

Damn! that reminds me I forgot to take a chips photo. I tested one of the chains I filed, some 6 inch oak, and then buried the ms180s 14" bar in some sycamore and some leyland cypress, Chips, woo who! [the stihl 2 in 1 fie has made] me a filing god! Well maybe...the chain on there happened to be the least dulled but it is sharp and cutting again, if the others are as good then I'm gong to be very pleased.

Isn't it amazing how much easier the saw cuts, faster the cutting, etc. I got a mate who has transferred his motocross mech skills across to his saws and he does all sorts of things to them to soup them up. He hasn't mastered chain filing yet. All that power going to waste. Makes me chuckle every time. I'm tempted to put my 'angry bastard' chain on the 395 and challenge him to a few cant races. He'll no doubt bring some piped monstor of a saw. If he uses a new chain rather than one of his crazy dull munted, cross-eyed creations, I may not stand a chance.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Yeah Steve is right. Rule of thumb is bar oil every other tank full of fuel. If you have to add bar oil more often, then oiler needs adjustment.

That's not what it says in any of my Husky manuals. I'm not going to be stingy with bar oil.

 

[MechanicMatt]

WOW, I thought that the guys on here fight too much, geez we're all a bunch of pansies compared to the guys on this Taxidermist site I was just reading on. I went in search of "how to best salt my hide" and stumbled across good info that then went into a rumble about the PH scale

 

[95custmz]

That's not what it says in any of my Husky manuals. I'm not going to be stingy with bar oil.

Yeah, don't ever get stingy with the bar oil. Unless, of course, you like buying bars and chains in bulk.

 

[flatbroke]

beech

that's some beech

 

[Cowboy254]

Damn! that reminds me I forgot to take a chips photo. I tested one of the chains I filed, some 6 inch oak, and then buried the ms180s 14" bar in some sycamore and some leyland cypress, Chips, woo who! [the stihl 2 in 1 fie has made] me a filing god! Well maybe...the chain on there happened to be the least dulled but it is sharp and cutting again, if the others are as good then I'm gong to be very pleased.

The 2-in-1 file certainly made a big difference for me too.

 

[chipper1]

The 2-in-1 file certainly made a big difference for me too.

Hooked on files worked for me too .
This may not totally translate, but on this little corner of the globe it's funny as heck, at least for me.

 

[svk]

WOW, I thought that the guys on here fight too much, geez we're all a bunch of pansies compared to the guys on this Taxidermist site I was just reading on. I went in search of "how to best salt my hide" and stumbled across good info that then went into a rumble about the PH scale

Lol.

I hear the RC car forums are like an all out bar fight as well.

I was trying to explain to a few non saw friends and relatives about the competing saw forums and the animosity between folks based off of who they chose to port their saw and the fact that the more well known saw builders have groupies who travel to the far ends of the internet to harass competing builders and their customers. And no Im not making this stuff up. They looked at me like I had three eyes lol.

 

[chipper1]

Lol.

I hear the RC car forums are like an all out bar fight as well.

I was trying to explain to a few non saw friends and relatives about the competing saw forums and the animosity between folks based off of who they chose to port their saw and the fact that the more well known saw builders have groupies who travel to the far ends of the internet to harass competing builders and their customers. And no Im not making this stuff up. They looked at me like I had three eyes lol.

Better get another eye on the back of your head, their coming for you next .
I have no problem with anyone here, as long as they only run huskys .

 

[svk]

Better get another eye on the back of your head, their coming for you next .
I have no problem with anyone here, as long as they only run huskys .

They've come after me plenty already lol.