Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

If I plan to scrounge some wood with it soon I think I can ask this!!
Finishing an 025 Stihl but it has no bar,chain or clutch drum.
Anyone have a lot of time on one of these little buggers and have figured out the best combo??
No safety chains of course.

Depends on your cutting style and what you like to run for chain.
On a saw that size I think picco is the best option myself, probably 14-16". The picco chain normally in stock has anti-vibe links, I run them all the time and have no problem boring with them and they cut just as fast as the ones without them to me. The picco chain runs very smooth in the cut(little grabby when new) and is real nice for smaller branches.
Make sure to give it a muffler mod .

 

[Sierra_rider]

Does this saw make my butt look fat? (its a line from an old jeans commercial)

Must be an optical illusion but it just looks SO tiny. Kind of like you can make your fish look bigger if you hold it way away from your body, and closer to the camera lens. Thanks.

Not small enough. I have the Milwaukee Hatchet and its a great tool, I use it alot, and it does exactly what I want, but to get a six or eight inch GAS saw, would be fun..... BAR, not cubic inches, you guys.....

It is that small...comparison picture of mine next to my 201tcm:

They hop up nicely too:

 

[mountainguyed67]

It is that small.

What length bar?

 

[Sierra_rider]

What length bar?

16" narrow kerf 3/8 picco.

 

[mountainguyed67]

16" narrow kerf 3/8 picco.

Funny they recommend a longer bar on that than they do on the Echo 271T, it’s 12” only.

 

[Sierra_rider]

Funny they recommend a longer bar on that than they do on the Echo 271T, it’s 12” only.

I don't know that they recommend anything larger than a 14" for it, mine came with a 12". I've never used the 271, but I've heard the 2511 actually has more power.

 

[MustangMike]

You are only going to get the moisture down to about 19% outside, it has to be 8% or lower to live indoors. Something really wide needs to be "stickered" indoors for about a month, with weight on top of it and NOT anywhere near a woodstove!

SR

I believe my moisture meter was telling me I got it down to about 12 outside, likely after a dry spell.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I love the tabletop, looks like a lot of mine! I always leave some of the saw marks in them!

Like this table and bench I made for my daughter (Chestnut Oak). The table has an epoxy flood coat, the bench just a seal coat.

yeah! who wouldn't enjoy a sit-down lunch at that table!!! ?

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I couldn't believe how bad it was. Ive worked on other high hour saws and have never seen anything close to this. Every bit of the saw was packed solid.

the word: neglected comes to mind!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

OR, you could select boards from a different place in the tree and DRY THEM PROPERLY, and you won't have the problem in the first place. lol

SR

well, you could... lol! but i like MM's approach, too! simple, sound woodworking... invisible and in terms of a Marine... good effective field expediency!

'ooh-rah!'

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I'm sure there are a lot of factors including the type of wood, the width of the wood, and the width of the log.

I mostly work with Oak and try to make my boards as wide as possible. They are dried outside for two years (I don't have enough inside space to do it) and are properly stacked and stickered. I'm sure if I ripped the boards along the center (making narrower boards) this would not be a problem, but it is not what I choose to do. When I ripped boards in half to make two sides for my gun cabinets both sides remain flat. (Making a 24" wide board into two 12" wide boards).

The boards will be flat in the stack, but when you pull them out to use them, they will cup. My method of flattening them has worked well. If I mill "half round" pieces for benches, I do not have this problem, but wider boards closer to the center always do.

I love the way my daughter's bench looks. It is about 2' wide, one piece, with live edge on both sides. The bottom may not look pretty, but no one sees it, and the top is gorgeous!

even a brown bag lunch would be fine sitting at it! i like it's hewn-like ruffness!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

It snowed another few inches overnight, I guess I'm not climbing trees today.
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nice pix! says cold to me, even from here!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

It was still in the high 50's overnight and beautiful this morning. We are now in for some rain for the next 12 or so hours.

I took the day off tomorrow to get deer stands ready. Not a lot of work but by the time I get through it all, the kids will be done with school.

Fri nite here to be a ruff one... storms, up to 70 mph winds, hail and tornadoes mentioned, too! mostly to N of us, but we are on lower side of the wicked weather window!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Does this saw make my butt look fat? (its a line from an old jeans commercial)

Must be an optical illusion but it just looks SO tiny. Kind of like you can make your fish look bigger if you hold it way away from your body, and closer to the camera lens. Thanks.

Not small enough. I have the Milwaukee Hatchet and its a great tool, I use it alot, and it does exactly what I want, but to get a six or eight inch GAS saw, would be fun..... BAR, not cubic inches, you guys.....

i like my 271T! well, more like it! hot lil saw. when i got it, it was lightest saw on the market. now there is one smaller. small in size, big in capability... 12-14" wood, no prob!!! rips thru it as if ported with tweak more timing in for s. still stock, but liked seeing the 2511 ported cyl.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Today was another sunny 70's day, and I decided to run the BSM. Remember this "big ugly" cherry? (the very top log)

I milled it today, once I got the slabs off it, I made several cuts at 5/4,

and this is what the average board inside looked like,

It's better than I thought they would look! lol

Anyway, went out to one of my food plots, and this wasn't there yesterday!

It's only about 50 yards from my deer blind.

SR

bear scratch on the tree? bi load of cherry! what will u do with the lumber u have made? nice rig!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

It is that small...comparison picture of mine next to my 201tcm:

They hop up nicely too:

 

[501Maico]

Does this saw make my butt look fat? (its a line from an old jeans commercial)

Must be an optical illusion but it just looks SO tiny. Kind of like you can make your fish look bigger if you hold it way away from your body, and closer to the camera lens. Thanks.

Not small enough. I have the Milwaukee Hatchet and its a great tool, I use it alot, and it does exactly what I want, but to get a six or eight inch GAS saw, would be fun..... BAR, not cubic inches, you guys.....

67 yo with twig arms. Thank you Echo.

 

[GeeVee]

67 yo with twig arms. Thank you Echo.

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Wow, even if you had T Rex hands, its the view I needed to go to the pro shop and see for myself.

Or

"are you happy to see me or do you have an Echo 2511 T in your pocket?"

 

[501Maico]

It is that small...comparison picture of mine next to my 201tcm:

They hop up nicely too:

Nice casting?

 

[bob kern]

Depends on your cutting style and what you like to run for chain.
On a saw that size I think picco is the best option myself, probably 14-16". The picco chain normally in stock has anti-vibe links, I run them all the time and have no problem boring with them and they cut just as fast as the ones without them to me. The picco chain runs very smooth in the cut(little grabby when new) and is real nice for smaller branches.
Make sure to give it a muffler mod .

What I normally like seems to be a plain ol 3/8 x 50 full chisel. Wasn't sure how this smaller saw would handle that. My firewood saws are normally Ms 290, Mac 10-10 and Mac 700.( Or something else in that range that needs ran!! Lol)