the all aussie dribble thread!

[Creeker]

I think bar oil has a "sticky" component as the major difference to normal motor oil.

 

[chippy]

I suspect the Stihl stuff I am using is actually mostly palm oil (vegetable oil) with a few additives....

Palm oil is used as bar oil throughout South East Asia in rainforest timbers harder than our eucalypt so my suspicion is well founded.

 

[chippy]

I think bar oil has a "sticky" component as the major difference to normal motor oil.

That sticky component is probably the sugar in the palm oil....motor oil has that sticky stuff to but it is designed to adhere to metal plus friction modifiers

 

[VinceGU05]

Go to woollies and buy canola oil. Cheaper still!

 

[chippy]

Go to woollies and buy canola oil. Cheaper still!

Too thin Vince.

 

[Jimbo209]

Dupe

 

[Jimbo209]

Go to woollies and buy canola oil. Cheaper still!

Less for the 20L drum from you local india/china grocer I put that in the aux on the mill no tackifires needed straight line to motor and I nearly 0 chain stretch while milling with a3ep, the sh#t works but can it go around corners
Edit: Still have bar oil in saw tank

 

[Jimbo209]

I have small container of diesel and tip a bit in then top off with bar oil no set amount really

Something like then
100-200 ml diesel @$1.40l
3-5L 15/40 @$3l or other cheap motor oil
4-500ml bar oil @$5l

Or am I way off
James

 

[chippy]

Something like then
100-200 ml diesel @$1.40l
3-5L 15/40 @$3l or other cheap motor oil
4-500ml bar oil @$5l

Or am I way off
James

I think the go with the diesel is to thin it out a fraction... I'm back onto the mountain ash tomorrow and am going to use the motor oil with just a cap full of diesel to thin it.... in summer it may not need any...trial and error is the go....will keep a close on on bar/chain temps and wear and tear but I reckon it'd have to be better than bar oil.

 

[VinceGU05]

i'll make a dumb assumption that you have the oiler on flat out. i havent had that sorta problem with mountain ash. must super sappy. that stuff should be awesome to cut. drop the rakers to 40 tho possibly.

 

[chippy]

i'll make a dumb assumption that you have the oiler on flat out. i havent had that sorta problem with mountain ash. must super sappy. that stuff should be awesome to cut. drop the rakers to 40 tho possibly.

Oiler is on flat out. The problem 8 had is I was tired and I reckon I was twisting 5he saw in the cut....only need to do that for a few seconds and one side of the chain will be dull quickly. And my rakers were a good 2mm too long. I reckon that wouldn't help with chain twisting either.

This stuff left that much sap on the trailer floor it was a half inch deep in spots.....wettest I've worked with in years...

 

[peter92]

file size question
Carlton N1c-100 x 47DL, so i picked up another FILE/ GUIDE in 5/32 but when using it ,the file scrapes the link, is it the wrong file, chain is 1/2 warn
thats the chain thats in the box which is 16'' but the one on the saw is 12''

 

[chippy]

file size question
Carlton N1c-100 x 47DL, so i picked up another FILE/ GUIDE in 5/32 but when using it ,the file scrapes the link, is it the wrong file, chain is 1/2 warn

1/4,3/8P,0.325,3/8,0.404?

What is the chain pitch? It should be stamped into the side of the bar

 

[chippy]

I think that's 3/8 or 3/8 LP. ...is there a letter after the 100?

 

[VinceGU05]

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This stuff left that much sap on the trailer floor it was a half inch deep in spots.....wettest I've worked with in years...

Like that huh [emoji37] hate it when it's that sappy. !

 

[Jimbo209]

file size question
Carlton N1c-100 x 47DL, so i picked up another FILE/ GUIDE in 5/32 but when using it ,the file scrapes the link, is it the wrong file, chain is 1/2 warn

Some say to drop a file size as the tooth wears out so a smaller file than your original 5/32 may be on the cards

 

[peter92]

1/4,3/8P,0.325,3/8,0.404?

What is the chain pitch? It should be stamped into the side of the bar

heres some pics, the bar is Double Guard Bar
•3/8" pitch and .050 gauge, this chain on the saw is 12''





you may see where the file hit the link

 

[peter92]

I think that's 3/8 or 3/8 LP. ...is there a letter after the 100?

no letters on the box but the one in it is 16'' and one on the saw is 12''
so im thinking would be the same apart from the length

 

[chippy]

heres some pics, the bar is Double Guard Bar
•3/8" pitch and .050 gauge, this chain on the saw is 12''





you may see where the file hit the link

You should radius your rakers a bit....they are totally flat.....I couldn't see a problem with the filing and as the chain wears down filing into the link a fraction is pretty normal I thought.

 

[peter92]

You should radius your rakers a bit....they are totally flat.....I couldn't see a problem with the filing and as the chain wears down filing into the link a fraction is pretty normal I thought.

thanks for that, so 5/32 is the right file, oregon site for the bar says the chain should be 3/8LP 050