New Chainsaw Purchase

Yes, that makes sense!

Bruce McElhaney Spring Lake, MI

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Re: New Chainsaw Purchase

Barry Turner

>I borrowed my brother-in-law's Wal-mart Special McCulloch chainsaw. When I tried to use it the first time, I found it to be extremely dull. I tried sharpening several times with a file, gave up and bought some grinding points for my Dremel. I finally was able to get it sharp........but not REALLY sharp. One day I mentioned to him that I had to sharpen his chainsaw. His reply, "But it was brand new!" What can I say, it may have been new but it was still DULL? Despite repeated careful sharpenings, it never did cut worth a diddly-damn until my 77-year old father-in-law sharpened it one day with an old file. It's all in knowing how!

Re: New Chainsaw Purchase

echo8287

>I've had Huskys and Stihls over the past 30 years and the ones I still have are Stihls. I use 20 inch bars on them. Either brand are good saws. I doubt you will ever have to purchase another if you buy either one of those. I have an 041 Stihl that is 30 years old and it will stll crank on the second pull every time. I choke it once,take the choke off and pull it again and it will start. As far as sharpening goes,I use to sharpen with a file,then a 12 volt battery sharpener(I could ruin chain with the best of them especially with the 12 volt). Then I bought a real chanin saw sharpener,put the correct wheel on,dress it,set the angle of cut, sharpen one set of teeth then the other and you're on to the next chain. I get multiple chains and sharpen them all at once when the last one gets dull. Takes about 10 minutes per chain and they remove the least amount of metal and they are the correct angle,and cut great. David

Re: Smaller may be betterQuestion

Ed in No.VA

>Bucking is the term for crosscutting the trunk. The three major operations from tree to log are felling, bucking, and limbing or swamping.

Re: Manual chainsaw

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>That's why I prefer a double bitted axe: One edge for felling clear wood; the other edge for stumps, roots and other dirty work, where you might encounter stones, bricks, bottles, nails, barbed wire, etc.

Or course, a sharp chainsaw and an axe with only one cutting edge would suffice.