C.J
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Stihl do make their chains in 1.6,1.5 and 1.3 - RS is the only way ,to get a full chisel ,no bumper drive link chain on a 325 bar.
However I use Oregon LGX and JGX on the larger 3/8 bar Huskys.
Stihl do make their chains in 1.6,1.5 and 1.3 - RS is the only way ,to get a full chisel ,no bumper drive link chain on a 325 bar.
However I use Oregon LGX and JGX on the larger 3/8 bar Huskys.
Stalker62
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How bad am I?
When I started out with chainsaws I did not even realise that you could sharpen a chain.
Years later I went on a week residential course with Phil Dunford in Wales.
Great fun (hard graft) and I learnt enough to know that I knew very little about chainsaws.
Have always known about Rule No. 1.
Never, ever, under any circumstances, lend your chainsaw to anyone...
When I started out with chainsaws I did not even realise that you could sharpen a chain.
Years later I went on a week residential course with Phil Dunford in Wales.
Great fun (hard graft) and I learnt enough to know that I knew very little about chainsaws.
Have always known about Rule No. 1.
Never, ever, under any circumstances, lend your chainsaw to anyone...
A lot of people just buy a chainsaw and think it will cut through anything. There must have been a great rise in sales as wood burning stoves became popular. A local woman bought one a few years ago, she could hardly start the wee husky, she cut herself, luckily nothing serious. Her partner used to cringe everytime she was going to use it. Thankfully they have sold it. For what they cut it's easier, cheaper(because i like them i usually dont charge) and safer if they ask me.
Courses are fine but most people dont bother to go on them.
glasshalffull
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Do as I did and ditch the chainsaw for a 30" bowsaw, double the heat 
Do as I did and ditch the chainsaw for a 30" bowsaw, double the heat
That's one way to work out
Do as I did and ditch the chainsaw for a 30" bowsaw, double the heat
Double the heat loss maybe...not much of it gets into the house and is shared with the family!
Alan
Malxwal
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But I bet the Mrs appreciates it when he takes his sweaty shirt off...Double the heat loss maybe...not much of it gets into the house and is shared with the family!
Alan
Here is a question for the OP.
How much wood do you intend to cut every year?
How much wood do you intend to cut every year?
Not a huge amount enough to keep a log burner going throughout the cold months the last load I got was either 3 or 5 tons of softwood basically a large silage trailer.
Waz77
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Make sure the drive link gauge is the same as the bar. I was once dismantling a 4ft Ash stem with a MS660 off the spikes so put a new chain on before I started to make life easier. After much wrestling and cursing I found they had used the wrong chain to make up the loop in the shop. I was not amused.
devon deer stalker
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Rather than create a new thread, I have just run out of chain oil, just to get me through until I can get into town I have used some engine oil, it's only a small Stihl saw for general purpose use in the garden, before I use it I thought I would ask for advice.
Thanks
Richard
Thanks
Richard
Gear oil is better than engine oil for an emergency fix as its more viscous (thicker).
You'll be fine but dont do it in your best clothes
countrryboy
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Never knew that.
All the old boys used to use it all the time in the woods, mibbee the old fashioned oil pumps could cope better?
If u use engine oil just make sure u check the oil levels halfway throu ur petrol fill.
As engine oil could empty quickier than the proper stuff, depending on ur pump setting.
Even on the railways quite recently a lad I cut with used engine oil instead of proper bar oil, no idea why wasn't much cheaper.
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