turbofiat124
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I guess we can talk about chainsaws, I know most of you guys own one.
I've got this Poulan 44cc (46cc?) chainsaw with an 18" bar.
I've cut several small trees with it. The other day I decided to cut down this cherry tree that finally gave up the ghost last fall. It was about 16" at the base and 10 feet tall.
I hope I never have to cut a cherry tree down again! This is hardest wood I've ever cut. Luckily I work with a women who's husband operates his own sawmill and deals in high end wood and was happy to remove it from my property so I didn't have to cut it up.
Eventually the blades on the chain got dull and it would barely cut. I bought one of those 12V sharpeners and sharpened the teeth on the chain.
By this time the cherry tree is gone so I proceeded to cut up a dead pine that had fallen. Now my chainsaw is going through the pine like nobody's business. Like butter.
So I got back to what's left of the cherry tree (some branches the guy didn't want) and after cutting 4" branches into two sections, the chain is so dull it won't even cut through a dead pine tree.
Questions:
Since I got the chain somewhat hot cutting down the cherry tree, is it possibly the chain has lost its temper? And that's why it went dull quickly?
I bought a new chain at Lowe's just in case.
I was wondering if it's possibly to heat the chain up on a stove eye and get it hot then dip it in cold water. Has anybody had any luck doing this?
Also the chain sometimes comes off the bar. Is this a sign the bar is bent? Chain just getting loose? Too tight? Or something I'm doing causing it to come off?
I've got this Poulan 44cc (46cc?) chainsaw with an 18" bar.
I've cut several small trees with it. The other day I decided to cut down this cherry tree that finally gave up the ghost last fall. It was about 16" at the base and 10 feet tall.
I hope I never have to cut a cherry tree down again! This is hardest wood I've ever cut. Luckily I work with a women who's husband operates his own sawmill and deals in high end wood and was happy to remove it from my property so I didn't have to cut it up.
Eventually the blades on the chain got dull and it would barely cut. I bought one of those 12V sharpeners and sharpened the teeth on the chain.
By this time the cherry tree is gone so I proceeded to cut up a dead pine that had fallen. Now my chainsaw is going through the pine like nobody's business. Like butter.
So I got back to what's left of the cherry tree (some branches the guy didn't want) and after cutting 4" branches into two sections, the chain is so dull it won't even cut through a dead pine tree.
Questions:
Since I got the chain somewhat hot cutting down the cherry tree, is it possibly the chain has lost its temper? And that's why it went dull quickly?
I bought a new chain at Lowe's just in case.
I was wondering if it's possibly to heat the chain up on a stove eye and get it hot then dip it in cold water. Has anybody had any luck doing this?
Also the chain sometimes comes off the bar. Is this a sign the bar is bent? Chain just getting loose? Too tight? Or something I'm doing causing it to come off?