Re: I cut firewood crooked 🤦
[Re: lumberjack391]
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03/25/20 11:51 PM
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Best mtc for that is preventive mtc-keep groove clean when flipping your bar,and make sure the oiler holes are clear.Once worn out time for new bar.
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Re: I cut firewood crooked 🤦
[Re: Anglinscreek]
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03/26/20 08:09 AM
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At least its not leaning left. Try a different chain? Bring it over I'll straighten it out.
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Re: I cut firewood crooked 🤦
[Re: Anglinscreek]
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03/26/20 08:56 AM
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Personally, I've never experienced the bar problem. Mine gets flipped every time I take off the chain for replacement or machine sharpening. That probably translates to 2-3 flips per chain.
I have had the angled cut problem. Mostly, I sharpen by hand with a file. The process is: all the way around doing the teeth facing one direction; turn the saw around and do the teeth facing the other direction. While I try to use the same number of strokes, and the same pressure, the teeth don't always come out identical. After several sharpenings it becomes apparent that those sharpened on the side with my "strong hand" come out shorter than the other side. At the same time my cuts start to wander.
Take a hard look at your teeth and compare left hand and right hand, I'll bet you'll find your problem.
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Re: I cut firewood crooked 🤦
[Re: Anglinscreek]
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03/26/20 09:23 AM
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A newer bar will minimize the effect of uneven sharpening. A worn out bar will allow the uneven sharpening to maximize the tilt of the chain and cause a more crooked cut. Flipping the bar is certainly a good idea but there comes a time that it needs to be replaced. Filing or sanding the surface of the bar to remove the worn area on the contact surface may buy you some time and tend to make your cut straighter but when the groove in the bar wears, it no longer keeps the chain links parallel with the bar. Any amount of unevenness in sharpening will cause a crooked cut with a worn bar.
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Re: I cut firewood crooked 🤦
[Re: Anglinscreek]
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03/26/20 10:03 AM
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I have worked as a professional logger and Forester for almost 50 years, and have felled timber with a chainsaw from the Adirondacks of NY, to the Mountains of West Virginia.
Most people tend to file the chain better on one side or the other.
1st if one side of the saw chains teeth are sharper than the other, the saw will lead to the sharper side. 2nd. You may have inadvertently filed the teeth on one side down further than the other or at a different angle. Bottom line, if one side of the saw chain is sharper or the teeth are longer it cuts faster or more aggressively to that side.
I doubt it’s your bar I have cut with wore out bars and never had that problem. It is almost always the chain teeth on one side sharper, longer, or wrong angle.
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Re: I cut firewood crooked 🤦
[Re: Anglinscreek]
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03/26/20 10:38 AM
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You are all wrong. Issue is, you are right hand dominant and pulling harder on one side than the other. Also, try actually starting the saw. If however you choose not to start the saw, some additional tips: 1. Use the brake to lock the chain. Aids in efficiency. 2. Turn the brake off to turn the chain to a new position if the teeth you are using get dull... 3.. If you get tired cutting on the pull stroke, flip the chain around and cut on the push stroke. Really saves the back! 4. Don't forget to rotate the chain every now and then to lubricate the teeth. Really helps with cutting the hardwoods! 5. Don't turn the chain too much though as a few rotations every hour or so is enough. Doing it too much is wasteful and you will find you are filling the bar oil once every two days as opposed to once a week as recommended. 6. As stated above, switch sides periodically. Uses different muscles, saving your energy and avoiding crooked cuts. Hope this helps!
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Re: I cut firewood crooked 🤦
[Re: Hutchy]
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You are all wrong. Issue is, you are right hand dominant and pulling harder on one side than the other. Also, try actually starting the saw. If however you choose not to start the saw, some additional tips: 1. Use the brake to lock the chain. Aids in efficiency. 2. Turn the brake off to turn the chain to a new position if the teeth you are using get dull... 3.. If you get tired cutting on the pull stroke, flip the chain around and cut on the push stroke. Really saves the back! 4. Don't forget to rotate the chain every now and then to lubricate the teeth. Really helps with cutting the hardwoods! 5. Don't turn the chain too much though as a few rotations every hour or so is enough. Doing it too much is wasteful and you will find you are filling the bar oil once every two days as opposed to once a week as recommended. 6. As stated above, switch sides periodically. Uses different muscles, saving your energy and avoiding crooked cuts. Hope this helps! Back to work Hutchy.
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Re: I cut firewood crooked 🤦
[Re: mike mason]
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03/26/20 01:03 PM
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I think T-Rex nailed it first.
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Re: I cut firewood crooked 🤦
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You are all wrong. Issue is, you are right hand dominant and pulling harder on one side than the other. Also, try actually starting the saw. If however you choose not to start the saw, some additional tips: 1. Use the brake to lock the chain. Aids in efficiency. 2. Turn the brake off to turn the chain to a new position if the teeth you are using get dull... 3.. If you get tired cutting on the pull stroke, flip the chain around and cut on the push stroke. Really saves the back! 4. Don't forget to rotate the chain every now and then to lubricate the teeth. Really helps with cutting the hardwoods! 5. Don't turn the chain too much though as a few rotations every hour or so is enough. Doing it too much is wasteful and you will find you are filling the bar oil once every two days as opposed to once a week as recommended. 6. As stated above, switch sides periodically. Uses different muscles, saving your energy and avoiding crooked cuts. Hope this helps! Back to work Hutchy. Quarantined at the moment. So bored..
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