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    gday just wondering about the rakers does this gadget sort them out too. i go threw a lot of chains and like to get my moneys worth. i am using a 20 inch bar to rip posts and 25 inch to butt out brimbel box and brigalow on my place. do you recken this thing is as good as a file. i am never in that much of a hurry to sharpen a chain and if i was proberly should not have a saw in my hand. weather i am under a power line ,cutting fence posts or a customer in town.

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    i dont know the answer to your question mate

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    Hi Mark, the powersharp system sharpens the depth guages at the same time as the cutters - its a specially designed chain that you can only sharpen with that system

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    ok thanks mate, just cant see the point in them.i have used all sorts of you bute gadges and sharpeners and cant beat a normal hand file. i suppose i am just against blokes rushing with saws,it is not productive in any situation. stay safe mate

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    i gotcha now mark. sorry, your lingo was throwing me off i guess. what can i say, im a bloody american.

    we think once properly mounted on our saw, that it will save tons of time, and offer no counter safety in application for any reason due to not even having to take the chain off, only tighten until it has reached the usefullness of its life. brilliant as long as it cuts as many hours etc as a normal chain. that, will be determined at some point. lol

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    yer sorry grassman i should have looked closer to ur location, i was thinking kansas must have been in tassie , no wonder i have not herd of it, gotta hava a laugh ay, stay safe up,over,down,were your hills are mate , good one grassman

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodchip View Post
    Regarding chain oil....I have always just used the cheapest engine oil available, No frills 4lt etc, my belief is ...well your only chucking the oil away anyway!!
    Have saved myself a packet over the years I reckon.
    Anyone else use engine oil as bar oil?

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    I use engine oil for bar oil.
    Genuine bar oil is a little thicker so you need to keep an eye on your oil level as it comes out a little faster.
    But I think if I was using my saw all day every day I would use genuine bar oil.
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    yer, have evan used gear box oil, and the job was done,i bought a 20lt drum of stihl bar oil a few months ago and will do it again when its dry. not saying its better but it works.just dont put tordon in with oil as it does clogg.hard to say what is best,

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    tordon? here, that is a brush killer herbicide name......what is tordon to you?

    is all good for a laugh Mark, i understand you might think i was from tassie, but i am right dead in the center of the good ole USA.

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    There's a few different types of Tordon available here Grassman.

    Tordon Double Strength does the tree regrowth, cut-stump, stem-injection type of work.

    Tordon 75D does annual and perennial broadleaf weeds.

    Then there's also Tordon Granules Weed and Brush Herbicide which might be the one you mentioned.

    All marketed through Dow Agro-Sciences here in Aus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grassman177 View Post
    tordon? here, that is a brush killer herbicide name......what is tordon to you?

    is all good for a laugh Mark, i understand you might think i was from tassie, but i am right dead in the center of the good ole USA.
    Yeah and I seen him on the other forum!

    He has only 1 head - definitely not from Tasmania

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    thanks mate.

    never been, but plan on it, some day

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    i was told not to use normal engine oil on the chain cos it slings off quicker than bar oil,

    i only use 5 litres a year or two, so for me the saving isnt much, so i use bar oil

    the guys who do my tree work SWEAR using engine oil is ok (thats what they do) and theyd go thru drums of the stuff, so i spose theyd know a thing or two.


    just like my thoughts on using lanolin or some home remedy for the hedge trimmer

    i bought 5 litres of lanolin and should last me 2 or 3 yrs, so the saving would be minimal, thats why i went with "genuine" lanolin instead of making up something from someones recipe to save a couple bucks.


    sometimes if the saving aint huge, i dont reckon its worth it.


    cheers

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    My saw manual says EP90 gear oil is ok to use if proper chain oil isn't available. I'll stick with the bar & chain oil.

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    i argee gear oil is great, there is an australian made bar oil that even has that destinctive smell of gear oil,just cant remember the name but.do find thin oil will empty your oil tank and the saw is still on the fell,and that just makes a mess of chains and puts that blue streek up your bar.

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