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    Default Re: Chainsaw - Bar and Chain Care

    i love lanolin, we use Fluid Film, awesome stuff for so many tings, even waxed my ford explorer with the stuff, worked super good on eveyr surface but windows, of course not the windows lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grassman177 View Post
    i love lanolin, we use Fluid Film, awesome stuff for so many tings, even waxed my ford explorer with the stuff, worked super good on eveyr surface but windows, of course not the windows lol
    I've been told the Grassman has a small bottle of lanolin by the bedside table....
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    Quote Originally Posted by HPM View Post
    I've been told the Grassman has a small bottle of lanolin by the bedside table....
    that's true he swears by it for greasing the runners on the draws
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    Default Re: Chainsaw - Bar and Chain Care

    Recently done 2 chains in through my own slackness. Should know better!
    New chains stretch, very quickly.
    Not paying attention, they stretch & if your for example your condensing a truck/trailer load, burying the bar deep into all sorts of stuff, with a loose chain, the guides wont track cleanly around the bar, burring them.
    Once the guides are burred, its hard to even force them back into the bar, & even if u can, they may jam.
    Its poss to file the burrs off, but far more prudent to simply take a quick glance & if slack, adjust it.
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    Default Re: Chainsaw - Bar and Chain Care

    http://www.gaspares.com.au/newproduct.html

    for those interested

    cheers fred

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    Default Re: Chainsaw - Bar and Chain Care

    PowerSharp Sharpens On The Saw, On The Job, In Seconds.
    PowerSharp® is an easy to use, precision sharpening system that gives chain saw users the power to sharpen their own chain in a matter of seconds with a simple attachment.



    Fast – From dull to sharp in as little as 3 seconds.


    Easy – Only three steps to faster, easier cutting.


    Portable – Bar-mount sharpener is lightweight, durable, and highly visible.


    Precise – Exact alignment between cutter and honing surface for perfect angles and knife-sharp edges.


    Tough – PowerSharp® chain is as durable and hard-working as other Oregon® 3/8" pitch, low-profile chain.



    http://www.gaspares.com.au/newproduct.html

    As far as i know you have to buy the chain and bar combo with the first then you can buy chains seperate and stones as they wear because the bar has a connection hole so thepower sharp kit can be fitted. Good for part time users of the chainsaw .

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    Default Re: Chainsaw - Bar and Chain Care

    Quote Originally Posted by Fred's mowing View Post
    http://www.gaspares.com.au/newproduct.html

    for those interested

    cheers fred
    Very convenient, but seems to work out pretty expensive going on ebay prices.
    Over $100 for bar, chain & sharpener.
    You get 5-15 sharpens out of a chain, then replace chain & stone ($60-$75 on ebay for 14" from UK or USA)
    As Admin says, probably good if you're not using the saw a real lot.

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    Default Re: Chainsaw - Bar and Chain Care

    its just another day.take a link out . sand dirt and possum will always stretch a chain,with summer on .

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    Default Re: Chainsaw - Bar and Chain Care

    Quote Originally Posted by edbeek View Post
    Very convenient, but seems to work out pretty expensive going on ebay prices.
    Over $100 for bar, chain & sharpener.
    You get 5-15 sharpens out of a chain, then replace chain & stone ($60-$75 on ebay for 14" from UK or USA)
    As Admin says, probably good if you're not using the saw a real lot.
    We were going to trial these at work, but it never eventuated. Getting 10-15 sharpens out of it would be great, it would save us a ship load out time. Filing the saw in <2 minutes vs 10 minutes. In my job thats an extra few trees pruned or for tower crews, an extra tree cleared from conductors/service wires, it also stops 1 man on the tower from trying to find something to do while your sharpen your saw.
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    Default Re: Chainsaw - Bar and Chain Care

    Quote Originally Posted by Fred's mowing View Post
    http://www.gaspares.com.au/newproduct.html

    for those interested

    cheers fred
    Looks like the cutters on this system have a completely different profile to chisel or semi-chisel chain that we are used to.
    Anyone have any idea or experience in comparing their cutting rates, kickback, how long chain stays sharp etc compared to conventional chain?

    As SunM wrote, they saw possible advantages in less downtime (in an arborist situation) with sharpening etc., but this could be easily negated if the chain has lower cutting speed.

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