tight chain feel blunt

[peatff]

9 hours ago, Wonky said:

How did this tight chain thread get onto blowing and ghay stuff...  I guess peeps need to get out more...

I think it started with blowing the bar sprocket then a reference to Swiss Tony (who is not gay) who likes beautiful women. I can't see how running a chain tight makes it blunt or has an effect on climbers sexual orientation,

[Khriss]

I would only add to this that a climber who is unaware of over tight chains is not the best maintainer of yr kit. A chain should get sharpened every day at least ( not just friday evening) an i bet sprockets aint being greased neither. A good idea would be a thorough satday morning on saw maintenance, i bet yr gonna see glaring errors. It yr kit mate - yr money - yr productivity. 

 

An @topchypples top man fr coming out btw. Irrelevant but would shake his hand.  K

Edited March 7, 2020 by Khriss
Had to look fr his monicker

[carlos]

3 hours ago, Khriss said:

I would only add to this that a climber who is unaware of over tight chains is not the best maintainer of yr kit. A chain should get sharpened every day at least ( not just friday evening) an i bet sprockets aint being greased neither. A good idea would be a thorough satday morning on saw maintenance, i bet yr gonna see glaring errors. It yr kit mate - yr money - yr productivity. 

 

An @topchypples top man fr coming out btw. Irrelevant but would shake his hand.  K

i find top handles need the least sharpening, ive certainly never sharpened them everyday.

i do find peoples prefererence on chain tension varies.

[Rich Rule]

5 hours ago, Khriss said:

I would only add to this that a climber who is unaware of over tight chains is not the best maintainer of yr kit. A chain should get sharpened every day at least ( not just friday evening) an i bet sprockets aint being greased neither. A good idea would be a thorough satday morning on saw maintenance, i bet yr gonna see glaring errors. It yr kit mate - yr money - yr productivity. 

 

An @topchypples top man fr coming out btw. Irrelevant but would shake his hand.  K

I sharpen a saw when it needs it.  First signs of dullness, I touch it up, but everyday?  No way.

 

I have also never greased a Sprocket or the needle bearing since I did my chainsaw maintenance...

 

I still have a stonking 200t that is about 16 years old and still cuts great.

 

 

[TIMON]

I always tighten up the chain a little extra when working in conifer hedges. A derailed chain causes lots of hassle and damaged drive links really cause wear on the inside of the bar, even after they have been filed back.

[Mick Dempsey]

1 minute ago, TIMON said:

I always tighten up the chain a little extra when working in conifer hedges. A derailed chain causes lots of hassle and damaged drive links really cause wear on the inside of the bar, even after they have been filed back.

Don’t bugger around filing drive links, run it really loose for a bit (not cutting, just racing it round the bar) then tighten it up once the drive links are ready to slot in the bar.

[TIMON]

Don’t bugger around filing drive links, run it really loose for a bit (not cutting, just racing it round the bar) then tighten it up once the drive links are ready to slot in the bar.

I’ve had them that bad that they won’t even sit in the rails. It’s one of of my pet hates. Good tip though. [emoji106]

[peatff]

I had a stone in a trunk which somehow got under the chain and stopped it dead. I had to straighten the link in the vice before it would go back in the bar slot. If it hadn't been a nearly new 20" chain I might have scrapped it but it works perfectly again so worth doing.