Chainsaw blade or circular saw processor?

[Stihl1345]

I’ve got a japa 700 looking to upgrade to a bigger machine. Anyone have much issues with chainsaw blade processors?

[gdh]

As long as you can sharpen a chain I would always go with a chainsaw. We upgraded from a circular saw to a chainsaw years ago and our last 4 Tajfuns (400 and 480+) have gone really well for us with no issues with the chainsaw.

 

 

Edited January 26, 2022 by gdh

[MattyF]

Would go circular on a bigger Machine for sure.

[Steve Bullman]

Pros: Chainsaw is safer I believe. Also a lot less quieter to use. The noise of a circular saw cutting can get quite monotonous after a day. Can be easily sharpened compared to a circular saw, although yes the circular saw will take a bit more abuse.

 

Cons: Makes a lot more sawdust than a circular saw

[openspaceman]

42 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

 

 

Cons: Makes a lot more sawdust than a circular saw

slower too IME but mine only cut 9" diameter

[Steve Bullman]

1 minute ago, openspaceman said:

slower too IME but mine only cut 9" diameter

Yep sorry, you are right.

[gdh]

There's not really much difference in cutting speed, on the bigger machines the splitter is usually the limit to speed anyway.

[MattyF]

I would say there was a lot of difference in cutting speed, waste , and longevity , I can cut a years worth and more on one blade usually.. how often would you have to sharpen a chain, change a bar ? And then there is oil consumption.
On a good day I can get two dumpy bags of dust off a Pocshe 360 and would hate to think what that would equate to with a saw cross cutting plus there is a lot less of a market for contaminated saw dust.

[gdh]

25 minutes ago, MattyF said:

I would say there was a lot of difference in cutting speed, waste , and longevity , I can cut a years worth and more on one blade usually.. how often would you have to sharpen a chain, change a bar ? And then there is oil consumption.
On a good day I can get two dumpy bags of dust off a Pocshe 360 and would hate to think what that would equate to with a saw cross cutting plus there is a lot less of a market for contaminated saw dust.

We only ever used a circular saw on a smaller machine so I can't directly repair but in terms of a chains I sharpen every 30-40cube on average and change the bar after about 300. We get about half a cube of sawdust from 15cube of firewood which mostly goes for animal bedding (in this case shavings are better than sawdust).

 

We sell about 2500 cube a year and use 200l of chain oil (including saws), 5 bars and 12 chains.

 

I'm not saying circular saws are bad, they have their place and are easy to use but every time I've looked at circular saw machines I've thought the chainsaw ones have the advantage.

 

 

[Woodworks]

Only used a chainsaw type but the cost of something with the same capacity with circular saw was lot higher. Sure there is some maintenance to do but it's easy and leaves it cutting perfectly again.

 

Only demo I saw of a Posch it kept jamming on twisty wood that was far straighter than what I get. No idea if this was operator error or not though