How come nobody thought of this before....

[Rob D]

23 hours ago, Stere said:

Im not convinced all teeth being the same length is as crtical as its often its made out to be, as long as the teeth are all sharpened at the right angles. (& as long as its  not all one side is shorter than the other perhaps....).

 

As getting all teeth same length would mean taking them all down if some get damaged?

 

It's pretty critical to get tooth length the same length - as then each tooth takes the same bite - each tooth shares the work. It makes cutting more efficient, smoother, and the chain should seem to stay sharp longer.

 

Can you cut with missing teeth or some teeth missing? Yep but it does make a difference - it's personal though as in if you don't mind this difference then does it matter? Probably not..

 

Chainsaw milling the chain needs to be right to work well. It's hard enough with a correct chain!

 

 

[Rob D]

On 05/02/2022 at 09:55, Stubby said:

I keep filing mine back untill some of the cutters fall off in use . I know it does not owe me anything then 😀

 

Yep I mean if you can do that then prob there is no use case for yourself... but that said in a few months if you've bought one and thought 'actually is quite handy having the additional reference there and I like the chain as well and I like the price'. You never know!

 

[Rob D]

On 05/02/2022 at 09:55, trigger_andy said:

 

I think there is a substantial market for novice, weekend warrior and general gardening types that would appreciate this chain.

Hope it does well.

 

 

Cheers

[Rob D]

On 05/02/2022 at 09:54, Ben Pinnick said:

Ill buy them over other if:

They're competitively priced - I don't buy the cheapest chains, although I did get a couple of free granites that have raised an eyebrow in terms of their performance / lifespan tbh. Dont seem to be able to get them in the UK easily which is a shame.
They cut as well as the best from the others (I tend to use a C85 generally which Im happy with)
They don't wear notably worse than the others - I'm not experienced enough to judge it other than I know a bad chain from a good one, so pretty good will do me.

They aren't a total b'stard to sharpen. I'll take ease of sharpening over some small lifespan uplift every day.

If a small aid to sharpening comes at a price point and performance level thats not disadvantageous then why wouldn't you?

 

 

Yep they seem ok to sharpen to me. Performance I haven't used them enough yet but from what I have seems good. I saw testing data as compared to Oregon - it was close on most tests - slightly worse in some - but slightly better in others.

 

 

[Luckyeleven]

I'd say for milling that equal tooth length is vital to milling, but for cross cutting its overstated.
Ive 60cm bars where one side is down to the last sharpen and the other is only half way through its life.
They cut as well as any of my colleagues who are positively fastidious about sharpening.

[AHPP]

25 minutes ago, Luckyeleven said:

I'd say for milling that equal tooth length is vital to milling, but for cross cutting its overstated.
Ive 60cm bars where one side is down to the last sharpen and the other is only half way through its life.
They cut as well as any of my colleagues who are positively fastidious about sharpening.

I don't have enough milling experience to say you're right or wrong there but I completely concur on crosscutting. I was cutting 2.5x bar length with a 36"/90cm the other day. Tooth lengths all over the place but depth gauges done well. Cut fine, steered well, ended up totally flat enough.

[Rob D]

16 hours ago, AHPP said:

I don't have enough milling experience to say you're right or wrong there but I completely concur on crosscutting. I was cutting 2.5x bar length with a 36"/90cm the other day. Tooth lengths all over the place but depth gauges done well. Cut fine, steered well, ended up totally flat enough.

 

Yep I wonder if as long as each tooth has the depth setting correct does it matter on tooth length as each tooth is then still taking the same bite as it's neighbours.

 

Could prob set up a timed test to see - but such a lot of faff changing chains and timing cuts!

[Stubby]

13 minutes ago, Rob D said:

 

Yep I wonder if as long as each tooth has the depth setting correct does it matter on tooth length as each tooth is then still taking the same bite as it's neighbours.

 

Could prob set up a timed test to see - but such a lot of faff changing chains and timing cuts!

Its taking the same bite but the whole set up on that one tooth will be deeper in the kirf .

[Mark J]

I think your idea has great potential for people who like to cut their own firewood. I hope you make a load of money from it. I'm more than happy to promote this chain to punters who ask me how they should sharpen their saw.

[Stere]

Quote

where one side is down to the last sharpen and the other is only half way through its life.

 

Wonder if being right/left handled  might of over time of favoured filing one side more than the other?