new to chainsaw

[woodsmiths]

Hi All

just joined the site been woodcarving for 25+ years specializing in classical carving and just started using power tools on my larger works.

I have a Sthil 024 (hardly used) and wondered if I can get a carving bar for it and do I need to change the sprocket to take the new sized chain?

I look forward to sharing ideas and learning some new stuff.

[Bart]

Welcome woodsmiths,

 

Got my carving bar from this guy, Ed Robinson's Wooden Things. Cannon carving bars - buy direct from a carver. really nice guy. i think the 024 is +40cc so may have chain issues and depending on what sprocket is already on the saw you may have to change it.

 

Is that one of your carvings in your avatar ?

[woodsmiths]

Cheers Bart will have a look at that.

Yes thats one of mine, all my work is by hand (until now)

[Rob D]

Welcome to the site.

 

Does your 024 have a spur sprocket type (chain sits on a star that is welded to the sprocket) or a rim and sprocket (the rim is a little bigger than a 50p piece and the chain sits inside it)?

 

If you have a rim and sprocket set up you can get a 1/4" rim and run the smaller 1/4" chain on the dime bars (smaller nose bars).

 

Spur sprockets don't come in the 1/4" so you are more limited to the quarter tip carving bars.

 

Stihl, Oregon and Cannon all make carving bars.

 

I'll be opening a new website soon specialising in bars and chains and I actually have the full range here so call me if you like 07811611457.

[woodsmiths]

Hi Rob

call me stupid (forget that haha)

Hope this image has loaded,

 

Mine has the disc held on buy a clip so I assume mine is the changeable one.

 

cheers

john

[ANDY.C]

Thats a spur you will need to change to rim to drop chain size.

[john dawson]

Firstly things first - Welcome to the forum!

 

By the sounds of it, you dont seem too adversed to using saws yet? May i suggest a basic maintenance course of some description will be immensly helpful in order to identify and look after key parts of the saw. Any local training provider should happily run a bespoke course (see above link to Ed Robinson and follow to Mick Burns' site) or may let you sit in on a CS30 (Myerscough college, nr Preston). Avoid the CS31 unless you will be felling trees for carving timbers, although my knowledge is timber is usualy much bigger than that for carving purposes!!

 

A Stihl 024 can run a carving bar and chain. Idealy because of the engine power you will be needing a 16" bar, running a 3/8p chain, this will give a quarter-tip nose on the bar. This is the larger of the two sized noses and as such may not be great on the detail.

 

Just shout if you need a hand - Happy carving!!

[woodsmiths]

Thanks John

general maintenance sounds good, I have worked with our local ranger service a lot over the years I may be able to get some training threw them.

Got sorted with bar, chain and sprocket via Rob D, not too bothered about doing detail with the saw as I would do that by hand.

Cheers

John.

[woodsmiths]

Thanks for you help and advise chaps.

All sorted now bar etc arrived saturday so hope to get chance to use it this week.