To follow on from saw recomendations...bar question

[Ant1972]

I have read the posts here with interest for a while now. I am keen to have a go at carving and have aquired a Stihl 011av. I had planned to get a 12inch carving bar for it. When I looked into this I found out the difference between the quarter tip and the dime tip. (it seems obvious now I know).

The picture shows the current bar on the saw and the tip slightly larger than a fifty pence. My questions are, would this be similar to a quarter tip bar and ok for carving? If not what are the benifits of the carving bars?, if the answer is not to obvious. Thanks for your help.

[Rob D]

It's not necessarily obvious but a quarter tip will be much smaller than that bar tip you have there and a dime tip smaller again...

 

The benefits are you can do more detail work and also there is virtually no chance of kickback so you can really play around with the tip. Also the stellite coating on the nose helps prevent bar wear.

 

You will need a 1/4" drive sprocket for the smallest tip (dime) bar as this bar only runs 1/4" chain... or you can get a quarter tip bar and run 3/8 lo pro chain which is prob what you are running now.

 

 

 

[Ant1972]

Thanks Rob D for your reply.

I am looking for a 1/4 sprocket to fit the 011 to enable me to fit a dime tip bar.

I have had a look at the bars you supply a may be in touch soon.

Thanks again.

Ant.