what chain oil does every one use?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Tesco vegetable (rapeseed) oil. £1/litre . You want rapeseed over sunflower as it has highest lubricity.

Edited September 23, 2013 by TimberCutterDartmoor

[Stephen Blair]

Does the rapeseed gum up everything like the vegy oil?

How is it in the frost ?

[Goaty]

Does the rapeseed gum up everything like the vegy oil?

How is it in the frost ?

 

Only thing I notice is that it maybe more viscous in the warmer weather and the saws do a little incontinence.

[MattyF]

Rape seed mixed 50/50 with super tack from clarkes... I'm not convinced on running no tacking agent on bigger bars and have a few shorter Oregon bars blow there sprockets on pure rapeseed.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Rape seed mixed 50/50 with super tack from clarkes... I'm not convinced on running no tacking agent on bigger bars and have a few shorter Oregon bars blow there sprockets on pure rapeseed.

 

Interesting; I had a sprocket on a 25" stihl bar (relatively new) go and wondered re the veg oil. Had absolutely no issues on shorter bars tho i.e. 13, 15, 16, 18, 20"...

 

Have experimented with this in the past; very very anti fling!

 

http://www.lucasoil.co.uk/products.php?page=products&subpage=product&product=12

Edited September 24, 2013 by TimberCutterDartmoor

[MattyF]

I'll keep my eye open for that,Looks interesting stuff.

On a whole stihl bars are a better design with the greaseless sprockets, I have to be honest and put my hands up to never greasing any of the sprockets on my husky/Oregon bars though... It could explain why I get a relatively short service life from them.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I'll keep my eye open for that,Looks interesting stuff.

On a whole stihl bars are a better design with the greaseless sprockets, I have to be honest and put my hands up to never greasing any of the sprockets on my husky/Oregon bars though... It could explain why I get a relatively short service life from them.

 

There used to be a theory (rural myth rather) that once you greased the sprocket on oregon bars you had to keep doing it and if you didn't from the start you never needed to! Work that one out! Never did grease them either but they never blew up; husky bars the crappest out there for sure! Red fluid grease wasn't it?

 

Oh and always crank the oiler up!

[carpenter1]

does no one use husky or stihl

 

why not?

[Paul Smith]

Has anyone tried the water soluble cutting fluid they use on lathes? Think it might work but not sure if it will stick enough?

[Mike Dempsey]

that would be the same as running clean water instead of oil. There would be no lubrication at all and I don't think your chain and bar would last very long. Also due to the fact it is a lot thinner than oil it would empty your oil tank in about 30 seconds.