chainsaw saw dust ?

[superfurryanimal]

evening all, I read somewhere that you can tell the condition of your chain by the size of chip the saw throws out, tried to look for the thread but no joy, would any of you be kind enough to explain. cheers SFA

[htb]

Basically big chips for sharp chains. Blunt chains give fines like sawdust

[htb]

basically sharp chain gives coarse chips, blunt chain gives lots of fines like sawdust

[Goaty]

Also if you cut across the grain or with the grain chip length is significantly different

[hiluxstihl]

Flakes good, dust bad

[spudulike]

A picture may save a thousand words, anyone hot any good pics?

 

I personally know what's what - this is for people that don't

[Mark Bolam]

I was halving some big discs stood on edge once prior to handballing out of a tight garden, and the customer started drooling about how sharp my chain was producing these massive curly chips.

 

As an aside, does anyone else ever hold a handful of these on their head and sing 'My name is Talullah' from Bugsy Malone?

Or am I the only one that old yet immature?

 

 

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[hiluxstihl]

I was halving some big discs stood on edge once prior to handballing out of a tight garden, and the customer started drooling about how sharp my chain was producing these massive curly chips.

 

As an aside, does anyone else ever hold a handful of these on their head and sing 'My name is Talullah' from Bugsy Malone?

Or am I the only one that old yet immature?

 

 

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I thought I was bad doing the harlem shake when at full reach on mewps. The most public you can be and no one looks up. That and singing the lumberjack song while using the 660....

[Mull]

I was halving some big discs stood on edge once prior to handballing out of a tight garden, and the customer started drooling about how sharp my chain was producing these massive curly chips.

 

As an aside, does anyone else ever hold a handful of these on their head and sing 'My name is Talullah' from Bugsy Malone?

Or am I the only one that old yet immature?

 

 

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Think you might be on your own there pal, although maybe my hens do that when I put it in nesting box! (But I'm not sure they've seen bugsy Malone)

[peatff]

My brother in law was using a saw chain which was so blunt it didn't even make dust, just smoke. I could have cut the wood quicker with a bread knife but he was blaming the saw. You can not educate some people.