Low profile bar and chain

[OliB]

my .404 chains give me a kerf very close to 3/8ths inch when milling. I've read many times that it's supposed to be a couple of mm smaller than this, but not for me. In practice if I factor in 3/8s inch kerf over 6 or so cuts doing 2" boards on my logosol mill, my last board is exactly 2". Very occasionally when using my alsakan mill I use my smaller saw with 3/8s" chain on the mini mill to save changing the set up on my 880. That's not vastly different to the .404 in term of kerf, so I wouldn't expect a lopro chain to be massively worth the difference.

 

I'm in the market for a band saw for many reasons, kerf being one of them.