404 063 3 and 5 skip chain.

[njtimber]

Try new saw chains.co.uk mark would supply loops of ripping chain (good prices) he may supply reels as well but his loops are so cheap I just buy them ready done.

[Rob D]

James what about a reel of 27RX which I think is what you're after.

 

Baileys have it and says in stock Oregon 100' Ripping Chain Reel (27Rx-1484 Drive Links) 27Rx100u | Oregon 27RX Ripping Chain (Super Skip) | Ripping/Milling Chainsaw Chain (.404" x .063") | www.www.baileysonline.com.com

 

There are 1480 drive links in a 100ft reel of .404 chain.

 

You get the joiners and tie straps in with the chain when you buy 100ft.

 

It's £520-00 + shipping and import costs.

[Rob D]

THanks. So if this is correct a 100ft reel woukd give me 7 loops and cost 495 where as 7 loops would cost 625. So there is savings to be made but considering i wouldn't buy 7 now, I only need 3 2 x 3 skip and 1 x 5 skip. So should I spend 267 on 3 or 495 on 7. I guess I'd need to buy rivets and links too. Looking like 3 it is.

Any how, does anybody have any experience changing these chains to 3 or 5 skip?

 

 

Ref removing teeth - to do it properly would take some time as you would be taking away a tooth then adding a blank drive link (one break then joining twice each time).

 

If you simply grind the tooth off the chain can be weakened and snap at that point.

[agg221]

If you simply grind the tooth off the chain can be weakened and snap at that point.

 

I think you could get away with grinding the top plates off? The remainder would be too low and narrow to interfere with the cut.

 

Ref. breaking/making chains - the links are pennies even if you don't have them with the reel. It is possible to do it without the chain breaker and rivet spinner - carefully grind the rivet back flush with the link and then knock it out with a drift over a hole drilled in a steel plate resting on a vice. Rivetting up can be done by hand with a light ball pein hammer. Chain breakers and rivet spinners do achieve a much quicker, neater result though. It is worth considering anyway as your chains will stretch as they wear in, particularly on that length, which means working near the end of the tensioning range (causing bar wear where the chain runs in from the drive sprocket) and potentially even exceeding it. I end up shortening a 46" chain twice, by a link each time.

 

Alec

[muttley9050]

James what about a reel of 27RX which I think is what you're after.

 

Baileys have it and says in stock Oregon 100' Ripping Chain Reel (27Rx-1484 Drive Links) 27Rx100u | Oregon 27RX Ripping Chain (Super Skip) | Ripping/Milling Chainsaw Chain (.404" x .063") | www.www.baileysonline.com.com

 

There are 1480 drive links in a 100ft reel of .404 chain.

 

You get the joiners and tie straps in with the chain when you buy 100ft.

 

It's £520-00 + shipping and import costs.

 

Thanks I will call baileys at some point and find out exactly what it is. Can't work out if it's 3 or 5 skip.

[muttley9050]

I think you could get away with grinding the top plates off? The remainder would be too low and narrow to interfere with the cut.

 

Ref. breaking/making chains - the links are pennies even if you don't have them with the reel. It is possible to do it without the chain breaker and rivet spinner - carefully grind the rivet back flush with the link and then knock it out with a drift over a hole drilled in a steel plate resting on a vice. Rivetting up can be done by hand with a light ball pein hammer. Chain breakers and rivet spinners do achieve a much quicker, neater result though. It is worth considering anyway as your chains will stretch as they wear in, particularly on that length, which means working near the end of the tensioning range (causing bar wear where the chain runs in from the drive sprocket) and potentially even exceeding it. I end up shortening a 46" chain twice, by a link each time.

 

Alec

 

Cheers.

There is an obscene amo on unt of adjustment available the lucas slabber so don't know that tension will be an issue.

I did read of someone using a standard granberg ripping chain on a lucas slabber and apparently it nearly ripped the carriage out of the side of the mill.

The last loop I bought off lucas I seem to remember costing about £230 so there is some scope to experiment. Don't fancy a 190 link chain snapping on me though.

[muttley9050]

So from what i can gather ,27rx is 5 skip or hyper skip. 27ax is skip tooth version. Does anyone know if this might be what lucas call 3 skip?