Rob D

Great stuff! :biggrin:

That all seems pretty fair Steve - hope it comes through smoothly. Wouldn't life be a lot simpler if Stihl moved to .058 or Husky moved to .063??

It's a tricky one Steve - I have to buy x30 of each bar in each type and size - this is the first time I've been asked for the 24" in .063. I would see if you can get a bar from the US that fits the bill - or even a couple to water down the import costs...

Many thanks for the review and comments - sorry I have only just seen it hence late reply Glad you got on well with the bar.

If importing from outside the EU - you should always be paying import vat (20%), import duty and a handling fee... import vat you can claim back in the usual way if vat registered. If from the EU - if you have a vat number you can give this to a supplier and they can then zero rate the vat (or that country's vat equivalent). Sometimes smaller parcels seem to slip through without the above... not sure why!

They're the same size on the outside but I think will prob not have the same internal size... it's only a slight difference. The stihl lo pro rim should go on all all the stihl saws that are sub 55cc (as a rule of thumb!) Would have to get all the rims out to double check!

That's my understanding - pretty annoying yet in the larger rims ie. standard size I'm pretty sure the stihl and oregon rims are interchangable. So you can't put oregon rims on stihl rim and sprocket set ups when looking at the SM sizes....

Good news and hope she continues to make a good recovery

It was from John Lloyd Rob - can't remember which thread it was in... I will try and post the pics up. I'll try and get some details off John as well..

Good stuff - just bear in mind the small nose is for detail work only - too much pressure ad you can splay the nose so is for finishing touches.. If you can put up some pics when you use it ideal

Yep - just put your saw in here Chainsawbars ? chainsaw chains, chainsaw bars and chainsaw accessories Select 550xp and it will bring the options up.

Only got one left at the moment Jon - you love them log jacks! In fact only one I have left is my one!

Made a vid recently of the range of Sugi bars - what the differences are between the various sorts and types and what have you.

They are not as shiny - but still very good bars indeed (I would say that I suppose.... ) but I had a call from a firewood processor fellow yesterday... He was using cannon 15" bars on his processor but having to adapt them slightly to fit... I didn't have any sugi solids - so he took x3 laminated. He bought them around 14 months ago and has called to order more... the ones he has have all done 300 ton each on his processor and are still going but he wants three more so as they do wear out he has spares... They are heavy duty laminated bars and will still last a long time. But you can't beat the shiny finish on the light types.... ! is a vid on the line up... not all the bar sizes are there as could not fit on the table.

An update to show current stocks of various Sugi bars...next order is underway but will take 4 months. Jonsie still has the full range of bars so if I am out of some lines he may still have some left... Have inc a word doc so you can download and print if needed. Stocking list 29th Jan.docx

Hmmm - got a load of these but they have the 3/8" standard rims on them... (rims come in small and standard spline sizes)... so the smaller 1/4" rims do not fit on them... .

It's an oregon D176 mount according to selector - I don't at the moment but on the next bar order I'm putting together now will be getting a load of spacers that will mean you can then put the Sugi bars on other saws... ... won't be here for 4 months though

It was "buy a bench I have had for ages and I will sell it cheap week!"

Ha ha! Sorry mate that bench sold for £19,150-00 at a recent Christie's auction - anonymous foreign buyer... Still got it here... no rush to collect...

Few pics from Tommy Craggs - he has not used it much but said when he has done it's lovely! You can do much smaller scale work with the tip than with a standard dime...

Good stuff - they are very well built - just bear in mind these are for extreme detail carving only... Glad the gloves are standing up well - you can wash them on low temp.

Have ordered x20 of these bars - further pics and info hopefully from Tommy Craggs (Treecarver Tommy on here) who is the only person in the UK to have one... pretty unique bar based on the 1/4" .043 chain by Stihl. Pre order offer - you will get x2 free chains if you order before the 7th Feb - this to help mitigate the £95-00+vat of each bar.... Carving bars - put in MS150 to bring the bar up. You can use on other saws as it has a universal mount but wants to be under 30cc - too much power will cause the bar tip to fail prematurely. This is the smallest nose chainsaw bar in the world - R6 (radius 6mm). Smallest dime tips are R9. Note - this is for experienced carvers as this bar is for finishing detail and very fine work with a chainsaw. It will not stand up to heavy duty use and blocking large areas out. You should already have another carving bar and saw set up for this. There will be Sugihara bars in 4 months for the MS150 with an R9 tip which will be stronger for more general use. Notes from the manufacturuer: 'The bar is laminate style (3 pieces, not solid one piece) The reason is that the bar tip is so small that it is very hard to carve our the inner rail particularly around bar tip area. So we decided to employ 3 pieces process, which makes us easier to shape the precise inner plate. This is not a heavily used carving bar, so we decided to trade off some of the bar strength. Instead, the bar is much lighter than normal solid 9", 11"bars, by applying lightning holes to inner plate. We have added extra welding process to the inner bar tip area to retain strength against the tip split opening. The Stelite is molded on to the bar tip, and it is slightly softer than our other bars and many of other brands' bar tips. Also, the bar tip is individually grounded and shaped by hands. Being so small, we are more concerned about cracking. (The harder, the more chance of cracking) We are aware that some carvers prefer much harder bartips, but we needed to make sure the balance is good. The whole logo, by the way, is laser engraved instead of printing, so will stay almost permanently. We have been selling specialty carving bars over the past 10 years, started from 9R carving bars almost first in the market. From that success, we started 7R carving bar about 6 years ago. This was a challenge for us to persuade our contracted manufacture and test the market, since it was the smallest possible radius for Oregon 1/4 saw chain, but turned out that many carvers were very happy to add it to the line of bars they use. The 6R started obviously when we saw Stihl's making new carving saw chain, so it has only been a year or so. So far, over here in Japan, people are happy with the performance. Hayashi Takao is our partnered carver, and he has been using the bar at many occasions including US carving events, since we produced the prototype. He said the bar is extremely useful for detail work of course, but also recommended not to use it for too much bulk cutting work. '

I may try and get both for max options....

That's brilliant!