Rob D

Yep - I used same technique and that does save fiddling around a lot...

Thought this was a really nice animation showing what quarter sawing means. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvUPJPFg4wM]The Frank Miller Lumber Quartersawing Process - 2013 HD Revision - YouTube[/ame]

I've got the oregon ones and they seem to work well. Products for the category: Bar maintenance tools

Brilliant - how many are you going to make?

Grease the nose sprocket now and again (at least once a week) - lovely bar to use in that seems to pull out of cuts nicely... nice and stiff yet not too heavy. Put your feedback up here after you've had a play.

Should work fine - as above you may have to drill another oil hole though...

Missed this question really you would want a 20" bar with the small log mill - max cut 18"

Looks like the oregon K095 mount - so if you 'pretend' to have a husky say 346 all these bars will fit it. Guide bars Sugi light type bars are very high quality! Chains can be found on the chain selector Chains Ref sprocket - oregon do have them - look at the wear on the current sprocket Sprocket care some info here... if in doubt replace. I'd have to get the sprocket in if you wanted to buy off me - although may have it on the shelf.

Maybe ping Steve a PM as this does look like a scam... if I got a £ for every time he says it will be a safe transaction!!

That's good to know - so the VH sugi mount is the equivalent of the oregon K095 mount except in this case you have it with the 3/8" .058 nose sprocket. Interesting about the weights - going to weigh the sugi bars hopefully today! See how the light type compare to the solid type.

Carvers are suppose to love it yet when I've had a load they never seem to be about to buy it! Quite soft but dries quickly and stays flat...

Great for chopping boards and side boards... a good wood to have in your chopping board arsenal.... looks pretty and different to other woods.

Western Red Cedar is very very good for making 'stump stools...' The bark peels off quickly and easily in one sheet and the stump then dries very quickly...

Laminated are lighter, cheaper but are not as stiff and don't last as long as the solid bars. Replaceable nose sprockets are good - but only really found that when they need replacing the bar needs replacing anyway... but still handy for playing around with options and different noses.... Chainsaw bars are like chainsaw files - you can keep using them way beyond and over the time when they need replacing and they will still 'work'. At the local shop near me people change bars when things like the chain keeps breaking or the nose sprocket has failed... I'll post some pics of these as you can see that they have been used 3 to 4 times longer than they should have been. Ref weights - all the manufacturers love to put 'light weight' 'pro lite' etc etc - yet don't actually tell you what the weight is!! I have done a weight chart here http://www.chainsawbars.co.uk/media/documents/guidebar-info.pdf but I need to add the Sugi bars into this. I know it takes a while to upload - need to work on getting it more accessible....

Great pic Jim - always a shame when that lovely finish gets scratched for the first time!

Ha ha! One day... one day.... hopefully in my lifetime!!

I have this one (I think - see image below - farmer 13t road towable) - would I get one again? Nope! On the whole I would sum up as very well built but very poorly designed. Even the well built bit I would not endorse overly as had to get the main cylinder on the ram re welded after 2 years. I wanted a splitter I could tow into place and get splitting - to get this working vertically is a real fiddle so have adapted a few thing on it to work better horizontally. But looking at what other members say the other Thor models prob work better as I have only ever seen and used my one.

MS192 x2 with carving bars, Husky 346 with 15", 372 with 20",395 with 28", Stihl MS880 with 46" and 090 with 59".

Looks handy for pulling things about now it has got wetter...

ok Dan

Does anyone know a look up to double check? Makitas seem to have some mounts outside of the K095 and D009 for some of their newer saws...

Not got those in K095 but in D009 I have 20",24",28",36"... But if K095 then only have the 3/8 nose in 15" and 18" in solid pro version (none resiny!)

It's still going to be a while yet - the rails need improving IMO.... but it will get there in the end - just no idea when!

Sorry only just seen this - PM next time as back up as sometimes at end of day don't have a chance to look through threads... Is it a 10" sugi bar you want for the MS150 back handle? If so yes they fit but the chain needs to be 61 drive links not 60... this is in 1/4" pitch. No need to change the drive sprocket as the MS150 comes with a 1/4" drive sprocket as standard...