Rob D

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...

What is the equivalent oregon bar mount for the Dolmar 6100 does anyone know?

It would be great to do that - I'll put it to the web man - trouble is again is down to cost. It's so much more complicated to do in practice... That means expensive... which means throw in value would be less...

Solid looking trailer - wish I could build things like that!

Cheers for the pics Dan. I think for the MS150 the chain needs to be a drive link longer in order to fit the bar. The MS192 I have has a 'proud' allen head - but the bar still slots in around it fine.

Hi there. OK - first thing is when looking at what fits what is to go to the oregon selector guide here OREGON®: Selector Guide - it does not list your saw there - but if it has the equivalent of the K095 or D009 mount - these are the x2 main mounts for Husky and so I have a good range of Sugi bar for these. I'm sure oregon have a pdf you can print and match your bar to the mounts on there... or ask the dealer what is the oregon equivalent mount for this saw. It's tricky finding bars that fit other saws - Stihl and Husky have 70% of the market... for Sugihara bars I have to order min x30 bars of each type... this cannot be spread. i.e I have to order 18" 3/8 .058 laminated bars with BC mount. So for the lesser known brands there will never be enough demand to get the specific bars in.

I'd like to say yes but paperwork is not a strong point

Cracking work Si - great detail

Absolutely - combo ing a chainsaw mill to carve a large butt up and then re sawing on a bandsaw is pretty much the ultimate set up really...

I used to have a 390XP - and you can run a 28" bar on it no prob. A few options Guide bars Got the new Sugi light type bars in 28" and still have not changed the price yet..... but doing that this morning!

I just leave it out - it's an old mill and can be temperamental - but now I've a bit more got the hang of using it I can see why people rate bandsaws so much... Cut wise it seems to cut flat as a pancake on pretty much all wood....