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  1. Advice for a newbie

    in Chainsaw Carving Forum

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    Nice work. A friend of mine who carves uses a 4 inch battery grinder with a disc fitted with chainsaw chain, great for final detailing. Apart from that, I'd also say try chainsawbars.co.uk 
    Rob knows his stuff and has an excellent website.
    First part of this advice is terrible, do not ever consider buying a grinder disc with chainsaw chain. Usually called Lancelot discs, they are stupidly dangerous and have far less control and applications than a standard chainsaw setup.
    That aside, do check out www.chainsawbars.co.uk and if you're on Facebook join some of the chainsaw carving groups ,you'll get plenty of help there.
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  2. What's the better bar for plunge cutting?

    in Chainsaw Carving Forum

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    @wisewood is this loose enough, I've just bought a new Stihl chain to fit my dime bar. And wondering if this is loose enough.
     
    Also do I need to file the backs off the teeth, as the teeth seem to be sloping back anyway
    Thanks
     
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    Looks ok[emoji106] try it and see. A tad looser won't do any harm either.
    In regards to the heels of the cutters, if you set down the saw so that you can manually draw the chain around the tip( like when you're sharpening). If you can butt the tip up to a flat piece of wood at a right angle to the bar. Get your eye level with the tip from the side and see if the heels protrude any more than the cutting edge as they pass around the tip. If they do, file them back [emoji106]

  5. echo 501sx for blocking

    in Chainsaw Carving Forum

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    Hi got paid in chainsaw at the start of the year, as i did a stump carving outside my local garden machinery shop. I got a new echo 501sx with the idea to use it as my new blocking saw, as up until now I've mainly just been using the 361 wes for most work, a 281 wes for detail and a 620sx for large cuts. although i still haven't worked out if i can stick a quarter pitch bar on it, I asked Rob at chainsawbars, and he said there was a couple that should fit, but didn't know how many drive links id need. Is anyone else using this saw with a carving setup, if so i'd love to know what your using. If not, what does everyone else recommend as a decent 50cc saw for blocking that will take a toonie tip or quarter tip. Thanks for your time.
    Charlie
    Not sure if they're on this forum but carvers Ian Andrews and Mike Jones both use a lot of echo saws and will no doubt know.
    Look them up on Facebook or ask on the fb page Chainsaw carving UK

  8. What's the better bar for plunge cutting?

    in Chainsaw Carving Forum

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    @wisewood it's a Stihl m170, been looking at one for such a long time that I finally got one. Cool, ok, so so you usually use an standard bar to do your bore cutting with?
     
    Couple of drive links, as in the distance from the bar right?
    Cool, depends on what you're trying to achieve with bore cutting. If it's big areas and blocking out then use a standard bar on a bigger saw. If it's small scale the dime bar will be fine.
    The drive links run in the groove of the bar, if you slacken off the tension until the chain hangs/droops on underside of the bar. If you can see a couple of the drive links in their entirety then that's about right.
    One more tip, is to file or grind a couple of mm off the back/rear of each cutter. This will stop the backs of the cutters kicking out as they pass round the narrow bar tip. It will make boring much easier and will avoid any unnecessary wear and tear on both chain and bar [emoji106]

  9. What's the better bar for plunge cutting?

    in Chainsaw Carving Forum

    Posted

    Hey there. 
    I haven't had experience in using a dime tip bar yet. But just waiting for my new chainsaw to come in the post with a dime tip bar on it (very excited [emoji16]) Was wondering if they are easier to cut through when you plunge cut into wood, compared to your standard bar?
     
    Also how loose should the chain be on a dime tip bar, heard so.nahybsaybto have it really loose but how loose is loose? 🤣
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Congrats on a new saw [emoji108] what have you bought?
    There's little to no kickback with dime tips so in that sense bore cutting is easier and safer. Having said that, a dime tip is really just for the detailing, any major cutting should still be done with more robust bars.
    In regards to chain tension, I would recommend slacken off until you can see at least a couple of drive links under the bar[emoji106]

  22. Carving bar or not? And what chainsaw?

    in Chainsaw Carving Forum

    Posted

    Sorry yeah 3/8 I meant. Had a bit of a brain fart there. ? It's the standard set up.
     
    Is anything over 35cc to powerful for a dime tip then? 
    What would be the best set up for the 46cc chainsaw? Just a normal bar?
     
    Also would having a rim socket be better than a spur sprocket when using a 1/4 pitch?
     
    Cheers mate
    I think for the time being a standard set up on the 46cc would be fine. You could probably switch down to 3/8 lo pro as long as you can get a bar with the correct bar mount configuration for the saw.
    I'm fairly sure most 1/4 sprockets on 35cc and under are spurs.

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