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Stop the checking, eg, slowing down the moisture loss

The only thing I can see is a pile of logs which can have a load of empty spaces. As to which your never really know how much wood you have. if you think about it you’ve also created a baffle, so the air flow will be defused and reduced. where as if they were stacked in a regularish way the airflow would not be as restricted and more moisture could be wicked away. And probably produce a dryer log pile a bit quicker I know that most if not all trade logs sellers couldn’t afford the man-time for this, but they have machinery to move etc. my guess is to spend a bit of time and experimenting with stacked and lose piles i,m sure everyone’s mwv thou.😉👍

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Well if you got a refund, i think your lucky, I think it’s a bit of operator error, the 880/881 with a 404 can start a cut with the teeth against the wood with which the 660/661 will not with a std 3/8. So an 881 with a smaller chain is going to be less forgiving,(i'm sure others have had problems when they have switched from std 3/8 to lopro). I thought when you used a chainsaw mill you ran it at full speed, and it cuts, you listen to the engine speed and adjust your pressure on the mill as you want a consistent speed. i,m not sure why you used a 4.8mm file when it should be a 4mm but looking at the pic of the chain. Although it’s a bit hard to see, the filing seems to be not very consistent over the chain and it looks like it’s been filed a bit more than twice. We know the chain gets hot and stretches, so I’m wondering if you’ve over tightened your chain and that’s why the bar nose popped and also broke the chain. so what I,m saying there’s a finer line with the lopro, and we can’t bully it through the wood, where as we can with a std 3/8 anyhow it would be good hear from others that have had experience of using the lopro stuff 😉👍👍

Is your middle name Mike 😉 I bet you’ve heard that a thousand times.. i still remember it from that film porkies 😂

Just what I was going to ask 😉 4.8 mm file ? my guess so far is wrong file size, thus wrong angle on tooth, and or because you seemed to have filed into the gullet more making a weak spot, although it’s difficult to see from the poor quality pic of chain, although I’ve zoomed in as best as I can. as for using the winch you could be putting a lot more pressure than you realise, thus duller chain due to wrong file size and with the power of the 880 it put to much pressure on the nose sprocket, (people blow nose sprockets when bore cutting with a dull chain and pushing hard) the sprocket is the other thing, that’s been a problem in the past, ie wrong, std 3/8 is wrong the size of the drive link is different between std & lopro i,m not saying this is a definite answer, it’s a possibility of why. We need better pics of chain and your sprocket 😉 and don’t worry we’re here to help so others learn as well.👍

Do mean snapped a chain and not bar, blowing your nose so to speak or snapping a chain, there are many reason why . 1st what rim sprocket are you using, and has it been modified? There are reasons for this question and to all the other questions. Ie, we could be answering one question when it could be another reason as to why your having problems. 2nd filing, how often are you filing you chain, and what angles also file size used or are you using a grinder. 3rd depth gauges what do you use to check them and how low are they, or do you just swipe a file over them 4th how tight and how often do retention the chain and do you slacken it off and when do you do this. 5th what’s the sawdust like, flour or musli. 6th how hard are you pushing the mill or are you holding it back. Roughy hewn knows why I,m asking these questions. And I,m sure we will have similar answers. 👍😉

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Pic's of epic fails, 😉 there’s lots of reasons why it could fail thou, so share them with us so we can discuss. Eg blunt teef or depth gauges badly manicured. there was a guy that had breakages of said chain on a 36” thou it turned out to be operator using a wrong combination of equipment..

Yes that’s what I was thinking, take a few pics and send to the TO, and say my neighbour is not happy, what are my options, which will probably mean money that I’ve not really got. 😉 or words to that effect.👍

I'd say if you take it to someone, ie a dealer, they will condemn it, as it may well be on the lower side of compression. If you take it to someone who’s prepared to put some love to it, you may find a light hone and new rings, maybe a piston. then it could be ok.. it depends on if and how much Ali transfer has occurred. we had a strimmer where someone straight gassed it, and used 1/2 a tank. all was good once std mix was used. But the strimmer went down hill on the compression and it wouldn’t tick over after a few weeks, there was no transfer when I looked through the exhaust , but a hone and new rings got it going.

The wellies are great and help hold on to those skinny legs if your into some after work sports😂😂😂😂

Don’t the sweeds put a pallet on the top of the stack, so to maintain an air flow when the cover (what ever they use ) goes on. simple idea but it allows moisture to be wicked away with the air

Worked for me, yellow tractor pulling a log suspended on a chain 😉

I guess so. As your not ment to climb that above your anchor point

I guess if you jump off a 250mm wall and keep your legs locked you will feel the jolt all the way up your spine. but it c/would be worse if your were to fall and your harness was to stop you as you fall backwards, so that force you felt up your spine when you jump off locked legs, would be bending your back (wards) even more than it would like to go.😬

this vid, is my 461 with a 25 “ full chisel lpx Oregon. as you can see it cuts reasonably well but a little to grabby at times but this isn’t crosscutting, we were just leveling off the log to put the ladder on before milling it. Std dogs on the saw 😉

0.50 is 1.3mm dl and the 0.43 is 1.1mm dl 🧐. 👍😉

The size difference is , small in the files. The most important thing when sharpening a chain is the height of the file that’s above the tooth. (20%) the radius of the file dictates the angle of the cutting tooth. Ie cuts a little quicker and dulls a bit quicker or the other way cuts a little slower & dulls slower. you can see from the chart/pics the difference is 75* or 80* and 75* faster where as 80* sharper longer this is a guide and your skills will mean you get slightly different angles on each tooth and thus the whole chain will behave differently. Those safety tie strap/shark fins play a part in the cutting characteristics as well. Also if you look at the std 3/8 Oregon & stihl chains, one says 5.5 & the other 5.2 in reality both work, and have the different cutting Characteristics as I said above it’s the manufacturers recommendation. I have my preferences, as well as the depth gauge height when you get good at filing, then you will notice the difference and more hook on the tooth means fast cutting and dulling btw it took me a few yrs to know what’s good & not.

Umm, now I understand

Ohh port holes, 😂 but very nice 👍😉

I bet The wife is probably judging other people by her own standards. 😉 sorry to hear this Sam. I'm sure another job will come along 👍

They run off the special flywheel and coils that sit behind the flywheel . lovely to grab something that’s not ice cold. So it don’t contribute to making your hands any colder.

I may be able help. Where abouts in East Sussex are you. i,m in Brighton. I will pm me you 👍

I thought I’d pop this in here. It’s not today’s milling, it’s today’s sanding 😬. I’ve been planning, till the brushes wore out. Then sanding with 60g still a long way to go, but as I was almost finished for the day I thought, best get some more inspiration to continue the Labourious task of sanding 😩 A dry pic then wetted with water. 👍😉