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In a fit of impulsive indulgence, I bought a cheap and cheerful 14” 3/8” 0.050 1.3mm bar and FOUR yes FOUR whole chains, for the pocket friendly price of £23.00! I wouldn’t normally have thought of amazon for such ancillaries, but in another thread where a hapless chap had an old knackered chain and bar, a helpful Arbtalk member pointed these out to him and claimed they were good quality and lasted well or words to that effect. Now that I have them, and have fitted the bar and one of the chains to my new (as of yet unused) Makita EA3500S, I’m starting to double guess myself. The bar itself seems very hefty, so much so that despite being 2” shorter than the OE Makita bar, it’s considerably heavier, making the balance of the saw more nose heavy. The chains themselves are pretty normal looking, but came in a little bag with a small sticker on denoting the size using that all too familiar ‘Chinese’ font, that you see on all their products. I will try to upload some photos tomorrow when I’ve got good daylight, but wondered what you guys thought about the safety of these sort of ‘bargains’? 🥺 I can’t send them back as I ripped the box but I’d rather lose 23 quid than an arm, eye or testicle. 😵‍💫 Heres the link with lots of glowing reports, mostly from home gamers like myself.. 🤭 4-Pack Chainsaw Chains with 14-Inch (35 cm) Chainsaw Guide Bar, 14" Guide Bar, Replacement Chain Saw Chains - 3/8" Pitch - 52 Driver Links - 0.050"(1.3mm) Gauge : Amazon.co.uk: Garden WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK 4-Pack Chainsaw Chains with 14-Inch (35 cm) Chainsaw Guide Bar, 14" Guide Bar, Replacement Chain Saw Chains - 3/8" Pitch - 52 Driver Links - 0.050"(1.3mm) Gauge : Amazon.co.uk:...

Hello everyone, I have a tree in my back garden and it needs removing. The tree unfortunately leans over into our next door neighbors house/garden, It's quite a large tree about 20ft tall and the trunk is about 4ft wide, In the bad winds and rains when the branches fall they all go into the neighbors garden braking there ornaments becoming quite the headache. Anyway i need some info on what kind of chain i need and what chainsaw and if you know where there are and chainsaws for sale shop's/site's would be great The image below is an example of what is in my garden, i will have to get one of the kids to get a picture of my actual tree up asap. Thanks everyone http://housetohome.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/96/0000121dc/6386_orh550w550/Herbaceous-border-in-English-country-garden.jpg

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That black stuff is about half a teaspoon of metal dust and corundum from edging 6 chains on my grinder. I've been reading The Fundamentals by Bereneck, and he recommends washing chains in petrol after grinding. So I tried it in an old Aspen can, then poured the dirty petrol into another container for future use - this was left in the bottom of the can, and there was likely some still in suspension in the petrol. My plan is to keep using the same petrol, and carefully pour it back into a clean wash can each time. I always blow the chains with air compressor anyway, and this was washing before blowing, so I don't know how much the blowing removes. Will try blow then wash next time and see how much less crud results, if any.