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Not sure that’s accurate. Laminated bars are a 3-piece sandwich, which are typically spot welded together. Solid bars are milled from a single, steel, blank. Both need to be heat treated: you want the rails to hold up to wear, but don’t want the bar to be brittle. Probably different alloys...

Chuck Norris was bitten by a rattlesnake. Three days later, the snake died. Philbert

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Lots of good stuff here, for a broad overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford Philbert

Only to a point . . . Ford realized that he needed to pay a rate that would attract good workers ($5/day) and allow them to buy his products. Eventually, he was a leader in the 40 hour work week. But he was a S.O.B. in many other ways, including his ‘Service Department’, and the use of...

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I remember a Chevy Impala for $3,000, and a VW bug for $1,800 (!). Of course, people were earning $65 per week! Philbert

According to the sales rep at the show, the chains sell between (around) $300 to $800, depending on type, length, etc. He said that the ones used to cut holes in walls, doorways, egress windows, etc., typically last for one to two holes. Some contractors may use abrasive or diamond cutter...

I have never used one. But the rivets on the sample cutters that I’ve seen, are all recessed back from the side edges of the diamond cutting blocks. On the worn, salvaged chains, I have, the rivet heads are still slightly ’proud’ of the side plates. Philbert

Seen at a recent trade show: This ‘visible’ guide bar shows the routes that cooling water travels in an ICS concrete cutting guide bar. On a more traditional, wood cutting guide bar, bar & chain oil follows similar channels along the bar top and bottom, and around the sprocket (not through...

Wow! Somehow I missed this post! Was focused on the older, Oregon models! Thanks for following up on this. Lots of good information in that link, but not available in the US. (I like how eBay translates the brand name ’Pferd’ to ‘Horse’!) Philbert

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