I drool...Got my 50" Cannon bar yesterday! Pretty impressed with the quality of the bar. Went with .063 gauge for better oiling. Also ordered an auxiliary oiler. Also gonna try some square grind chain. Others say it stays sharp longer and better chip clearance for milling. Pretty excited to try it out.
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I'm in Berwick. About 2 to 2.5 hours northGood deal. I'm building a 52" mill soon. I'm up to a 40" roller now
How far you from Philly?
I got mine from AP's bar shop in North Carolina. Just did a search to find one in stock.
Hey, you going to NY this weekend?
I was considering going but had to have surgery. Now I'm stuck home recuperating. Won't be playing with any saws for a few weeks now. At least I can order parts! Lol
Beat toke! Go anyway. No need to run or bring saws to this deal. Enough saws there already before we show up. Let me know. I didn't even find a room yet. Might leave tonight, might not. I'm definitely going this weekend.
I'd love to go. I had my gallbladder removed. Biggest issue is dealing with the pain and not being able to get comfortable. A road trip would just be misery right now.
Eww
Yep. It sucks but I'm looking forward to pics and such of the gtg. Be safe on your travels.
Yes they make a very good bar. I liked my 50" so well I ordered a 60" " just in case" !
an Ash tree Stihl healthy, uninfested was first opportunity. 3/8" .063 skip-chisel Oregon first use and stretch shows. Wish I had had the 72" bar I have now. The next cut wooda been seven to eight feet long with the root buttress spred side to side. The forester six foot bar I got is stiffer than the 59" Stihl bar on the 880 picked up in the dealership. I have two chains one Stihl semi-skip and an Oregon skip but once again "just in case", like a pistol. Rather have it and not need it,than need it and not have it.
That's some nice stuff Tony. Finally got to use my new Cannon today. Also my first use of Oregon square grind skip. It worked good but definitely need the extra bar oil. Looking forward to more use in the future. I haven't filed square grind yet so that should be a whole new adventure.
There is a bit of info in just chains that provides more than enough info on square chisel sharping. Reading all the several years of posts led me to get ready to stone my milling chains.
That Ash was leaned against a telephone pole, as it sits here. Stayed as flat as day it was sliced after 20 months air dry. White oak slabs that shared a cut (thru the pith) for the fine quarter sawn effect cupped badly while Pecan slices cut about 14 months ago air-dried nice and flat even though they were off center and I expected the worse. The bar on the saw here is the 42" Oregon that sees the most use because I have the most interest in 29" & larger diameter logs that the 24" bandmill guys leave lay and the firewood guys like to watch what I do.
I wish I could've made it. Hopefully, I'll make a gtg someday.
