Guide Bar data and picture thread

[Lightning Performance]

If you were to pinch the bar tip limbing or bore cutting a lot

Stop beating up your tools. Watch the wood.

 

[Redbull661]

few more

14" tsumura small mount stihl

16" tsumura small mount stihl

20" tsumura lite - small mount husq

 

[fulladirt]

Nice thread guys. Don't think I saw any of these on here yet so here goes

20" .050 Oregon Versacut D009 mount

24" .050 Oregon Versacut D025 mount

 

[Redbull661]

462 with 20" tsumura lite

462 with 24" tsumura lite

462 with 28" tsumura lite

 

[Benjo]

If you were to pinch the bar tip limbing or bore cutting a lot, I don’t see it being stronger than a 5-6 rivet. I doubt it adds much weight honestly... I’ll take the durability. Could one possibly be able to swap on a 5-6 rivet tip?

Bit late answering this, but yes, you can swap out a current 4-rivet to an old 6-rivet tip, at least for the 3/8 and .325 non-narrow-nose bars I have.

 

[Deets066]

How bout overall thickness of the bars. Would be nice to know which bar is the thinnest.

 

[Deets066]

Versa cut looks like a good candidate, anyone mic one?

 

[MustangMike]

It obviously starts to get front heavy with the 28"

 

[Shanesaw80]

462 with 20" tsumura lite

462 with 24" tsumura lite

462 with 28" tsumura lite

Great comparison of the weight/balance difference of the different length bars. I’m curious as to how much weight will be added to the saw with the west coast style cover and dogs as well as a Arctic Wrap handle (generator included) which would be how I would want the saw outfitted.

 

[big t double]

It obviously starts to get front heavy with the 28"

 

[Backtroller]

Here are two 20” lightweights.

Stihl 20” ES light .050 72Sugihara 20” .050 72

 

[RI Chevy]

I think 20" Tsumura Lt wt is lighter than the Sugihara.
@Redbull661

 

[MustangMike]

My results are similar (just a bit different on my postal scale).

Sugi - 2 lb 3.1 oz

Stihl LW - 2 lb 0.8 oz

 

[Backtroller]

I think 20" Tsumura Lt wt is lighter than the Sugihara.
@Redbull661

You’re right Jeff.

Here’s a tsumura - total branded 20” .050 72

 

[Backtroller]

Needless to say they are all light. They all feel the same to me.

 

[RI Chevy]

Yes. Thank you sir. I would mind owning either of them.
Thanks for taking the time to weigh these out for us.

 

[00wyk]

I dunno if anyone's added this? It's a Stihl Rollomatic E laminated 25 inch bar. I bought two of these for a single Benjamin and the dealer was out. This is my last living one. They do actually take a beating, too.
Part # 3003 000 5231

And here it is in better days - I think on one of Terry's saws I picked up back in 2011 or so:

 

[MustangMike]

I got 2 of them, both still in good shape, and we used one for the 77 cc saw competition at the NY GTG (see page 40).

I like that they have the wider "yellow" bar tips, the 20" have the narrower "green" bar tips.

 

[00wyk]

I got 2 of them, both still in good shape, and we used one for the 77 cc saw competition at the NY GTG (see page 40).

I like that they have the wider "yellow" bar tips, the 20" have the narrower "green" bar tips.

Yeah, I noticed when I took the pic of the part # that there was still a bit of yellow marked on the tail. Sprocket still feels solid on it, too. And this bar has not had an easy life.

 

[00wyk]

@Redbull661 et al - Do y'all mind if I put these images on a webpage to showcase them for posterity like I've done with the chainsaw pho weight gallery?

https://pbase.com/wyk/unofficial_chainsaw_weight_gallery