Recent content by projanen

When is 1/4" (.043) appropriate? Pruning? Low power saws? Below 30cc, 40cc? YouTube (MonkeyBeaver, Panther) tells me 1/4" .043 may be helpful/faster/smoother for cutting limbs (vertical, pruning type cuts). But it is not appropriate for chunking a vertical spar (horizontal, felling type...

Is 1/4" pitch even smoother than 0.325? What are the downside of the smaller pitches (on smaller saws)? For the narrow, low-profile bars, why not go all the way to 1/4" pitch? I'm planning to put Stihl chains on my battery saws this month, all 0.043 drivers and low-profile: primarily T540i...