Chain Technical Information

[Philbert]

General Sawchain Knowledge and Terminology - or, How to Become a Chain Nerd.


These references have likely been posted here before, but are worth repeating, especially, for newer folks.

They contain valuable and authoritative, technical information that applies to ALL brands of saw chain. As well as some information on bars, sprockets, etc.

*Note that versions of these are available on different sites, and in different languages. If a link does not work, try searching by the name of each document.

Oregon Maintenance and Safety Manual

https://apps.oregonproducts.com/pdfs/OregonMMANUAL_EN_A106971ab.pdf

STIHL Sharp Advice for Chain Saw Owners

http://thebakeliteradio.com/sawspares.com/Stihladvice.pdf

Pferd Tools for Forestry

PFERD tools for forestry - Field guide

oxomi.com

Philbert

 

[Woodtroll]

I’d not seen the Pferd manual before. Good resources, thank you!

 

[hacskaroly]

I’d not seen the Pferd manual before. Good resources, thank you!

We had a Stihl, Husqvarna and Oregon manuals/catalogs at work in a drawer at our workstation. I had lots of questions when I first started working there about chainsaws, bars, chains...etc... and my coworkers could only answer so many and after that it was "I don't know". I started looking through those and was finding answers to all sorts of questions and learned quite a bit. When asked where I was getting all of my information I told them the manuals/catalogs had all the info and they basically just said, "hmmmm" and anytime they or a customer they were working with had a question after that, they would ask me instead of looking it up themselves...smh.