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i can only imagine what the sap does to chain after it cools turning to glue yuck!
It makes a chain ugly ,wd-40 loosens it up ,it does wear off when get in clean wood though ,that doug fir was dripping pitch out the ends ,was dropped the day before i milled it ,if the ends are all pitch covered i do a cookie cut to remove the ends for dry wood .Fir is in the pine family so it is similar in pitch but not as bad .
 

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It makes a chain ugly ,wd-40 loosens it up ,it does wear off when get in clean wood though ,that doug fir was dripping pitch out the ends ,was dropped the day before i milled it ,if the ends are all pitch covered i do a cookie cut to remove the ends for dry wood .Fir is in the pine family so it is similar in pitch but not as bad .
only wood in my area with high amounts of sap is the sugar maple it will drip sap if you cut a limb off of it.
 

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In softwoods it stays sharp a lot longer ,i can burn 2 gallons of fuel to a grind on the silvey with .404 if i stay out of the dirt .
the only two softwoods in my area is ceder and pine but they are rarely cut i love pine.
 

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In softwoods it stays sharp a lot longer ,i can burn 2 gallons of fuel to a grind on the silvey with .404 if i stay out of the dirt .
i dont think my 365 would care for .404 i would like to try it though.
 

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i do my best work with round file. im no good at square.
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Top plate on this .404 is around 20 degrees ,it has a strong corner the way i grind it so stays sharp a little longer,if i go 30 degrees ,corner is too pointy and more fragile so dulls quicker ,i do not do gullet cleaning till the 3rd or 4th grind ,no need to for a work chain .CIMG7559.JPG
 

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only reason i keep the gullet cleared is to help with chip removal i run my rakers low also usually on the soft wood setting on my husq roller file i use some.
 

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In softwoods it stays sharp a lot longer ,i can burn 2 gallons of fuel to a grind on the silvey with .404 if i stay out of the dirt .

I don't think I could ever burn 2 gallons of fuel without hitting a piece of embedded metal or rock first.

Milling hardwood I'd get a max of 8 10' slabs out of a semi chisel chain before it was junk. On the 395 that would be 4 tanks.
 

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IMG_20160421_143101894.jpg Mine get loose like that when I mill, and yep, a bit of a pain to tighten. When I mill I have a zip tie that holds the throttle wide open, start the slab, slip the zip tie over the trigger , and go until 5-6" left to go. Average 12-16 minutes. The 088 will burn a whole tank in about 15 minutes. Tach kept around 7400-8000. Constant pressure on the mill keeps the chain nice and smooth, except for big knots will get her zinging!!! With a long bar running that hard, the chain does get warm and sloppy, but the cut surface is what I care about, and the way I run it seems to work well.

See how long it takes me to burn up another 250 dollar piston and cylinder, got 6 hours on the new one.
 

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View attachment 25115 Mine get loose like that when I mill, and yep, a bit of a pain to tighten. When I mill I have a zip tie that holds the throttle wide open, start the slab, slip the zip tie over the trigger , and go until 5-6" left to go. Average 12-16 minutes. The 088 will burn a whole tank in about 15 minutes. Tach kept around 7400-8000. Constant pressure on the mill keeps the chain nice and smooth, except for big knots will get her zinging!!! With a long bar running that hard, the chain does get warm and sloppy, but the cut surface is what I care about, and the way I run it seems to work well.

See how long it takes me to burn up another 250 dollar piston and cylinder, got 6 hours on the new one.
32:1 it should last longer.
 

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Are you guys burning the paint off your bars from heat cutting ?
No. Some of my bars have wore out several chains before thwy loose paint. Except the one huaky bar i have loat moat the paint on it. But not do to heat.
 

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only reason i keep the gullet cleared is to help with chip removal i run my rakers low also usually on the soft wood setting on my husq roller file i use some.
Round file kind of clears the gullet on its own ,the side plate in the square is pretty short ,i do not touch the rakers for 4-5 grinds ,taller rakes can be used with square ,makes the chain not so grabby also plus protects the cutter ,when my chips start looking like 1 inch cheese strings i hit the rakers with a flat file
 
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