Let's See Them Chips !!!!

[pbillyi69]

i dont have a big pile of chips but this chain cuts well

 

[HumBurner]

Today has been a staging day, albeit unpaid in dollars, well paid in sanity. Started with cleaning up and organizing a bit of my "new" tool/garden hut. Reloaded my truck for work-mode and organized a little.

The afternoon has been sharpening chain and helping the landlord install a new oven/range. Pulled some small seasoned madrone from the fuel reduction/oak restoration job I've been whittling away at on the property since burn-season started (1.5-2ac, 50'+/-permiter around a ~20ac parcel.)

Testing the first chain, which I managed to get 4 battery charges out of. Touched it up at lunch yesterday but immediately cut through a wire buried/standing in the brush. Opted to not take down the depths until the next sharpening, just cause.


Unequal teeth, but pulling good for little attention to the depths.

 

[heimannm]

 

[justoldsaws]

Broke out the 394xp today to cut some big Yellowbox logs into rings for a farmer.
Chips are from full chisel 404 chain sharpened on an electric grinder at 30/60.

 

[julie wolf]

Had the best weekend with Brad, cut brush, and logs and (just a few) cookies using my MS400 and @Brad Krause 's 881. What a beast, but super fun! Chips flew everywhere. The 400 throws them far! The 881 makes huge piles of chips. Both saws ran great and ate wood like there was no tomorrow, and still wanted more!

I felled my first tree with the 400! That was exciting. I'm thankful Brad was there to guide me through the felling process. It was a small diameter tree, but it was tall. A good starter tree. I don't have pictures of that, well because i was doing the felling. @Brad Krause should have some.

We got alot of work done, and had an fenominal time doing it. 2 days, many tanks of gas, and this Newbie Chainsaw Chick is feeling it, but definitely with a smile!

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

If anyone wants to know if Miss Wolf can handle a saw, here's her with one foot buried in a pile of chips after a cut--one-handing the 881 while stripping bark for the next cut.

 

[julie wolf]

If anyone wants to know if Miss Wolf can handle a saw, here's her with one foot buried in a pile of chips after a cut--one-handing the 881 while stripping bark for the next cut.

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Until I saw this picture, it never dawned on me that I was handeling the 881 with one hand. I just did it without thinking about it. That saw is amazing, and a HUGE thank you to Brad for saying, "Here, try this!"

 

[old 040]

.......Well it was this or tatter chips......

 

[nbbt]

and more to make this pile.

 

[HumBurner]

Until I saw this picture, it never dawned on me that I was handeling the 881 with one hand. I just did it without thinking about it. That saw is amazing, and a HUGE thank you to Brad for saying, "Here, try this!"

A well-balanced saw feels pounds lighter than a saw that is awkward for an individual's frame. Resting the saw on the hip helps a lot, too, especially for the bigger saws/bars.

 

[julie wolf]

A well-balanced saw feels pounds lighter than a saw that is awkward for an individual's frame. Resting the saw on the hip helps a lot, too, especially for the bigger saws/bars.

Well, i have hips, might as well use them. Lol. Thanks, that's good advice.

 

[Ketchup]

Hack-hack-hackaroo…

 

[Wilhelm]

Stihl 3/8" Picco full chisel in fresh apple on my Makita UC250D.
Not bad at all!
Thank You Sondre @SOS Ridgerider

 

[Wilhelm]

Dolmar PS-7300, 24" 84DL full skip full chisel round ground Oregon in Birch

 

[Wilhelm]

No name .325" semi chisel round ground, Turkey Oak

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

Boom. Chipzapalooza. STIHL MS400C

 

[Hoser]

Ported 044 noodling sugar maple. This is about 10ft back from where I was cutting

 

[Wilhelm]

My little Makita UC250D likes the Stihl full chisel 3/8" Picco Sondre sent me!
That is a dry walnut branch I dragged home for the shop fireplace.

 

[julie wolf]

My little Makita UC250D likes the Stihl full chisel 3/8" Picco Sondre sent me!
That is a dry walnut branch I dragged home for the shop fireplace.

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Aww what a cute little saw. And thise are some great chips!!

 

[Wilhelm]

Aww what a cute little saw. And thise are some great chips!!

She is one of the saw purchases that have dropped in my lap.
I picked her up some 300km away from my location, for a spell - so worth every minute taking the road trip.
She balances perfectly for one hand operation with a 10" B&C, and she has a reliable old school brushed motor that just keeps pulling.

I was somewhat surprised myself that the chips came out that big.

That saw and chain makes for one handy little combo!