Need help clearing chips

[Wilhelm]

Turkey oak


This is fun ...

 

[Moparmyway]

Ah, I see - that was my boner . . . . .

It’s obvious that the water between us changes the definition of that word.

in these parts, If you have a “boner” interacting with these guys, I’m glad you’re across the pond !!

 

[Hedgerow]

Most of my videos feature turkey oak logs.

Turkey oak has:
- a much coarser and thicker bark than "regular" oak, I encountered up to 2" thick bark on large turkey oak logs
- a huge amount of moist so it needs years to season, fresh logs literally bleed when cut
- they all tend to have a "crack" going throughout the whole logs length
- they are hard and dense, the sharpest chain will "slip" encountering a knot

The big ones are all turkey oak
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Turkey oak
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We run into those cracks on Hedge here, rendering it almost useless on the mill.
We refer to it as "shake"
Dense wood growing in stressed conditions I guess..

 

[Wilhelm]

It’s obvious that the water between us changes the definition of that word.

in these parts, If you have a boner with these guys, I’m glad you’re across the pond !!

I have been watching and re-watching "Hubie Halloween", I though some of You may have too.
My boner if not!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10682266/

Julie Bowen is yummy still

 

[Wilhelm]

We run into those cracks on Hedge here, rendering it almost useless on the mill.
We refer to it as "shake"
Dense wood growing in stressed conditions I guess..

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That looks like really good firewood to me!

Dolmar PS-7900 with 36" 115DL 3/8" Carlton full chisel "hillbilly skip" chain with scoring teeth and Iggesund Forest R2 solid steel bar sitting on a small-ish beech log - no clogging bucking that beauty up

 

[Philbert]

Burying the tip stops the chain from throwing its previous chew, so it re-chews & jamms

So, you are saying ‘keep the tip out of the wood to reduce jamming ’?

That seems to make sense.

Philbert

 

[Deets066]

So, you are saying ‘keep the tip out of the wood to reduce jamming ’?

That seems to make sense.

Philbert

Always harder to clear chips with a buried bar.

 

[Wilhelm]

So, you are saying ‘keep the tip out of the wood to reduce jamming ’?

That seems to make sense.

Philbert

Always harder to clear chips with a buried bar.

I have noticed that the chain seems to "lift off" the bar/bars sprocket when bucking with the bar buried which allows wood chips to get under the chain and into the bar, or rather between the bars sprocket and the bar nose.

Un-jamming seems much easier forcing the chain into reverse by hooking the chain onto the logs bark and pulling the saw back.
This does not always work though, a couple times my bars nose sprocket was jammed so much I barely managed to turn it hammering its teeth with a screwdriver.

 

[Hedgerow]

Always harder to clear chips with a buried bar.

Yep..

Thomas’ tip is wallowing in its own filth,.


I warned him about that..

 

[rogue60]

There is an option for that . . . .


I have had some birch logs that really jammed things up. Not always though.
Some midwestern folks I know went down to clean up the Puerto Rico hurricane and cursed palm trees.

If you are always cutting the same stuff, you might be able to adjust chains and techniques. It's those 'one-off' trees that make you nuts.

Philbert

Hard nose bars are not the solution they lock up as well from chips under the chain only positives are it's faster to clear the lock up than it is a sprocket nose bar. It's all about adjusting techniques to suit conditions it's not always a race it's ok to lift WOT in a cut or back out of a cut to clear thing's out when you feel it happening. I guess it takes time to get a feel for when thing's are starting to clog up with chip's under the chain it happens just part of using a saw to cut timber.

 

[Cat 525]

Always harder to clear chips with a buried bar.

Yup! Also find that an 8 pin sprocket with tip buried in a bore tends to try and over run the bar sprocket.

 

[Hinerman]

A little late here, but I’ve seen more clogged chains with skip than full comp, especially if the guy with the saw is dawg happy.

Burying the tip stops the chain from throwing its previous chew, so it re-chews & jamms

Definitely try clearing the chain when you hear it load up, and don’t think about letting off the throttle as you do so.

new Stihl 404 has ginormous raker depth, if it’s happening more with newer chains, file it back a little bit to reduce the angle of attack of the tooth

I realize that I’ve repeated some of what’s already been said, but I never got a notification that you tagged me, my apologies Sir !

No apologies necessary. You are not late, you are right on time. Thank you for your input...

 

[Hinerman]

Yep..

Thomas’ tip is wallowing in its own filth,.


I warned him about that..

You are on a roll here lately...

 

[Pincher]

I have some Oregon 91VXL (3/8" LP or picco) that when it was new off the roll bound up tight in an ash 10" diam. Had to cut along side of it to loosen its grip. Now that the chains have some use, it hasn't happened.

 

[Deets066]

I have some Oregon 91VXL (3/8" LP or picco) that when it was new off the roll bound up tight in an ash 10" diam. Had to cut along side of it to loosen its grip. Now that the chains have some use, it hasn't happened.

Is that where you got the name pincher?

 

[Pincher]

Is that where you got the name pincher?

No, my wifes name is Penny. And im a Penny pincher.

 

[Philbert]

No, my wifes name is Penny. And im a Penny pincher.

My wife is 'Barb', but when I am gone, she becomes 'Phyllis'.

Philbert

 

[Hinerman]

Oh my!!!!

 

[Wilhelm]

Oh my!!!!

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WTF!
Do You need a sledgehammer to get that apart?

Something like that will never happen on a Dolly, at least never happened to me.
Chain stuck in bar rail, and bar nose sprocket wood chip stuck yes - but drive sprocket, never!

Really interesting.

 

[Wilhelm]

What B&C setup is that?

Try full comp, more teeth to carry the chips, lees compacting of the same!