Hey folks. What do you think would be the best chain for noodling with my Dolmar 5105? It has a 20" bar with 3/8 pitch/.050 gauge.
I'd think chisel tooth, either round or square filed/ground, regular angles and raker height for crosscutting/bucking.
That's what my big girls like anyways, works great for me in oak, beech, hornbeam, locust, pear!
Although 20" fully utilized might be a bit hard on a 5105, I don't know for sure as I've never ran one.
This is recommended bucking angles, round filed, chisel tooth Carlton A2LM 115DL fully buried in oak (bar 36", wood butt 40+") - it's a custom"sorta-skip" chain.
My PS-7900 pulled the chain like a champ, super long noodles:
I personally like chisel tooth round filed for all my bucking and noodling.
I have tried semi chisel round filed for bucking and noodling and it seems to be slower and less grabby.
Dolmar PS-6400, 20" 3/8" Stihl Rapid Duro3 (carbide tipped) in an knot free oak round:
The chains tooth geometry is semi chisel, round ground with an extremely small diameter gullet - the Stihl Picco Duro3 I have for my small saws has a much larger gullet diameter.
I just realized I have not a single video of my saws noodling with regular chains, this one is the only I have.
Will have to remember to make some, these Dolmar's are excellent noodling monsters!