Square VS Round

[mdavlee]

But I do have hackberry...
That may be too hard though.

Gum is kind of stringy if I remember.

 

[Hedgerow]

I can see I may have to actually go to MS. and run in it to see what it's all about..
Lol..

 

[Hedgerow]

I'll get some pics of what I'm working on right now for everyone's input..

 

[joshmain]

Both!

 

[Hedgerow]

Gullet cleaned, material under and inside removed, maximum cutter height kept taking only enough to create a square corner.
Not done yet, but do you all suppose the angle under top plate is steep enough? Or shal I go more? If more, I may get a little more forward lean than I like.

 

[Moparmyway]

You could go more and still keep the side plate straight, but your top plate angle will increase

 

[Hedgerow]

Correct, and I'm at +25 already.

 

[mdavlee]

Looks good to me. About like my chain that won the 3120 chain race. I had about 5 degrees of lean and a 30° top plate.

 

[concretegrazer]

Gullet cleaned, material under and inside removed, maximum cutter height kept taking only enough to create a square corner.
Not done yet, but do you all suppose the angle under top plate is steep enough? Or shal I go more? If more, I may get a little more forward lean than I like.
View attachment 496

Trust the force....

 

[Hedgerow]

Trust the force....

Sup Mark??

 

[Cut4fun]

I think picco sucked to convert to square

I converted mine in one pass in 20-25mins. For work chain.

 

[Hedgerow]

Looks good to me. About like my chain that won the 3120 chain race. I had about 5 degrees of lean and a 30° top plate.

Then on to making it look the part. If I finish it tonight, I'll put up another pic with different views.
They are very thin.. May be prone to break if they hit a knot.

 

[concretegrazer]

Sup Mark??

Just playing in the muck. Trying not to get stuck...

 

[concretegrazer]

I think picco sucked to convert to square

I converted mine in one pass in 20-25mins. For work chain.

It's not to bad once you make some room to work in.

 

[Hedgerow]

I'm still wondering about the white pine them chains were run in. Totally mis-judged what it would do to the saw if left tall.
It was sure a good experiment. I'm glad Kevin held the test.

 

[Cut4fun]

I'm still wondering about the white pine them chains were run in. Totally mis-judged what it would do to the saw if left tall.
It was sure a good experiment. I'm glad Kevin held the test.

That stuff cuts like warm stick butter.

 

[Cut4fun]

It's not to bad once you make some room to work in.

I just made room screw the file, even though I knew it was my only file on hand.
Moparmyway gave it to me. Thanks man.

 

[Hedgerow]

That stuff cuts like warm stick butter.

After looking at some of the cutters folks were showing, I figured they would gag that little Echo for sure, and you'd have to be holding up on the saw to get it through the cant..

This was not the case!
Lol..

 

[Cut4fun]

I prefer yellow poplar cants. But I figured with the stock 39cc testing I didnt want to spend 2 days at the cants.

 

[Cut4fun]

I put the picco on the ported 026 yesterday. Need to check something as chain isnt pulling through easily. Thinking hitting the bumper pads on cover.