Howdy all. Just don't see enough clean, soft wood with thin, easy bark to be much more than round-ground semi-chisel here, or it won't last, at least not in my dirt-kissing simpleton's hands. The main soft wood encountered is Radiata (Monterey up there I think) Pine, but the bark is often very thick and dirty.
Have been experimenting quite a bit lately with my Oregon grinder. Latest idea is using the thin wheel on every pitch chain (mainly 3/8 and 3/8LP). Reason being I'm hoping to not have to keep changing wheels, and if I can confirm the thin wheel can be made to work OK, then if ever I can afford a diamond wheel, it will be just the one wheel needed. Have been trying to find the worst-case wood to test in and so far, that's dry red gum (E.saligna). On 3/8 chain the transition of sideplate to gullet is quite a tight curve when using the thin wheel and my first attempts were not smooth. But if i limit the raker angle to about 6 degrees and profile the wheel to be more like half-parabolic, it's actually quite a smooth chain and perfectly acceptable.
Has anyone else tried this, especially on .404 please? I think .404 may be the undoing of my 1-wheel policy.
What happens when ordering a diamond/ABN/CBN wheel? Can they put any edge profile on or does it have to be semi-circular and/or symmetrical? I understand if it is asymmetrical then the wheel can't be turned over but it seems like on these wheels the wear isn't much at all.