The best bar for bore cutting? ??

[cobey]

What bar nose is best?
I know full or square chisel chain bores best. Interesed what you all use.
I like a wide bar tip

 

[mdavlee]

Whatever is on the saw.

 

[junkman]

Any bar will bore ,the chain type and angles have more to do with it than the bar does .

 

[Jimmy in NC]

I have bored with all saws... if it's a small tree and I need to wedge (GOL) I have used a 3450 Echo or 025.

 

[cobey]

Most my bore cutting was off the
Roll 3/8 lpx. Semi was like a michine gun
At worse but not real smooth at its best

 

[jakethesnake]

I do personally prefer the sorta smaller tips when going in lol that sounds funny but seriously on shorter bars 18 for example I have a nice carlton replaceable tip but I seem to be able to bore the best with a regular ol power match as it's a tad smaller I have no idea if my theory holds water but that's about the way I see it. The longer bars are all more blunt on the end so in theory it makes very little if any difference

 

[Deets066]

I would guess a hardnose

 

[mdavlee]

I would guess a hardnose

Hard-nosed has no give. Sprocket. One is easier. A regular width is better but the larger tips with bigger roller bearings are tougher.

 

[67L36Driver]

Just for giggles at the '15 Iowa spring GTG, I shoved a 20" with safety chain thru a green oak log.

I'd never tried it before.

WTH? Safety chain?[emoji15]

 

[Carbine]

Hard-nosed has no give. Sprocket. One is easier. A regular width is better but the larger tips with bigger roller bearings are tougher.

Nothing to blow out though either. Good friend of mine religiously uses 18" duromatic on 660s and 661s. He cuts timber infrequently, but runs a tree biz full time. Different strokes for different folks.

 

[junkman]

Short bars scare me. Especially tip cutting.

 

[jakethesnake]

They are hairy at best

 

[Ryan Browne]

Nothing to blow out though either. Good friend of mine religiously uses 18" duromatic on 660s and 661s. He cuts timber infrequently, but runs a tree biz full time. Different strokes for different folks.

And people say my 660 looks goofy with a 20"...

 

[sawmikaze]

Any bar will bore ,the chain type and angles have more to do with it than the bar does .

Boring answer.

 

[jake wells]

a wider bar is better for bore cutting how do i know this i don't. read it on the internet so it must be true.

 

[cobey]

I guess it's whatever works for
The guy doing the sawing

The only one that didn't work
Was a .325 16 inch bar on a 50cc
Husky. Two bore cuts and the nose sprocket Locked up, got it broke loose and greased it, soon it locked up again
When normal cutting and I couldn't
Beat it loose again. It was a new bar

 

[cobey]

It was probably all the chain like
Others have said. Good to learn stuff

 

[67L36Driver]

It was probably all the chain like
Others have said. Good to learn stuff

That was the PM 70 that ate Cobey's T shirt BTW. ROFL

 

[jmssaws]

I've read that the wide nose is for boring but it's moving more wood than the narrow,if your going to stab something do you want a knife or a spoon?

The wide nose tip might last longer but for boring give me the narrow tip and a full comp chain,semi will do but full chisel is better.

 

[radio]

I've read that the wide nose is for boring but it's moving more wood than the narrow,if your going to stab something do you want a knife or a spoon?

The wide nose tip might last longer but for boring give me the narrow tip and a full comp chain,semi will do but full chisel is better.

I think the narrow tip is more durable and lasts longer but is aggressive and chatter prone, the wider tip results in a much smoother and controllable cut. YMMV