Why does my chainsaw dull so quickly?

[keepreal]

Why does my chainsaw dull so quickly?

 

[Czed]

Why does my chainsaw dull so quickly?

Welcome to the site
What conditions are you cutting in?
Yesterday I cut mud covered tree's
And had to sharpen twice.

 

[Wolverine]

@Definitive Dave should be able to give you an answer here.

 

[P.M.P.]

Why does my chainsaw dull so quickly?

Pics of the chain and what your cutting would help.

 

[Deets066]

Why is my beer always empty?
Just one of life’s mysteries....

 

[Definitive Dave]

Why does my chainsaw dull so quickly?

In my particular case, I found that stuffing the tip of the bar into the dirt as soon as I finally manage to get the pipe saw started is pretty rough on a chain.
Your mileage will vary, of course.

The puff of dust about 14 seconds in, is my "sharp" chain making a little divot in the turf
T rollers wife caught my moment of glory on video for all time.
welcome to the madhouse
Dave

 

[angelo c]

where is T Roller ?

 

[P.M.P.]

where is T Roller ?

Who dat

 

[huskihl]

Riding his bike

 

[Nutball]

It can depend on the chain, the angles the teeth are sharpened to, the kind and condition of wood, and operator error.

Dirt in a rotten hollow will dull chains quickly as will junk caught in a deep crotch in the log. Don't cut into the ground even slightly, roll the log to finish the cut. wash off any dirt on the outside of the wood and cut so the chain direction is such that the dirty part of the wood is last to get cut, so the dirt is thrown off the wood instead of drug through the cut. Watch out for gravel hidden in bark fissures near the stump.

Dry dead wood is harder on chains than fresh wet wood. certain woods especially near the stump suck up minerals that dull a chain quickly.

Woods that are particularly hard on chains even when still green are maples, hickory, hedge apple, and ironwood.

On chain sharpening: Maybe your chain is sharp, but the depth gauge points in front of the cutters are too high and need filing down a little. Steeper angles will stay sharp longer (but they don't cut faster or smoother). Keep the file high on the tooth, don't use too small of a file diameter, but make sure you use the right size file. Yellow is a normal profile, green would be more durable coming from a larger or higher up file. Red would come from too low of file position or too small of diameter. I recommend filing the teeth top plate at 20-25degrees. 30-35 deg can dull fast, 45deg will dull almost instantly. Make sure the whole top plate, side plate and pointed corner (if the tooth has one) is all sharp.

Also, most cheaper brands (anything but Stihl) with laminated bars (looks like 3 layers of metal) have a wide gap between the rails, a low tolerance bar gauge. This can make crooked cuts happen very easily. Crooked cuts is normally caused by a dull or unevenly sharpened chain, but a loose rail gap can amplify crooked cutting a lot.

If you have ever run your chain backward, the chrome plating on the teeth could be worn off ruining the durability of the tooth sharpness.

 

[Philbert]

Some sharpening angles will cut faster, but dull faster. Some angles will cut slower, but keep cutting longer.

And dirt. Dirt dulls chains.

Depending on your saw, each tooth on your chain might go around the guide bar about 20 times per second. So, if your bar only touches the ground for ‘about half a second’ . . .

Philbert

 

[keepreal]

Welcome to the site
What conditions are you cutting in?
Yesterday I cut mud covered tree's
And had to sharpen twice.

thank you

 

[keepreal]

Why is my beer always empty?
Just one of life’s mysteries....

 

[chipper1]

Some sharpening angles will cut faster, but dull faster. Some angles will cut slower, but keep cutting longer.

And dirt. Dirt dulls chains.

Depending on your saw, each tooth on your chain might go around the guide bar about 20 times per second. So, if your bar only touches the ground for ‘about half a second’ . . .

Philbert

I liken hitting the dirt with a chain to driving a car down a dirt rd at 45mph and dragging your pocket knife on the rd.
Edit; some are better doing it than others lol.

 

[Wolverine]

I liken hitting the dirt with a chain to driving a car down a dirt rd at 45mph and dragging your pocket knife on the rd.
Edit; some are better doing it than others lol.

Have any vid to share?