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Title: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saw videos?
Post by: David B on November 03, 2021, 09:26:18 PM
Been on a quest to learn to sharpen to cut decades dead desert hardened eucalyptus. I got some discontinued oregon Duracut DPX (semi chisel). 36" on 3120/395. Seemed slow and no bite out of the box, so I took the rakers down, not much help. Did seem to hold an edge but every log is different in dirt amount. Sooooo...I put some hook in the cutters with my secondhand stihl USG and a CBN wheel. I took it out and cut a log up today after work with the 395. Still 90 here, can't wait for it to cool off the rest of the way. Should have by Halloween. Unfortunately, by the time it does, the time will change, and it will be dark after work. Anyway...the challenge with the hardened wood is getting enough bite but but not too much. Not enough and the chain skims and the saw screams. Too much, and Clutch stall...which is what I got today. If I got the feed just right, boy howdy the ported 395 will cut, but the slightest bit too much pressure and she'd stall. I didn't take any video today but here are some previous...and you can wander around my other videos if you're weird and think chainsaws are cool.


28" full comp full chisel...not the best chain for this but it's what I had. Also a little on the aggressive side. https://youtu.be/U-1glfxK_wc (https://youtu.be/U-1glfxK_wc)


Duracut before putting hook in it

https://youtu.be/aBsLF8NJQJQ (https://youtu.be/aBsLF8NJQJQ)

3120 ported makes almost anything cut...I call it Thor's hammer.

Square did well, but slow to re sharpen which needs done often.

https://youtu.be/twF6y4AZmB0 (https://youtu.be/twF6y4AZmB0)

42" .404 raisman semi chisel IIRC.

Aussies say and I agree .404 and big cubes are the best when the wood gets big.

https://youtu.be/dhThwuWdwuw (https://youtu.be/dhThwuWdwuw)
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saws?
Post by: sablatnic on November 05, 2021, 07:00:28 PM
Noisy saws, I could start the Lombard, but I would recieve complaints.
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saws?
Post by: Tacotodd on November 05, 2021, 07:14:07 PM
I thought my generously MM's 372xt would be disturbing to the neighbors, but I have never seemed to draw any negative attention from them. But then again, sometimes my neighbors only let stuff like that fester inside of them. I take stuff like that well! Besides, (like I told a boss once) if I don't know that I do something wrong, I CAN'T FIX IT! But they sure do seem to like it when I'll come and cut something up for them.
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saws?
Post by: Al_Smith on November 06, 2021, 07:09:12 AM
Those Lombard 4.2 cubic inch engines ,a Homelite XL-12 take off are noisy .I have one to top that though .McCulloch 6-10 which is 70 cc ,modified with a curved bottom muffler ,gutted .That one makes dogs howl .Ear plugs or muffs are mandatory to say the least .
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saws?
Post by: Fishnuts2 on November 06, 2021, 09:28:31 AM
My old Poulan sand cast models (43, 47, & 53) will make your ears bleed too!
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saws?
Post by: sawguy21 on November 06, 2021, 11:50:42 AM
@Al_Smith (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=2054) I got a 797 to run, between the two of us we can wake the dead! I can't imagine running that all day. WHAT?
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saws?
Post by: Al_Smith on November 06, 2021, 07:14:11 PM
I've got some large saws too The novelty of those redwood slayers are  rather short lived after about half an hour .None of mine ,2 Mac 125's, one Homelite 2100S ,two Partner P100's and one 2100 Husqvarna have altered exhausts so they are not that loud .They are rather heavy though .
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saws?
Post by: longtime lurker on November 08, 2021, 03:30:26 AM
Dirty hard eucalypt  = .404 semi chisel / file at 35° and 10° of down. Or tungsten carbide chain. Either way you want a big saw to swing it and one thing I know for sure is a 395 will do better than a MS661... the torque curve is better at lugging down and dirty hard eucs are all about the lugging down with a half blunt chain, not screaming away with a sharp one

I use the .404 myself, definitely a faster cutter than the T/C. I'm not doing it for a living anymore but I've worked with guys who run T/C and while I'd be stopped sharpening you could hear trees hitting the ground in the distance. They carry a couple spare loops and put more tons down a day.

Back when I used to go through a file a day, chain every second day, bar life maybe a week to 10 days.
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saws?
Post by: David B on November 08, 2021, 10:35:03 PM
@longtime lurker (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=22746)

Thanks! I just might have to try some TC. 
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saws?
Post by: David B on November 08, 2021, 10:36:32 PM
...35* top plate angle, and not too
Much hook I assume? 
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saws?
Post by: Tacotodd on November 09, 2021, 03:54:12 AM
You got it! CLAP CLAP CLAP!
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saws?
Post by: David B on December 01, 2021, 06:02:25 PM
3/8" LGX for a couple cuts cuz it was handy. 

395xp with good Euc chain makes wallhanger - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrJLqu3QBHg)
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saw videos?
Post by: weimedog on December 01, 2021, 10:58:14 PM
Some nasty tree I did this last couple of days :)

( Minute 17 until the crash is a Husqvarna 565, Stock ; pulling a 28 inch Bar & Chain quite easily I might add. In Ash, a hardwood )


Ugly "Ash" Felling ( For a friend A Softer Gentler Approach :) ) Husqvarna 565 w/ 28 inch bar - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RngPKY_RfR4&t=28s)
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saw videos?
Post by: sablatnic on December 02, 2021, 04:20:25 AM
Thinking of something like this noisy monster? ^_^
Skilsaw 1610 - YouTube (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jcH9fbABoZE)
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saw videos?
Post by: Tacotodd on December 02, 2021, 12:28:55 PM
@sablatnic (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=8763) that's a BIG saw right there. I don't know if I could hang onto it for more than a couple of minutes :D Just kidding. Every job has a tool, every tool has its particular job ;) You chose well. 👍
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saw videos?
Post by: David B on June 05, 2022, 08:05:32 PM
@sablatnic (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=8763) looks like the chain is sharp! 
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saw videos?
Post by: David B on June 05, 2022, 08:10:04 PM
https://youtu.be/1PyrmtHhM0w (https://youtu.be/1PyrmtHhM0w)

https://youtu.be/2n80E5c4sk4 (https://youtu.be/2n80E5c4sk4)

and some fun. Love that 7900...

https://youtu.be/loKiGYPyqIg (https://youtu.be/loKiGYPyqIg)
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saw videos?
Post by: sablatnic on June 06, 2022, 08:07:42 AM
Quote from: David B on June 05, 2022, 08:05:32 PM
@sablatnic (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=8763) looks like the chain is sharp!
It is, thank you, a lovely Oregon 1/4" chain from the 70s. Only used sparingly as new ones are unobtainable
Title: Re: Too quiet in here, how bout some noisy saw videos?
Post by: sablatnic on June 07, 2022, 12:45:53 AM
A short video taken in pouring rain at a steam rally, it is steam whistles at the start.
We had been invited to show some "old" saws, and happened to have four identical S55s and a 1633, which is the same saw in different colours, so decided to make a little chain test to create some action during the rain.
Details about the chains are above the video. We were surprised by the results, had expected the first one to be fastest, and slower as we progressed. 
Or maybe I am just VERY sharp at filing :-D
Link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iM0axEqk3jc