Thread: show us your chainsaws

We only had one bar. A bloody great 3 foot one. Were chopping off hardwood piles at Shelly Bay some time ago and the bar vibrated so much it that it became attractive to all the fish (for some odd reason). Fish would go in for a look and PooF! instant berley. Next fish: "ohh, looks yummy.munch munch. Ohh, whats that noise? I'll swim over and.." PooF! Rinse and repeat for an hour and a half.

But we had to change the chains an awful lot. Aussie hardwood and barnacles are pretty hard on Chainsaw teeth

Originally Posted by XR500

We only had one bar. A bloody great 3 foot one. Were chopping off hardwood piles at Shelly Bay some time ago and the bar vibrated so much it that it became attractive to all the fish (for some odd reason). Fish would go in for a look and PooF! instant berley. Next fish: "ohh, looks yummy.munch munch. Ohh, whats that noise? I'll swim over and.." PooF! Rinse and repeat for an hour and a half.

But we had to change the chains an awful lot. Aussie hardwood and barnacles are pretty hard on Chainsaw teeth

There was a great episode on that NZ housing programme of that couple from auckland who built a home at Mangawahi with wood reclaimed from the old Welligton wharf. Awesome timber.

Originally Posted by XR500

We only had one bar. A bloody great 3 foot one. Were chopping off hardwood piles at Shelly Bay some time ago and the bar vibrated so much it that it became attractive to all the fish (for some odd reason). Fish would go in for a look and PooF! instant berley. Next fish: "ohh, looks yummy.munch munch. Ohh, whats that noise? I'll swim over and.." PooF! Rinse and repeat for an hour and a half.

But we had to change the chains an awful lot. Aussie hardwood and barnacles are pretty hard on Chainsaw teeth

Ha yeah, bloody Ironbark timber. That stuff was brutal on chains, I went through three on one pile once. Not recoverable, teeth tips were pealed up and back and chains were written off! Funny with the fish - they do weird things with vibrations if it's on the frequency that triggers their lateral line feeding instinct they chuck caution to the wind an in boots and all followed by munch.

I don't think the Mangawhai place would have been made with Ironbark - I pity the builder that took that job on. You'd struggle to stick a screw into it and nails - forget it!

Originally Posted by TeRei

There was a great episode on that NZ housing programme of that couple from auckland who built a home at Mangawahi with wood reclaimed from the old Welligton wharf. Awesome timber.

I used some reclaimed piles from Wollooollo wharf when I was working Sydney . Horrible stuff to work with , one was actually hollow in the middle . The boss wanted me to cut slabs out of it with a 60cc saw.

Originally Posted by paremata

I used some reclaimed piles from Wollooollo wharf when I was working Sydney . Horrible stuff to work with , one was actually hollow in the middle . The boss wanted me to cut slabs out of it with a 60cc saw.

"Mate, tell em he's dreaming!"

Chainsaw chain art

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Yikes. That's not approved by your average lady is it...

Got to the bottom of that weird revving up issue on the ms460 - impulse line at the crank case end had gone very slightly hard. It wasn't until you got it next to another could you tell the difference... Pesky little failure of a rather vital bit!

Bugger!


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looks like it got a tad warm...

Oops, did the screws fall out or did the thing overheat and blow apart? Haven't seen a brake lever melted like that before, well done on that!

Originally Posted by No.3

Oops, did the screws fall out or did the thing overheat and blow apart? Haven't seen a brake lever melted like that before, well done on that!

Screws fell out and it cracked all round the lower screws, was cutting a large fire charred macrocarpa. Hand was getting a little hotter than usual. A real bugger, as the plastics were very tidy before. Pretty hard to come by nice 084’s.


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an 084.....bugger,shit they are a lovely saw to use...good luck in your quest to find bits..contact stihl NZ directly..THEY WILL HAVE parts..the parent company still sends some of the older type saws around globe where regulations arent so strict..failing that the blue rip offs the ysell in states may be next best option.... yet to see them here but by all accounts are pretty good saws.

google chainsaw world (in New plymouth IIRC) they carry spares for numerous types of saw!

Just buy a husky

I had the muffler replaced on my 84 last year, parts are definitely about.