Thread: show us your chainsaws

Black powder does as good a job, the buggers can take a few shots if they are bigger though.

The good bit happens at 2 minutes or thereabouts.

If only you could still buy black powder...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDR9aKjQkVg

I have an atom attachment for a chainsaw and inch through to 2 inch augers, 500 long if you need the use of them.

No dear I have several kg, and it's readily available, probably more so than smokeless. Not that that's a good idea in a splitting wedge

Is this tin still useable?

Should be, provided the powder hasn't clumped and it still a fairly uniform granule size (for want of a better description - it isn't in kernels like the modern rifle powders if that makes sense?). Some people talk about the smell of it, I really don't have much of a sense of smell due to years in chemical plants so don't query me on that one!!!

OK, so the 2 off .54 sized holes in the tin won't be a problem.

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

OK, so the 2 off .54 sized holes in the tin won't be a problem.

Ha, just zoomed the photo (was looking at it on a mobile). Yeah, could be a minor inconvenience.

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

The good bit happens at 2 minutes or thereabouts.

If only you could still buy black powder...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDR9aKjQkVg

Haha, awesome, or sodium weedkiller.........

Were the contents of the tin used to produce the two holes, if so there's a beautiful circularity to the whole thing

I have used a ms462 stihl with the light weight bar and I reckon it made quite a nice difference.
I bought a 500i and it came with the standard 22 inch bar.
I bought a new 28 inch light and a second hand 25 inch light.and thought I weigh them of my hanging scales.
Even the 28 inch was 150grams lighter than the 22 inch standard bar.
I pulled a decent sized mare out of the creek this week so will make a chain up for the 25 inch and see how that goes!


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Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Were the contents of the tin used to produce the two holes, if so there's a beautiful circularity to the whole thing

One was, the other was the first shot out of the new tin.

Originally Posted by andyanimal31

I have used a ms462 stihl with the light weight bar and I reckon it made quite a nice difference.
I bought a 500i and it came with the standard 22 inch bar.
I bought a new 28 inch light and a second hand 25 inch light.and thought I weigh them of my hanging scales.
Even the 28 inch was 150grams lighter than the 22 inch standard bar.
I pulled a decent sized mare out of the creek this week so will make a chain up for the 25 inch and see how that goes!
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Let us know if you notice any fondness for twisting or doing any other weird things with the light bars. Mate got a fairly new second hand saw with one on it, did not like it with the light bar at all. Reckoned he couldn't treat it the same as his old saw and had to baby the thing through the cut (one of those always in a hurry types, but can sharpen a chain just impatient). Formed the opinion the new saw was a floppy piece of crap, but just for giggles swapped the old solid bar over from the old saw that was getting flogged out. Much happier after that, all better no whining just 2 stroke engine noise!

The light bars are flexible for sure, and the toughest bars are great for splitting planets in half

But you get used to them quickly and horses for courses, you use each when the benefits are required

Understand the task and set the saw up accordingly

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

The light bars are flexible for sure, and the toughest bars are great for splitting planets in half

But you get used to them quickly and horses for courses, you use each when the benefits are required

Understand the task and set the saw up accordingly


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Looks like that needs to get dirty!

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