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Started by hacknstack, June 20, 2012, 02:27:18 PM

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hacknstack

Does anyone do this anymore?  I grew up watching my grandfather and father spritz oil on their chain before starting the saw initially, and I've continued the habit to this day on my 034 Super.  I have a squirt can of bar oil and give the chain a couple of squirts before a cold start - I have no idea if it actually helps chain or bar life, or if I'm just wasting oil.

clww

The only time I spray anything on one, is when it's been sitting, unused for quite awhile. I'll spray WD-40 on it then.
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If you sharpen your own chain the first thing to do is clean it. Lye is the best. I found a couple brands of degreaser concentrate in gallons for around $10 that have sodium hydroxide (lye ) in 'em. I mix it way stronger than the label says. A plastic bucket with your chains submerged in water/degreaser. I don't care if they soak two weeks, but keep the air off it.

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Get 'em out, hose 'em off and you will like the bright blue steel. Then hang them all together for a community blast of Penetrating lube. When it flashes off, you ready to grind. I was shortening the life of my grinding wheels before I learned this. Think of all that gum and dirt out of the moving parts on the chain. Gang spray 'em again after you sharpen.

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Clam77

As far as brand new chains- most of them come pre-oiled now.

It's not hurting anything, but there's not much need since the advent of clutch driven auto-oilers and tackifiers in the modern variable-viscosity oils that keep it sticky. 

For the older saws that had manual oilers... it was probably a good idea to do as not all oils were variable viscosity, or even clean (alot of used crankcase oil got thrown in), and it gave a little bit of time for the saw to warm up the oil in the tank so it flowed better.

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DDDfarmer

After sharpening the chain I will top up the gas and oil.  When the oil fills I will trickle oil down the top of the bar.  Just something I started doing years ago, few extra drops of oil is not going to break the bank and might help the chain  ???
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Al_Smith

It's a practice some do and some do not  .I oil up the long bars prior to starting the saw .Fact I saw the crew from Asplundh do the very same on a big Dolmar with a 36" the other day on a big dead ash tree .

Kind of comical in a way ,I was talking with the crew foreman and the feller just started the back cut then let out a scream and ran like he'd seen a ghost .We both thought WTH .Seems a big old wolf spider the size of a baseball had climbed right up the saw bar . :D

Reyn

Quote from: Al_Smith on June 21, 2012, 07:27:12 AM
It's a practice some do and some do not  .I oil up the long bars prior to starting the saw .Fact I saw the crew from Asplundh do the very same on a big Dolmar with a 36" the other day on a big dead ash tree .

Kind of comical in a way ,I was talking with the crew foreman and the feller just started the back cut then let out a scream and ran like he'd seen a ghost .We both thought WTH .Seems a big old wolf spider the size of a baseball had climbed right up the saw bar . :D

I will knock children and elderly people down trying to get away from a spider. Snakes dont scare me but a spider i cant stand.

Al_Smith

Niether could that young man from Asplundh obviously .I told him to step on it .He replied no ---kin way and beat it with a club . :D All the while myself ,the crew foreman and two linemen from the power company were rolling in the grass  laughing like idiots .

Seriously  though I'd imagine if a person had a phobia with spiders it wouldn't be very funny .Myself I'd have cut the thing into with the chainsaw and be done with it .4 legs going north and 4 legs going south .

CTYank

Quote from: Al_Smith on June 21, 2012, 07:27:12 AM
It's a practice some do and some do not  .I oil up the long bars prior to starting the saw .Fact I saw the crew from Asplundh do the very same on a big Dolmar with a 36" the other day on a big dead ash tree .

Kind of comical in a way ,I was talking with the crew foreman and the feller just started the back cut then let out a scream and ran like he'd seen a ghost .We both thought WTH .Seems a big old wolf spider the size of a baseball had climbed right up the saw bar . :D

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