Chainsaw 2T oil. Perplexed.

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Awesome being out in the bush in that shit, get a sore neck from looking above you all day. Only another 3 or 4 hundred meters, then Im having a break from firewood, and onto cutting tracks.

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Been cutting this pile for 3 days now, and hardly made a dent in it. Great views at lunchtime though.

[george formby]

My ickle Solo is getting a good work out too.



Anybody use Jay Max oil? Spotted it in the engineers yesterday & the bloke who cut my tree down uses it in his 1980s Husky light sabre. T'is cheap & apparently good.

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That lot should take about an hour to clean up George. Never heard of jay max oil. We used to get a lot of Fuchs oil down this way, which was good stuff and affordable, but cant seem to get it here now. All my 2 stroke oil is Mobile at the moment, as they are giving me not bad deals on 18 liter chainbar oils. Dumb how you cannot buy 20 liter drums anymore. Stupid OSH, stupid humans.

[Winston001]

North Canterbury Equipment are selling 20 litres of bar oil on TM for $95 plus $20 freight. And a Christchurch outfit is selling 20 litres of Morris chain oil for $120 delivered.

Any thoughts?



(Ummm...I use old black oil )

[george formby]

North Canterbury Equipment are selling 20 litres of bar oil on TM for $95 plus $20 freight. And a Christchurch outfit is selling 20 litres of Morris chain oil for $120 delivered.

Any thoughts?



(Ummm...I use old black oil )

I'm using a cheap Merckan chain bar oil at the mo, $25 / 4 ltr. Used most of it today, nearly 4 ltr of gas, too. That is obviously cheaper!
The tree I'm cutting up is a dead, dry, Black Wattle. I thought dry Manuka was hard until I discovered dry plum. Now I've discovered dry Wattle.The bar is getting hot enough to make the chain smoke. The wood is like iron. I took the chain in for a professional sharpen because I'm a numpty n00b & it was making more saw dust than shavings. $18 later & no change, the wood looks polished when it's cut. Cut some Plum for a comparison & got lovely big, curly chips...
My bad, the oil is labelled JAK MAX, Aussie company, Link Here the oil is made by ALCO in the US, semi synthetic & recommended to run at 50:1. $17.95 + GST for 1 ltr, $49.95 + GST for 4 ltr. Semi synth. Found out it smokes more than generic Castrol at 25:!. Saw seems happy, though. Revvin like a good'un.
6 mtrs down, 6 to go.
Oh, the trunk with my piddly saw on it is our newest Trials bike section..... Just need the trials bike.

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North Canterbury Equipment are selling 20 litres of bar oil on TM for $95 plus $20 freight. And a Christchurch outfit is selling 20 litres of Morris chain oil for $120 delivered.

Any thoughts?



(Ummm...I use old black oil )

AllRig, next to transport repairs in Gore do me a 18ltr for $87.63, but I use one every 4 days. Do not use waste oil, fucks everything from oil lines to guide rails and sprockets.

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North Canterbury Equipment are selling 20 litres of bar oil on TM for $95 plus $20 freight. And a Christchurch outfit is selling 20 litres of Morris chain oil for $120 delivered.

Any thoughts?



(Ummm...I use old black oil )

I'm using a cheap Merckan chain bar oil at the mo, $25 / 4 ltr. Used most of it today, nearly 4 ltr of gas, too. That is obviously cheaper!
The tree I'm cutting up is a dead, dry, Black Wattle. I thought dry Manuka was hard until I discovered dry plum. Now I've discovered dry Wattle.The bar is getting hot enough to make the chain smoke. The wood is like iron. I took the chain in for a professional sharpen because I'm a numpty n00b & it was making more saw dust than shavings. $18 later & no change, the wood looks polished when it's cut. Cut some Plum for a comparison & got lovely big, curly chips...
My bad, the oil is labelled JAK MAX, Aussie company, Link Here the oil is made by ALCO in the US, semi synthetic & recommended to run at 50:1. $17.95 + GST for 1 ltr, $49.95 + GST for 4 ltr. Semi synth. Found out it smokes more than generic Castrol at 25:!. Saw seems happy, though. Revvin like a good'un.
6 mtrs down, 6 to go.
Oh, the trunk with my piddly saw on it is our newest Trials bike section..... Just need the trials bike.

Get yourself a chisel chain for that shit, your saw will thank you for it later. All that reving and dust making is just fucking everything. Fine dust will fill your guide rails, oil holes and air filter a lot more than chips. As long as the oil is sticking to the bar and chain, and not getting flung off like car engine oil would, then brands not important.

[george formby]

Get yourself a chisel chain for that shit, your saw will thank you for it later. All that reving and dust making is just fucking everything. Fine dust will fill your guide rails, oil holes and air filter a lot more than chips. As long as the oil is sticking to the bar and chain, and not getting flung off like car engine oil would, then brands not important.

Them sounds like wise words. The poor wee chainsaw is just a big ball of dust & I'm barely half way through. I just started the big stuff on my last fill before beer o clock. Takes forever to cut a 6ft 50cm log into sections. The bigger stuff is still there. When do you flip the bar over?

Oh. I felt inadequate enough yesterday when Tony, the feller, whipped out the biggest tool I have ever seen, 65cc & about 5ft from tip to tail apparently, 232 teeth. Having seen your Alpine mound it just gets worserer. I will be worthy one day!

[Akzle]

Them sounds like wise words. The poor wee chainsaw is just a big ball of dust & I'm barely half way through. I just started the big stuff on my last fill before beer o clock. Takes forever to cut a 6ft 50cm log into sections. The bigger stuff is still there. When do you flip the bar over?

Oh. I felt inadequate enough yesterday when Tony, the feller, whipped out the biggest tool I have ever seen, 65cc & about 5ft from tip to tail apparently, 232 teeth. Having seen your Alpine mound it just gets worserer. I will be worthy one day!

you poof. I said id come do it, and bring hardware and all.

Either way, youre doing it wrong.

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I flip the bar every 5 tanks. Dust is a sure sign that somethings not right. If you are too scottish to buy a chisel chain, file your saw teeth to 30 degrees and lower the rakes by another mm.

[george formby]

you poof. I said id come do it, and bring hardware and all.

Either way, youre doing it wrong.

Yeah but. Poofta I can handle, I'm a black belt with a whisk.. The manly arts of knocking the shit out of stuff is new to me.
I owed a bloke some thanks for a lot of freely given help so he was the first call for the job so I could actually give the good bugger some money. No offense to your generosity but what goes around should come around.
I has some huuuuuuge pines at funny angles if that floats your boat.
Right or wrong I'm over the moon I'm doing it! 2 years ago I was the bloke on the telly who can't open his beer with a hammer. Did my first beer tonight with the solo. Fuck yeah! Mankini & chainsaw chaps. I've arrived..

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For George.

[Akzle]

I flip the bar every 5 tanks. Dust is a sure sign that somethings not right. If you are too scottish to buy a chisel chain, file your saw teeth to 30 degrees and lower the rakes by another mm.

stihl run 30 on most of their chains. Going down a mil on the depth can *apparently* fuck your shit. I was told off by ze germans because i used to file them flat on new chains.
flip the bar every time you take it off, depending how an where you work will depend when it goes downside up.

Right or wrong I'm over the moon I'm doing it! 2 years ago I was the bloke on the telly who can't open his beer with a hammer. Did my first beer tonight with the solo. Fuck yeah! Mankini & chainsaw chaps. I've arrived..

thats all good. But, that it doesn't sound like either of you are that good at it. E props though. For getting manly.

[george formby]

Busted, you've heard me whistling. Funnily enough my Dear Mama is over from blighty at the mo, sizzling.
Yup Akzle, your right. I'm not good at it but getting betterer. My chain is filed at 30o & me little lumps at the front are in check, bought a wee gauge today to confirm it. Will look at a chisel chain because the poor wee tool I have now is slogging it's guts out and I have barely touched the boughs.

I've been a chef since I was 13, well, started then. I'm staring down the barrel of fiddy now. The only power tool I had up until 2 years ago was a cordless drill which I found. But.
I learned something a few years ago. If you can do it so can I. Eventually. By some bizarre quirk of fate I went from a Mission Bay kitchen to a Southern Ocean galley. From that I ended up on the deck of a long liner. Comfort zone? Not much. So I learned to lose the ego & ask the questions, then get me head down & learn. Then I could do the job. A bloody scary one if you lacked wits.
Dealing to this neglected acre & 140 year old cottage is the same, I have to ask the questions, take the knocks & fill in the gaps.

So. Chisel chain or bigger bar & chain for my wee 639? What colour lingerie should I wear under me chaps? Which oil has the best fragrance? Should I wrap some tinsel round me helmet?