Larry Blanchard wrote:
On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:55:03 +0000, Bob Daun wrote:


Since I know a lot of people cut up their own bowel wood, I have a question.
I was cutting up some pieces from a downed Maple tree in my son's backyard
last week. The pieces were already about 15-20" lengths and I used his
chainsaw to slice these down the middle to provide more useful starting
pieces and allow me to carry them by myself up to my car. In doing this, I
noticed that it was much harder to saw the pieces down the middle than to
cross cut them. Is this typical? If so, are there chain designs which
would cut better when cutting a block vertically down the middle as opposed
to cross cutting?


Seems to me I recall that ripping chains were available for chain saws.
Are they still? I don't know.


Ripping chains are available but they are not recommended for use with a
hand held saw. They're designed for chain saw mills. See:

http://www.loghomestore.com/tools-ch...#ripping-chain

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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA