On Sep 23, 4:53*pm, dpb wrote:
jim wrote:

...

I've never seen a saw burn wood to the point where it's smoking
unless, like Bub suggests - backward chain. ...

Try some about 20-yr dead ash sometime...

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Or mock orange. Its the only wood I've cut that is so dense that it
makes the chain throw sparks.

BTW, nothing will dull a chain faster than cutting a downed tree and
letting the chain cut into the dirt as it exits the tree trunk.

KC