Phisherman wrote:
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:53:21 -0500, dpb wrote:

jim wrote:
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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...


It doesn't have to be ash. My dull chain smoked at cutting fresh
pine, ...

I'm actually, really dry ash doesn't so much smoke, it shoots sparks...

....even w/ a sharp chain.

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