Chainsaw issues...
John Rumm wrote:
On 19/05/2020 22:27, Tim+ wrote:
In an effort to eke a bit more life out of my chains on my cheapo lidl
chainsaw I bought myself a Stihl 2in1 sharpener.
I think either Ive cocked up the sharpening or theres another problem.
If Im cutting with €śheel€ť of the chain closest to the motor or with the
tip of the blade if produces good size shavings. Cutting with the centre
of the bar starts off okay but when Im sawing logs the blade seems to stop
cutting and just produces fine sawdust. Moving the chainsaw in and out to
use the €śheel€ť and the €śnose€ť enables me to carry on cutting but obviously
its not right.
As an aside, Ive never been convinced that the blade oiler is doing a good
enough job. Theres never been any oil splatter when revved and held
vertically over a piece of paper. The pump is pumping out oil though. I
can see it if I run the engine without the chain but the chain and bar get
very hot in use.
Could the bar be worn or in some way affecting the way the chain is
cutting?
Lack of lubrication can cause some odd behaviours - including a hot bar,
and lots of steam from the cut. It quite often swells the wood near the
cut making progress much harder.
Well I think the problem is a case of not RTFM! ;-)
The oil reservoir looked about half to a third full but when I ran the
engine without the chainbar not a drop of oil appeared through the
appropriate orifice.
I brimmed the oil tank and oil promptly started pumping out with the engine
running. In my defence I did read the manual but didnt accept the
importance of following the instructions to top up the oil tank up every
time I refuelled, thinking that the oiling would continue until the oil
tank ran out.
Clearly theres something a bit funny about the oil pick-up from the
reservoir but the solution seems to be simple, just follow the
instructions. ;-)
Ive run out of wood to test it on at the moment though but Im confident
that itll function better with the blade getting some oil. (The €śsplatter
test€ť does produce very fine droplets now that I may have not noticed
before. They are finer than I would have expected even with the oiler
turned to max but then this is my first chainsaw so Im not sure really
just how much to expect).
Tim
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