Noodling went sideways

You'll always remember the first time.

 

You will likely be amazed at how much a difference it will make when you noodle correctly. You can also noodle a few inches, then put a wedge in and split it. I do that quite often to save wear on the bar/chain. With some rounds, you have to noodle down past the halfway point. Sometimes, a steel wedge is best for this versus a plastic felling wedge but I use both, just depends on the wood.

 

Lay it down and get a wheel barrel ready for those noodles

 

Here is a very good site for bar maint. info:
Chain Saw Guide Bar Maintenance

Make sure to occasionally "dress" your bar to keep the rails true.

 

We’ll, laying the rounds down made quite a difference!














I managed to get almost all of them cut up and split! Thanks for all the guidance here. I still need to look at the bar as I’m getting a slightly uneven cut.

I’m stunned by the amount of noodles this created and I now have a craving for a big bowl of ramen.

Not a bad way to spend some time this AM on a day off up north. Post cutting, I ended up chatting with a neighbor who had a business doing milling and had two slabs of cherry he was making in to a table. He does some awesome work.


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Looks like you need another inch of bar length there
Gather some of those noodles there and let them dry in sunny spot for a (dry) couple of days and they make great fire starter.
I grab a handful of noodles, and little splitter trash, and drop a match on it...off to the races!

 

Funny I was also going to suggest fire starters. A pinch of noodles in the egg cartons, pour a little hot wax in, let them cool, and thats it!
I think 30 $1 candles made 90 or better starters.

 

Look for candles at yard sales. Pennies on the dollar.

 

I just let the noodles air dry and then shovel them into an old feed stack for storage. A hand full can really get the kindling going.

 

I prefer noodling with the 20" bar on my bigger saws. You do a lot of noodling btu?

 

No...but it is one more technique that I will use on occasion as the need arises...or once in a while I'll slice one up just to replenish the noodle supply

 

I wouldnt worry about that too much. More so if it curves while "normal" cutting.

 

Really interesting info. I couldn't figure out why laying the rounds down to do the noodling would make a difference. Then as I saw the pictures of the second attempt, I figured it out.

 

Thanks again everyone. I left the noodles in a pile up back and it rained this week. Maybe I’ll dry them out today and tomorrow and store for starting fires.

 

I wanted my noodles dry, so I spread them on a tarp on the lawn. When it looked like rain, I folded the tarp over.
I left that drying for a few good windy sunny days.

 

Noodles will dry in an hour or 2 here, on a hot summer day.

 

Drying the noodles:


Starting the firepit with noodles:








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