It is a good little saw but better for limbing and such; but it did do the white oak. Tomorrow I am getting The Beast out.
Did you let that saw chew its own way through the wood or use it like a motorized handsaw? That would cause some extra sweat to pour out....
No, and after felling I dressed the teeth on the chain a few more times before bucking. I know the saw is suppose to cut through the wood, not me push it through. It has just turned back hot and humid again. Maybe you guys can handle it without breaking a sweat
Kimberly, It is extremely hot here in East Tennessee also. A little bit at a time goes a long way, over a period of time. Lots of hydration, with determination, does produce a pile of BTU's in the end. I put it off all summer, until the past week. I finally said I am going to give it a try. Accumulated this pile in the past week at 93-95 deg, plus a LOT of sweat, in about 3 hours a day (all I could take). Our situation is not nearly the same, by any means, but it can be done. It ain't easy!
I was quite proud of my accomplishment today. I know I should do better but it is not always easy for me.
who's ever heard of getting everything done in one fell swoop? this is an industry that demands "a little at a time" otherwise we'd be dead--with good planning everything falls into place from selecting trees to take out to cutting to hauling to stacking to maneuvering to bringing inside to burning to cleaning ashes to the whole vicious cycle starting again--you've got to take it easy with a good steady hand (god-I hate when I put the foot in the mouth) but you all know what I mean--Kimmy you're doing great and you're head and shoulders above the couch potatoes just "hoping" something gets done!
Who among us hasn't had wood that looked like a chupacabra had been using it for a toothpick a time or two? Guilty myself. But I am eyeballing 7? + cubic feet of wood in a pile, that was a tree the other day, so it's progress.
I am still learning; I have a problem when I make cuts, roll the log, and then I cut over where I should be cutting. Oh well. I know that one should take notice of the chips coming out; a sharp chain should make chips; a dull chain will make fine chips or dust. There was another dead white oak I was going to do today but thunderstorms rolled in this afternoon. I was going to use The Beast today; spent some time sharpening the chain. The rain was needed though.
wow you know enough to sharpen your own chain and reassemble the thing--that's some expertise--I have one (toy) saw (Stihl) and one chain and a great local service center--I think I put the chain on backwards once...
I also know that if one side of the chain is sharper than the other side, the cut will curve; I think that was the case with the Echo chain.
I'm going to try artistic wood cutting--those sea captains sell like hot cakes up here on the north coast--and all it takes is the correct turn of the saw and a paint job...
I'm REAL gooder at that. Learning how to fix it though. That stack of wood will burn, no matter how you cut it, but get it split ASAP.
Agree. Yet since we should be helping one another, first I call it out. Then we say, "Let the saw and gravity do the work." Pushing and pulling the saw in the cut will wear out the body.
Things are sunnier now; the flat tyre is fixed and The Old Girl is running again; now I can do some cutting and hauling.
