Have any of you ever used these or seen them? After the last off brand chain I bought cuz I was in a pinch I swore I’d never buy anything but Oregon again. Apparently the gold titanium make these cut 20% faster What are your guys thoughts?
Diesel 4 life , there is an asterisk after the claim. I wonder what it refers to on the back or inside of the package? Lol.
The asterisk refers to the disclaimer that it is 20 percent faster than the dull chain you are taking off
I thought this was going to about the youtube video I just watched. This guy made a titanium axe head.. Than a quick informal test between it and a steel axe. Looks like they both were the same but he claimed it was lighter..
I looked it up, and it says that its’ full-chisel design will cut 20% faster than a semi-chisel design. So, the titanium material doesn’t have anything to do with anything except nifty marketing. I work with metal in orthopedics, and the main important phrase is fatigue strength. On a 4-point bending test of a 5mm thick bar of material, Titanium failed at 40,000 load cycles and stainless steel lasted 440,000 load cycles before failure. Since I’m proud to work with implants of carbon fiber, I should add that carbon fiber implants had no failure at 4,000,000 load cycles. My point is that I would be hesitant at how inherently weak titanium is, especially for something of high torque like a chain on a saw. I don’t feel that they would last or be able to be resharpened like a good Oregon chain of traditional material. Titanium has its place for sure, but I think that here it may be some good marketing.
Eh, carbon fiber is good only for certain things as well. Sure, it's light, but for load bearing parts it can crack. Titanium is light and strong. I think on cutters it might be a really good use for it. I wonder what sharpening titanium is like versus traditional steel cutters?
Eh. On closer inspection, it's just a titanium coating. So it's a trilink chain with a shiny coating on the cutters. Now, I have used the trilink semi chisel chain, and while it looks extra beefy, it actually cuts very well for a safety chain, and stayed sharp for a long time. I had the trilink sharpened, and haven't used it since. I'm planning on using that to cut a tree that might possibly have some wire fence in it. Now I just need to find that and the other chain
Well look in section D subsection C shelf 25 bin 6 of shed number 3 past the pile of parts saws and maybe you will find the chains or you will find them right after you spring for the new titanium sabre chains !!
Beat me to it, I was betting it was a coating and not solid Ti. I'll stick with Oregon, Still or the new Husqvarna made chains.
They have been using that coating on drill bits for years. It lasts a lot longer on the initial sharpening, but after its sharpened once it lasts the same as un-coated bits.
I thought the main thing about titanium was that it was lighter but not necessarily stronger. Might be stronger than aluminum but not SS.
high speed cnc -the coating promotes faster speeds and longer runs- once item is resharpened it has to be re-coated to achieve those same parameters. Anything else it just a marketing ploy- you pay extra. might as well paint JD green and charge 10% more.
