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Biodegradable Bar Oil for my chainsaw. I'm gonna need a lot of this for milling lumber with my chainsaw mill.
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Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can do what others can't.
Support my videos by becoming a Patron
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www.oneheartfire.org to follow my personal permaculture adventures.
Now accepting Gappers for the Permaculture Bike Park project.
My Ant Love wish list:
Biodegradable Bar Oil for my chainsaw. I'm gonna need a lot of this for milling lumber with my chainsaw mill.
Darn Tough Socks that come with an unconditional lifetime warrantee! I go through socks like goats through a fence, these are supposed to last a lifetime or they send you a new pair! Size 12/XL please
...go with a small saw for felling and limbing trees, and doing the notching on my roundpole construction...
Jay C. White Cloud wrote:
I am sure you will get all kinds of advice from many people about "what is the best saw." I would say most of these opinions (including mine..) are subjective at best. Getting parts and being able to service your own saw is pretty important and whether you go with Sthil, Husqvarna (Husky,) or some other brand doesn't matter too much if you can't get parts fast and inexpensively. I like Sthil and used them for decades...I don't like the way the treat rep's in North America and some of there other practices so stopped buying them. Are they better made than Husky...probably yes, on average, but not that much better. Husky actually makes several saw and for other companies as well like Makita and the like.
...go with a small saw for felling and limbing trees, and doing the notching on my roundpole construction...
For rough in work, if you must, this can be done. I strongly recommend a good set of hand tools as Paul et al are discussing on the What eight tools make a "Proenneke Package"? These are "minimum" to have" tools for the kind of work folks want to achieve with homesteading. For example, I probably have a mallet and 30 mm gouge in my hand more than any other tool for most jointing tasks. Straight chisels have become the "I think I need it," tool for most but they cut slow and can't do what a gouge does, but a gouge can do what a flat chisel can in almost all cases. Plus!! they cut joints 10 times faster...Learn to use these tools and sharpen them and you will get more done than with a chainsaw. Actually I limb with an ax or machete much faster than with a chainsaw in most projects, especially with smaller limbs and conifer species. Power tools may delude one into thinking they are faster...often that is an illusion.
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Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can do what others can't.
Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can do what others can't.
Will Meginley wrote:Also, no matter what saw you buy get your hands on the repair manual. This is different from the "owner's" manual that comes with the saw, which covers only basic preventive maintenance and troubleshooting. What I'm talking about is usually called a repair or shop manual, and it's the equivalent of a Chilton's manual for your car - giving step by step instructions for everything from changing a spark plug to adjusting the magneto or rebuilding the cylinder, including parts lists and tools needed.
Support my videos by becoming a Patron
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www.oneheartfire.org to follow my personal permaculture adventures.
Now accepting Gappers for the Permaculture Bike Park project.
My Ant Love wish list:
Biodegradable Bar Oil for my chainsaw. I'm gonna need a lot of this for milling lumber with my chainsaw mill.
Darn Tough Socks that come with an unconditional lifetime warrantee! I go through socks like goats through a fence, these are supposed to last a lifetime or they send you a new pair! Size 12/XL please