[AT] Chain saw cutting issues

[Charlie V]

So, farmer, the story this time is that it may not be necessary to "CHECK
THE GROUNDS"?  The deal here may to keep the bar and chain "away" from the
ground.  ??  [?]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 8:24 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > THANK YOU farmer!  Your experience, plus this link, just taught me a
> bunch
> > of things about chainsaws that I didn't know I didn't know!
> >
> > Steve O.
> >
>
>
> I believe that I am a much better chainsaw grinder for others because I
> started burning wood in 1965 and have used it ever since. Some years I have
> used it in more than one building and I used wood to heat two large hard to
> heat stores in the past. I also used to sell a little firewood along. I
> also did some tree removal work in some really stupidly dangerous
> locations.  :-)  Today I wouldn't go near them but I was hungrier back
> then.  :-)
> In more recent years due to health factors most of my firewood supply is
> acquired by Diana texting a nice young man named Eric who has taken very
> good care of us. Son Scott cuts us a little along too.
>
> This reminds me of something I once read about axes. It was saying that
> beginning in colonial times the American axe quickly became far superior to
> the old English axe simply because in America the blacksmiths that were
>  making the axes generally cut their own wood so he took time to refine the
> design. In England almost all of the wood was cut by woodcutters using
> already made bought axes.
>
> Perhaps kind of oddly I have forgotten most of the detail stuff relating to
> chainsaws like all of the different gauges, link length and all of the spec
> numbers that I ever knew. I just don't find a need for remembering those
> things. I was never a dealer nor did I ever sell chain etc. On those fairly
> rare occasions where I needed to spin out a link and replace it I always
> depended on having a sample in hand.
> On the other hand... I find that I have forgotten a hell of a lot of stuff
> regardless of whether or not I still need it.
> :-)
>
>
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>
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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