Yesterday I got out to start firewood cutting for the 2016 wood burning season. I’ve already got plenty of seasoned wood for this year. It was a crisp fall day and I felt a need for chainsaw. I grabbed the 036, cleaned the air filter, checked the chain tension, filled the chain oil and fuel tank and …
Hand filing chainsaws is a perishable skill. If you don’t practice you’ll lose it. Today it clicked. I no longer need, or want, a file guide. My chain needed a major sharpening. The cutters were different lengths and the top plate angles were way off. I also hit a piece of metal embedded in the wood. I use …
It happened. A couple of weeks ago my precious holz hausen wood pile failed. It’s no surprise. While I built the holz hausen wood pile one corner gave me nohing but trouble. The corner of the fail on the left is exactly where I was having trouble. I should have put a horizontal split to give …