[Shop-talk] chain saw cuts curves...?

[Arvid Jedlicka]

I would be looking at the bar. I assume you could check it with a machinist 
square, but it may not be worth the trouble. I do know that they wear out, 
that they make "bar dressers', and therefore can only assume that they may 
wear out unevenly. The end of this document seemed to have some reasonable 
troubleshooting thoughts 
http://www.oregonchain.com/tech/ms_manual/ms_08.pdf.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric J Russell" <ejrussell at mebtel.net>
To: "shop-talk" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:48 PM
Subject: [Shop-talk] chain saw cuts curves...?


> My 16" Craftsman chain saw is cutting curves. The blade is wandering to 
> the
> left. After an inch or two, the blade binds and I can't complete a cut. I
> tried replacing the chain (one that had been re-sharpened at a local 
> hardware
> store) thinking that perhaps the 'teeth' had been damaged along one side 
> but
> that has not fixed it. I suppose I could have two defective chains but, 
> before
> I buy a new chain, is there something else I am missing?
>
> In case my description is inadequate, while attempting to cut some 
> landscape
> timbers for a retaining wall, the cut is straight across top of the timber 
> but
> looks like a comma on the vertical side of the timber.
>
> Eric Russell
> Mebane, NC
> http://home.mebtel.net/~ejrussell