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

[Arvid Jedlicka]

And as long as I was googling about chainsaw bars - this site

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=LawnGarden/MaintainingChainsaw.html#11

recommends that you flip the bar over - which might just be enough to fix 
your problem.


----- 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
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