Problem with all the chainsaw "advise" is that that osage orange wood is
hard as hell when green and when it dries it basically cannot be cut
with much of anything, even carbide blades. That's why it makes great
wood planes and things like that, if you get it when it is workable.
I can't remember if it is like teak with lots of mineral content or if
it just hard and dense.
--FT
On 10/10/16 6:14 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
Keep the chain sharp, and keep it well lubricated. A dull chain heats up
fast, a poorly lubricated chain heats up fast.
Hot chain stretches, runs loose in the blade guides, which makes the chain
wobble so it doesn't bite into the wood at the correct angle, which dulls
the blade more quickly.... descending spiral of success.
Sharp teeth, properly tension ed on the blade and properly lubed [if your
saw has an "automatic chain lube feature" it's seldom getting enough lube
for wood as hard as Osage Orange.] I much prefer the manual chain lube
equipped saws.
Best advise I can give you on when to sharpen your saw is to look at the
chips coming out of the cut. When your saw is razor sharp and freshly
sharpened, look at those chips.. use them as the "benchmark" look, as the
teeth dull, the saw will work harder to do less work and the chips will
tell you "time to stop and sharpen the teeth..
Osage Orange is one of the hardest woods to machine.. it's grain is close
and tight. Good luck.
On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
If you don't have one, get a file to sharpen that chain. Must be the right
diameter and you need to know the angle (you can get cheap, easy guides
that
attach to the file). It only takes a few minutes to sharpen a chain and a
sharpened chain will cut like new. I learned this the hard way after
several FL panhandle hurricanes. If you watch a real tree pro, they will
have the helper sharpen the chains every hour or so.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of
Donald Snook via Mercedes
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 5:16 PM
To: Floyd Thursby <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com>;
mercedes@okiebenz.com
Cc: Donald Snook <d...@snooklawllc.com>
Subject: [MBZ] Hedge wood was RE: OT Latest track
I don't have any yet. I just about ruined the chain on my chain saw
cutting off
some of the larger limbs. This wood is HARD and dense. I am trying to
cut
off as much as I can to thin them out and maybe I'll be able to get them
cut
down later. My 5 year old son's favorite activity now is having a fire.
I have a
fire pit and for the last few weeks we have a fire every weekend burning
all
the small sticks and limbs that I have collected over the last few years.
I had
several logs from a hedge tree I cut down 4-5 years ago next to my shed.
Along with the hedge logs, I had some logs from a sweet gum tree and a
maple. The hedge logs were solid and dense whereas the gum and maple
logs were soft and half disintegrated.
Don Snook
-----Original Message-----
From: Floyd Thursby [mailto:buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 10:49 AM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Latest track
Speaking of osage orange wood, how'd those chunks work out?
--FT
On 10/10/16 11:23 AM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote:
If we could have a big storm that would knock down a couple of hedge
(Osage Orange) trees I would be pretty happy about that!
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--FT
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