The last time I cut down some of this hedge, I was able to sharpen the blade. But, I was using a much better and larger chain saw. I don't know about its mineral content, but it is a bright yellow inside when alive and it mellows to a chocolate brown when it ages/seasons. It is SUPER dense and heavy.
Don Snook -----Original Message----- From: Floyd Thursby [mailto:buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 6:53 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hedge wood was RE: OT Latest track 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! >>> >>> -- >>> --FT >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- --FT _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
