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Just ran into this on wesspur. They cagily avoid saying where it was made. Designed in Japan, German steel, made in ??? New chain makers are always welcome, but I have no interest in a new Chinese chain. https://www.wesspur.com/Sugihara-Saw-Chain-3-8-.050-Gauge

Taking down my pine I used my new nk WoodlandPro B&C. I got it to hopefully boost performance while keeping my preferred pitch. It's noticeably lighter than the standard WoodlandPro bar I used. Not ZOMG lighter, but you can feel it. I really don't notice a performance difference. I would guess...

The crane operator wants me to drop a tree for him. He asked last year, and I called one weekend, but he said he was busy. The way he said it made me think he wasn't interested anymore, so I didn't pursue it. Well, it may just be the way he speaks, cause he asked again. I haven't seen the tree...

I was looking for something else, and ran into this. It's geared more towards cruising and office work rather than cutting trees, but I thought it was interesting. It's pretty remarkable how little some of the tools have changed over he years. I've used stuff that was virtually identical to...

Pinging Scandinavians or anyone else that might know(it would be nice if @stig turned up). Is there any knäckebröd that stands out to you? I'm familiar with Leksands, FinnCrisp, and I think Sigdal rebranded through aldi. When it turns up in stock I'm gonna order some julknäcke from this outfit...

I was thinking about Kaveman's WTF knot, and was wondering what everyone thought was the bare minimum required for treework. Maybe think of it as a card you hand out to new employees as a 'must learn' requirement. Here's my list as best as I can remember. I think with these, you could do just...

There's been a huge password data dump. There's a link in this article where you can check if your password shows up... https://www.pcmag.com/news/rockyou2024-10-billion-passwords-exposed-largest-leak-ever A different complex password should be used for every site/service. That requires a...

The ash I removed this year is sprouting like crazy. My original intent was to cull all but the best sprout and grow a new tree. Is there anything more interesting I could do with it?

I have a white pine that's about 60 years old, and aside from occasional crowding and snow damage, it's appeared healthy. I've been seeing a lot of brown needles going all the way up the tree. Our spring has been pretty wet. Winter was warm, and from memory, maybe a little wetter than usual...

Says it makes your saw sound rowdy. I prefer mine to sound more sedate :^D I added a hole to my muffler, and while it isn't obnoxious, it doesn't sound as nice as stock. Y'all think these things really work? I can't say my saw feels any more powerful after adding a hole. Assuming it is more...

I'm wondering how you guys calculate effort on removals. I realize there's a lot of ifs, ands, and buts, but what do you generally consider most expedient? The options are bomb pieces out with lots of ground cleanup, or rig out to gently lower, hopefully keeping things mostly intact.

Got home from work, and decided to fool with the poulanpro. Got it apart, and the oiler gear was stripped. Not a big surprise. Everything was pretty well tacked up. Scavenged an oiler off a poulan carcass, got everything working smoothly with wd40, installed it, fired up the saw, and no oil...

The willow cutting I'm doing on the farm is partly cause the boss is afraid the tree roots will punch through the pond liner. There's a decently sized willow that would look good if it stayed. My contention is tree roots won't get through the plastic, and the tree should stay. I don't know how...

I'm getting close to replacing the spur on my CS400. It's past due, but I want to use up the natty chain I have on it, and start everything brand new. I bought a set of bearings with the spur. My intention was changing them when I changed the spur, but I'm wondering if that's necessary. Should I...

I'm sitting here playing with my new accessory cord, and screwing around with hitches. My blue/white cord will not work with a tautline at all. I can snug it up and get it to work once, but as soon as I slide it, it loosens and won't grab. It works in the black cord. The blue/white is a little...

Anyone here use small diameter line for light rigging? I've been thinking about getting some ⅜" StableBraid for sending down small branches. Fairly strong, lightweight, and easy to tie. Is it worth getting a couple hundred feet of it?

I used to get pallets from Jacks Small Engine, but they seem to have become unavailable. What would be a good wood to look for that's uninteresting as firewood or good saw logs? I can make pallets out of anything, and barring other suggestions, I'll just use whatever softwood turns up, or maybe...

When/why/how is a good time to use a magic cut? I suggested Mike try it today on a no consequence chunking down of a willow stem. I gave him instructions that were cobbled together from fragmentary data I've collected, and may or may not have been correct. This is what I said.... Make a...

I thought a thread for less common commercially prepared food might be interesting. Maybe even common food; whatever. Stuff you think other people should be aware of. Here's two submissions... Pecan Nation pecans. I got some from BigLots, and they're delicious. I'll probably eventually end up...

I've been trying to find details of how these systems(mainly Stihl) work, and can't really find anything. All I'm getting are fluffy marketing type descriptions. Are there any technical papers around that describe how it works, what the sensors look like, how it goes together...?