Noodling

Does noodling the unsplitable round dull your chain?
I do it on a rare occasion and seems like it takes a
little life out of the blade.

Not any more than cross-cutting.

I noodle te extra big rounds every once in a while, and I have never noticed any change in the chain.

The thing that makes it seem that way is usually there is dirt in the bark.......or sometimes when noodling a crotch, there is junk grown into the crotch. Just a little bit of dirt or a small pebble (or a piece of wire) will dull your chain quicker than chit......

Actually, there's less bark involved when noodling. Cross-cutting a 30" round will involve cutting through 94" of bark (circumference). Noodling would involve cutting through 32" (assuming a 16" long round) of bark.

Scotty's right about nasties in there junking a chain in a hurry.

Dirt seems to be the fastest way to dull a chain, barbed wire dosen't help much either. Never noticed much difference after noodling.

I noodled a big silver maple stump last spring at a job, it was 5 large trunks growing out of one stump. Over the years, kids (or for all I know adults) threw bricks and stones in the crotch of that thing. Needless to say, I had to change the chain several times that morning....

OMG, please don't call it a blade. It's known as a bar and chain! Get your chainsaw terminology right.

Or maybe his saw has a blade . . . which would explain why it is dulling so quickly.

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