Does cutting this way dull a chain faster or not? Been doing some noodles and haven't really noticed any big diff but it would make my life alot easier to do more with the current batch od wood.
Wood Duck said:I thought this thread was about catching catfish bare handed, so I'll have to adjust my response on the fly, but here goes... I don't see why wood would dull a chain any faster in one direction than another. I don't really think cutting wood dulls a chain much at all, but rather the dirt on the wood dulls the chain. It seems like if you could cut perfectly clean wood, your chain would never go dull, but in reality there is always dirt that dulls the chain. So, this makes me think it is not the orientation of the wood, but rather the cleanliness of the wood that matters.
Wood Duck said:I thought this thread was about catching catfish bare handed, so I'll have to adjust my response on the fly, but here goes... I don't see why wood would dull a chain any faster in one direction than another. I don't really think cutting wood dulls a chain much at all, but rather the dirt on the wood dulls the chain. It seems like if you could cut perfectly clean wood, your chain would never go dull, but in reality there is always dirt that dulls the chain. So, this makes me think it is not the orientation of the wood, but rather the cleanliness of the wood that matters.
fire_man said:I bought a special ripping chain for my Husky 455 Rancher because I was dulling my regular chain so much when I noodled. The teeth look much different on this chain, the angle is much less on the cutting edge. If nothing else, it must be easier on the saw and bar to use the ripping chain when noodling. Why else would there be cross cut hand saws and ripping hand saws?
wendell said:Remember when you are noodling you are going with the grain and shaving the wood (thus the noodles) like a plane. When you are ripping when milling you are cutting across the grain. Very different.
wendell said:I guess in Indiana you must do things different. Everywhere else we noodle from the side. ;-)
smokinjay said:wendell said:I guess in Indiana you must do things different. Everywhere else we noodle from the side. ;-)
uh, guess my next question is what you calling the side because everwhere else stands them on end and saw through them like a spliter does. Thats noodling.
wendell said:smokinjay said:wendell said:I guess in Indiana you must do things different. Everywhere else we noodle from the side. ;-)
uh, guess my next question is what you calling the side because everwhere else stands them on end and saw through them like a spliter does. Thats noodling.
Nope, that's ripping. Noodling is cutting through the bark. I've never seen anyone cut through the end.
wendell said:And just to show you that Stihl jockeys do it that way too:
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=139929&highlight=noodles
wendell said:And here's a whole bunch more.
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=106522&highlight=noodle+videos
Not an end cutter in sight. ;-)
wendell said:Well, I'd try it both ways but I'm sure you will find it a lot faster and a lot easier on your saw cutting through the bark. Try it and let us know what you find out.
wendell said:And here's a whole bunch more.
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=106522&highlight=noodle+videos
Not an end cutter in sight. ;-)
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