Why does it always have to happen to a brand new chain...hit an embedded nail. Damaged a few teeth but broke one right off. After a careful inspection of the other teeth should this chain be ok to use? Yes I am a cheap sob.
Brand new XX##$@!!$!! Chain
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Don't feel bad I did the same thing , I hit a rock in a shrub didn't break a tooth but boogered a couple teeth.
It's never happened to me so "always" is not for everyone. Mind you, I don't cut scrounge wood or from old fence lines. Consider it the cost of getting free wood. I pay for my wood but it comes from the forest, not someone's tree house.KodiakII said:
I have a couple chains with the top of the cutter gone. I still can sharpen it but those chains are at the very back of my line up now.
LLigetfa said:
A buddy of mine hit what they figure was an embedded bullet in a log at his sawmill...thankfully it went straight up through the tin roof. Never say never.
Touché!KodiakII said:
That's the problem with superlatives although I did pre-empt mine with the contraction "it's" as in "it has never happened to me". This concludes our English grammer lesson.
Not many steel musket balls or full metal jacket bullets in these parts. Mostly lead and soft point copper clad bullets.
I have had rock dust freeze on the top side of a leaner and dull my chain. I learned to plunge cut those. I have also run into stuff in a hollow probably put there by birds or squirrels.
The chain is ruined and dangerous. PM me for my address and send the chain to me for proper and safe disposal.
BrotherBart said:
I'd have to take it into work and magnafluxed or dye tested , so don't call me I'll call you when it's ready. ;-)
lukem said:
+1. Keep it around for cutting old stuff and/or working around fences & salvaging yardbirds.
Dont feel bad about a nail here and there, its when you destroy three 28" RSC chisel chains on one huge ash tree because someone put railroad spikes in it for steps 75 years ago, that's when it sucks. Homeowner reimbursed me for my chains (I was ready to throw on the towel on that tree, but kept going at their request). I have since invested in a good metal detector, and it has paid for itself several times already......
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