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Hickory tree

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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,597
    northGAcock said:
    nolaegghead said:
    buzzvol said:
    How safe is the vegetable oil for the chain, bar, and sprocket?

    I don't know but I don't use my chainsaw often enough to tell the difference.  I imagine it is not as good as using chain and bar oil.  But I'd rather replace a chain more often than have some stinky high-sulfur petroleum oil smoking in my food.

    I found this online:

    Can I use vegetable oil in my chainsaw?
    Tips for replacing chain oil with vegetable oil: Use canola oil – Canola oil is currently the most common environmentally compatible chain-and-bar lubricant. ... Vegetable oil is thinner – Vegetable oils have lower viscosities than the bar/chain lubricants and therefore flow more readily.Nov 11, 2010


    You guys do know that smoking woods are really quite affordable and less risky.....assuming you wear a mask at your place of purchase. In some cases, you can even have it delivered to your house by the guy who drives the truck with the steering wheel on the wrong side. No offense to you Britt's.

    #GoLazy

    with hickory i just pull off some of the loose bark and smoke with that. have yet to see blueberry wood for sale though, that gets cut in the scary miter box, cut it in an area where you can find the launched pieces
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  • RyanStl
    RyanStl Posts: 1,050
    This is a good thread because my FIL just dropped off 6 full logs of apple wood.  I was just going to use my electric chainsaw to cut down in small pieces.  I didn't think of the oil.  Also, when I read use your miter saw, I thought okay good idea, but then I read further.
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    RyanStl said:
    This is a good thread because my FIL just dropped off 6 full logs of apple wood.  I was just going to use my electric chainsaw to cut down in small pieces.  I didn't think of the oil.  Also, when I read use your miter saw, I thought okay good idea, but then I read further.
    A miter saw is perfectly safe if you take your time and use the proper precautions. I have been using one for decades and not a single issue. Remember you must be smarter than the tool you are using. Problem solved. 

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  • RyanStl
    RyanStl Posts: 1,050
    SGH said:
    RyanStl said:
    This is a good thread because my FIL just dropped off 6 full logs of apple wood.  I was just going to use my electric chainsaw to cut down in small pieces.  I didn't think of the oil.  Also, when I read use your miter saw, I thought okay good idea, but then I read further.
    A miter saw is perfectly safe if you take your time and use the proper precautions. I have been using one for decades and not a single issue. Remember you must be smarter than the tool you are using. Problem solved. 
    Thinking about it, the logs are too big for the miter saw I have anyway.  I'll just use the chainsaw like I planned and top off with veggie oil (not going to drain existing).  It's a cheap electric that's easy to use.

    What is the problem with a miter/chop saw anyway?  Fear of hitting a nail?
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    First of all, always best to use the right tool for the job.

    That said, can you use a miter saw?

    Answer: Sure if you are cutting small branches.  But if you are cutting anything larger than a couple of inches there are some problems that are potentially dangerous and can damage the saw.  Unlike milled lumber, there can be stresses in unmilled lumber that can pinch the blade.  If the blade is pinched and it's not flat on the fence because it's an amorphic shape, it will spin the wood on the blade and can send wood and your saw flying.  The other problem is the amorphic shape itself shifting and that binding the blade.

    The first time this happened to me, I didn't learn my lesson.  The second time I almost lost a few fingers.

    Small branches and/or a saw you don't care about, go for it.  I would still do small branches in a pinch.

    My saw and blade were not cheap.  It's not worth it.  Use a chain saw...it's faster and safer and much easier to move the saw to the wood than the reverse.

    Be smarter than your saw.
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,933
    also recommend getting getting a finer tooth saw blade that would help calm the aggressiveness.  Make dang sure the wood against the fence.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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