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Re: Bow Bars Are Perfect For Firewood!
« Reply #110 on: May 17, 2015, 12:32:20 am »
Here is my favorite type Bow Bar. (the picture is from Ebay) This particular example is a typical 14" dia X .050" gauge bar that has the D009 reversible mount. It would work well with your 60 - 70cc power head with a minimum of alteration of the brake and clutch cover. I think, in this case, that the slots are actually 3/8"?

This bar is presented here as an example for what a home fabricator guy can do with the 14" diameter bow bar. Though this bar was done this way at a bar shop as the tension hole and slots appear to be punched?

This mount setup was based on centering the tension hole in the mount area then positioning the slots and oil holes with proper spacing.

Also, you can see on this bar that the Stellite is good all the way around the radius through the paint.

Take notice that the guard is from another bar and either the holes in the bar or the guard must be re-drilled to match them up.
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Re: Bow Bars Are Perfect For Firewood!
« Reply #111 on: May 17, 2015, 01:11:51 am »
Here's another 14" diameter bar that is the same brand and mount as in the previous post. However, this one is .063" gauge.

There is a close-up of the mount and you should take notice that the tension hole and slots are punched.

Many of my posts in this thread are actually related to the fact that there are currently no new 14" diameter bow bars being manufactured.

If you want a bow bar for your modern day chainsaw and you find one in like new shape and with a mount pattern for your power head, it will likely have a higher price?

My point is to offer you the knowledge to buy a cheaper - fits nothing - bar and change the mount area for your power head. To give you the knowledge to know what the newer designed bars (80's) look like, to identify wear problems, and what's good and bad designs.

By bad designs I'm talking about the impracticality of a bar 20" long with a 17" or 19" diameter face.

The spur type shown in the last two posts seems to work better for me blocking firewood laying on the ground. The spurs that stick straight out the front have to penetrate the ground to get all the way through the trunk or limb if it is laying on the ground. The cast aluminum Poulan design seems OK too. However, if you plan on using your bar in a brush clearing situation, the spur that sticks out to the side is troublesome as it hangs up on other brush.
 
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Re: Bow Bars Are Perfect For Firewood!
« Reply #112 on: May 30, 2015, 10:16:46 pm »
Went to the local GTG today. Here is a picture of "Bird Dog" trying out my 371 bow saw. The pictures are by "Dexter Day". "Guido Salvage" had a Poulan 5200 there with the same brand and size bar. The pictures are huge if you nose around a little?



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Re: Bow Bars Are Perfect For Firewood!
« Reply #113 on: May 30, 2015, 10:53:02 pm »
The pictures were too big and I had to put them on Photo Bucket. It took a few minutes.
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Re: Bow Bars Are Perfect For Firewood!
« Reply #114 on: May 30, 2015, 11:07:34 pm »
Here is Guido Salvage using my Stihl 026 with 8"dia brush bar at the GTG today.



Guido also ran his 5200 with a 14" bow bar

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Re: Bow Bars Are Perfect For Firewood!
« Reply #115 on: July 24, 2015, 08:48:28 am »
Here are a couple of videos.

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Re: Bow Bars Are Perfect For Firewood!
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Re: Bow Bars Are Perfect For Firewood!
« Reply #117 on: August 14, 2015, 11:01:03 am »
@660magnum  guy wants $50 and shipping

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Re: Bow Bars Are Perfect For Firewood!
« Reply #118 on: August 14, 2015, 12:48:47 pm »
That's a perfect beauty. Looks never used? A must have for someone with a spare 044 or MS-440.
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Re: Bow Bars Are Perfect For Firewood!
« Reply #119 on: August 14, 2015, 12:54:48 pm »
A 039 or MS-390 would likely get the job done?
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