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Oregon chain comparison
« on: March 03, 2011, 01:53:05 pm »
This is a comparison I did with oregon chain 72 full comp square chisel, full comp semi chisel, full skip square chisel. 

This was done a few years back using 23" spruce. Biggest I had on hand.

1. semi chisel
2. full comp rakers out of box height
3. rakers taken down some
4. full skip





Same chain as 2nd video with rakers taken down. Hit a big knot at bottom of cut  >:( so it through the timing off.




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Re: Oregon chain comparison
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2011, 01:05:55 am »
Well,  if all chain are sharp, a chisel will always be faster that semi-chisel, and square chisel even faster, in clean wood. What skip and/or dirty wood will do will obviously vary with several factors..... ;)

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Re: Oregon chain comparison
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2011, 10:16:21 pm »
In clean wood and a sharp chain are the biggest factors in a chains performance.  I have gotten away from alwyas using lp or lpx and find myself using bpx much more, as my cutting conditions have changed and the wood is not as clean.

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Re: Oregon chain comparison
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2011, 02:45:58 pm »
BPX on my saws. Sell alot of BPX here in the winter. DP also. And they are not as slow as some think.  ;)

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Re: Oregon chain comparison
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2011, 03:14:18 pm »
My Husky dealer sells rebadged Oregon chain as Husky chain. A while back while running my 346XP with the .325 chisel chain I tried a loop of .325 semi chisel chain. I was amazed with this semi chain , seemed to cut better then the chisel in small wood. Nice aggressive feed right out of the box and holds a good edge.

Upon further inspection I realized it was the narrow kerf .325 semi chisel .

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Re: Oregon chain comparison
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2011, 06:34:40 pm »
I've been running oregon CL for everything. I've got 2 chains that are round filed. I don't have any semi chisel and can't remember using it in 3/8s. I've thought about trying it sometime to see if it would be better for some things.

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Re: Oregon chain comparison
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2011, 08:01:32 pm »
Always amazed at how fast my well used loops of the ole oregon 34 (not 34SL just plain old 34) are. Starting to really enjoy the benefits of semi chiesel.

 

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