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Re: Anatomy of chainsaw chain
« Reply #20 on: December 19, 2013, 11:03:45 pm »
I believe that each cutter rocks back into the cut and stays in that posture until released at the end of the cut. I think of it like the iron sticking out of the base of a woodworking plane. If the depth gauges are too high, the cutters skip over the wood, even if sharp. If the depth gauges are too low, the cutters try to dig in too deep, and grab or stall.

When you are cutting across the grain (cross cutting/bucking AND ripping/milling) the chips break into little pieces as they curl into the gullets of the cutters.

When you are cutting with the teeth moving in the same direction as the grain ('noodling'), you get long, continuous curls ('noodles'), just as you would planing with the grain.

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