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15-Sep-2006, 02:53 AM #1
Solved: Need chainsaw chains
I need a chainsaw chain for my homlite.Its brand new but helps to have a backup chain.The pitch is .375 inch 57 drive links 50 gauge full skip.No place carrys that pitch.Went to homelites webpage and says to contact your sluppler Anyone know where I can get one on line.I give up.
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15-Sep-2006, 05:00 AM #2
You don't really need a spare, if you just cut wood it won't get dull for hours of use. That means don't let it get in the dirt, letting it get into even a little dirt dulls it pretty quick. Even if there is some on the tree try and avoid it. Get a chainsaw file, lightly sharpen about every 4 hours of use or whenever needed. Should last you years unless you're cutting wood all the time.

Any chainsaw shops in your area? I used to work at one and they had rolls of chain for every size. If they didn't have the length you needed it was just a matter of making one up.
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15-Sep-2006, 03:24 PM #3
got a couple small enigne repair shops that work on chainsaws.Ones about a block from me the other about 2 miles.
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15-Sep-2006, 05:30 PM #4
You give up to easy...

Quick Google...http://www.jackssmallengines.com/cb_chain_38.cfm

If the saw is brand new and the place you bought it does not have replacement chains then....... never mind...
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15-Sep-2006, 08:10 PM #5
Plus a good saw sharping place will put a better edge on the chainsaw blades then you had on it when it was new and it does not cost that much.
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15-Sep-2006, 08:57 PM #6
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Plus a good saw sharping place will put a better edge on the chainsaw blades then you had on it when it was new and it does not cost that much.
Howdy hewee...

Unfortunately that is not correct in most cases... most saw sharpening services use a machine that has no touch or feel to it... They have a set grind that the machine is set to and that is that... Most chains that would normally last many years are ground out in one or two machine sharpenings...

With the correct size file it is easy to touch up a chain after every days use in just a few minutes...
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15-Sep-2006, 08:57 PM #7
I have a STHIL Farm Boss 20'' with a chain that i have shaprpend many times... you just need the right sise file and a little know how
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You give up to easy...

Quick Google...http://www.jackssmallengines.com/cb_chain_38.cfm

If the saw is brand new and the place you bought it does not have replacement chains then....... never mind...
They don't have either chain for either of my saws.I had one lined up but sinse it was from a wholesale website I had to spend at lest $25 and they only had one of the chains the chain for the homelite I can't get at the website.It says contact your suppler.The poulan one I can get 4 for around $25 or a bar and chain for $23+ tax.Its the homelite thats a pain to track as its a odd size. .375 inch pitch 50 gauge and full skip (cutting teeth every 2 drive links).No place online has it. Its hard to find
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15-Sep-2006, 09:09 PM #9
What is wrong with the second one on the link I posted?

3/8 pitch ,50 gauge, 57 drive links

What's the saw model and bar size?
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What is wrong with the second one on the link I posted?

3/8 pitch ,50 gauge, 57 drive links
Not the right pitch. .375 pitch is needed unless thats the same as 3/8
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15-Sep-2006, 09:19 PM #11
why dosent the place that you buy the saws give you the supply number for homelite, they should sell blades
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15-Sep-2006, 09:19 PM #12
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Not the right pitch. .375 pitch is needed unless thats the same as 3/8
3/8 = .375
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why dosent the place that you buy the saws give you the supply number for homelite, they should sell blades
Got it at homedepot. They did not have this chain online.
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15-Sep-2006, 09:21 PM #14
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Most chains that would normally last many years are ground out in one or two machine sharpenings...
That can be the guy that doesn't know what he's doing but can happen from a few other possibilities If the chain was sharpened by hand for quite a while the blades get different lengths so the shapeneing guy usully has to set it back further than necessary to get all the blades. It can also happen with a chain that has been abused and not sharpened frequently enough or not enough oil when running. The leading edge gets rounded on the top, to sharpen it properly you have to grind it back to the point where it's square again. In some cases that can be quite bit if the chain was abused for a long time. If you get a chain and have it sharpened by machine exclusively by someone that knows what they are doing it will last just as long under the same circumstances.
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3/8 = .375
Then why don't the manual say that.
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