Re: Chainsaw Oil

"Simon Bennett" <sbennett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Simon Brooke wrote:
in message <4404709a$0$1167$5a6aecb4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Simon Bennett
('sbennett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx') wrote:

nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Thanks for the tip!

I was considering an alternative to using GT85 on my chains as I
don't like aerosols.

I might give it a go. A litre should last a while!

Where do you get it? An ironmongers?

I should think so. I got mine at a tool hire shop. Make sure to go
for the Stihl semi-synthetic. I bought this before I'd seen the
test results below, luckily it's the right stuff. This
motorcyclist carried out some reasonably thorough tests:
http://www.ta-deti.de/ta/chainsaw.html

But note that he's using a scottoiler (which you can get for
pushbikes as well - I have friends who use the system) which, like
a chainsaw, is a continuous feed, total loss lubrication system. It
may not cling well enough to the chain to be used as conventional
bike chain lubes are.

I doubt it has to cling /that/ well to a bicycle chain as it's not
spinning as fast as a motorbike or saw chain.

The sprocket on the back of a motorbike is a *lot* larger than a bike
though, 45 or so rather than 12 or so. Chain speed should be pretty
similar at 100mph as at 25mph on a bike. You'll get more shedding on
the bike with the chain going over a narrower radius at the wheel but
on a motorbike you've also got a small front sprocket, a 15 or 16.

I've no idea about chain speeds on a saw though.

Chris
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Chris Eilbeck
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