Hi J.D. > > Keith, Gustl, >The saw is a Stihl 025 with an 18" bar and a replaceable floating rim >sprocket so that replacement isn't much.
Same as ours, but yours is bigger. I'm not sure about the floating rim sprocket. Trouble is, it's in bits and pieces. It came with the, um, house, and it was like that when we arrived (a bit like the house). I've looked at it threateningly a few times, close enough to ascertain that all the bits seem to be there, but it's still in its box. We've been using circular saws up to now, but we have need of a working chainsaw, I'll have to do more than just threaten it soon. If it works, I'll definitely try biodiesel as lube, and also as 2-stroke oil. Hm, I'll probably need a junked one for spares, have to put in an order with the Gomi Kame (the God of Junk, upon whom we depend rather heavily, he's most cooperative). >Some components are near the end >of their anticipated useful life so I'm not running that big of a risk. I >am not a professional logger, but I do cut a fair bit of firewood, dead >trees and waste from construction sites that would otherwise be wasted and >make a little "something for nothing" from it. Yes, quite, so do we. Good for you. >I just got the idea and >poured it in. I can tell that it is working so far as it has that bit of >spray you all talked about from the end of the bar. I have only run it >this way for about 15-20 minutes. I will keep you posted. Please. >I think teh >saw itself might outlast me at the rate I'm using it now. Keith you are >right, Stihl makes a vegoil based bar and chain lube. I was interested in >it because it is renewable, but the dealer said you'd have to special >order taht in the U.S., but that was a few years back. Surely it must be more common than special-order status. It's been discussed here before, how much dino-muck gets spouted around forests by chainsaws. IIRC it's common in Northern Europe, and I think Canada. Ed, don't Neoteric sell that stuff? Canola-based? Best Keith >J.D.> > >>Hallo J.D., > >> > >>Monday, 17 May, 2004, 01:51:19, you wrote: > >> > >>kmgn> I tried some of my test batch in teh oil reservior on my chainsaw > >> today, > >>kmgn> and so far noproblems. I read on the JTF site that it is a > >>good non-toxic > >>kmgn> household and garden lube. Now for those not familiar with > >>what good bar > >>kmgn> and chain lube has to do, it must lubricate the drum, floating rim > >>kmgn> sprocket, the chain sprocket and cutting chain. No internal > >>engine parts > >>kmgn> are affected. All oil pump assy. parts are cheap and easily > >> replaced as > >>kmgn> are most of the other parts I described. WHat do you all think? > >>kmgn> Thanks, J.D. > >> > >>I would think that biodiesel is too thin to do the job but that is > >>just a guess. I wouldn't use a good chain saw to test it on. No > >>problems "so far" is just that, so far. It also has to lubricate the > >>bar and chain as well and needs to stick to those parts as much as > >>possible. Have you ever noticed how much weigh oil comes off the end > >>of that bar as you are cutting? And that is a heavy oil. Chains, bars > >>and sprockets aren't cheap, at least not to me. Let us know how it > >>goes though. Who knows, it could do the trick. > > > > Caution is advised, yes, but I think viscosity and lubricity are not > > the same. Two different problems perhaps - biodiesel might well do > > the lubrication job well, but could get "used up" faster because it's > > thinner. > > > > We've had a few reports of people using it as chainsaw bar&chain lube > > with success, but no long-term reports. So please keep us advised, > > J.D., even if it self-destructs. > > > > I believe there are vegoil-based chainsaw lubricants available. > > > > Best > > > > Keith > > > > > >>Happy Happy, > >> > >>Gustl > >>-- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
