RETIGHTEN CHAIN
Before starting work, check the tension of the chain. Does she let herself more than 5 mm lift off the sheet, it must be tightened. This should be easy and quick to do, like here by an adjusting screw on the sword. Saw for more than an hour, you should check the voltage once in a while. A new chain must be "run in".. To do this, let the saw idle for about two minutes and then check the tension.
CHECK CHAIN OIL
Run the saw over a piece of cardboard (15 cm distance). If there is a trace of oil on it, there is enough oil in the tank. When you don't need the saw for a long time, drain the tank, because the organic oil can easily resinify.
CHAIN SHARPENING
If you have to exert pressure when sawing and the chips are getting finer and finer, the chain is blunt. You can sharpen them yourself with a round file. A file holder and a chain gauge are helpful, which comes with the file in a sharpening set. Sharpen frequently and remove as little material as possible. If you five- sanded up to six times yourself, take the chain to a specialist workshop.
The best tools for splitting wood
Who regards chopping wood as a kind of useful sport, all you need is a chopping block and a good splitting axe (1, Fiskars, away 33 Euro), preferably also a riving knife (5, far left). In contrast to carpenter's axes, splitting axes have a very wide one, wedge-shaped head. It's easier with the Hercules splitter (2, Telsnig, round 975 Euro), in which a wedge with 6 t gap pressure through up to 55 cm long pieces. The OX1 station wagon (3, Scheppach, about 1296 Euro) splits trunks up 105 cm length with 6,5 t pressure; a bracket catches the parts. With the SmartSplitter (4, Telsnig, round 79 Euro) the splitting head is placed on the trunk. The impact weight slides on a rail anchored in the chopping block and drives the splitting head into the wood with momentum.