They're coming for my man card...

We spent the morning taking the aging and definately getting less than safe wooden playset in the backyard down. We used the expedient method of Applied Chainsaw. I have a little Craftsman 16" bar length, for which I bought a new chain on the way home from work yesterday.

I changed out the chain, made sure there was plenty of chain oil in the reservior, and filled the tank.

A shiny new chain goes through high pressure salt treated lumber like the proverbial hot knife through warm butter. Initially. It took about an hour to reduce the new chain to a dulled and stretched length of worn out bits of metal.

I could go and get the necessary tool to sharpen it. It would take several hours to do, since you sharpen each cutting link by hand, and the tool isn't cheap. A new chain is ~$20.

When I was done, I hosed it off and oiled the metal bits. I CLEANED my chainsaw. I'm sure that's a violation of some unwritten rule of manhood or something. Along with my preference to just replace the chain over spending time sharpening it, I'm sure my status as a Real Man is endangered.

They're coming for my man card...

We spent the morning taking the aging and definately getting less than safe wooden playset in the backyard down. We used the expedient method of Applied Chainsaw. I have a little Craftsman 16" bar length, for which I bought a new chain on the way home from work yesterday.

I changed out the chain, made sure there was plenty of chain oil in the reservior, and filled the tank.

A shiny new chain goes through high pressure salt treated lumber like the proverbial hot knife through warm butter. Initially. It took about an hour to reduce the new chain to a dulled and stretched length of worn out bits of metal.

I could go and get the necessary tool to sharpen it. It would take several hours to do, since you sharpen each cutting link by hand, and the tool isn't cheap. A new chain is ~$20.

When I was done, I hosed it off and oiled the metal bits. I CLEANED my chainsaw. I'm sure that's a violation of some unwritten rule of manhood or something. Along with my preference to just replace the chain over spending time sharpening it, I'm sure my status as a Real Man is endangered.

They're coming for my man card...

We spent the morning taking the aging and definately getting less than safe wooden playset in the backyard down. We used the expedient method of Applied Chainsaw. I have a little Craftsman 16" bar length, for which I bought a new chain on the way home from work yesterday.

I changed out the chain, made sure there was plenty of chain oil in the reservior, and filled the tank.

A shiny new chain goes through high pressure salt treated lumber like the proverbial hot knife through warm butter. Initially. It took about an hour to reduce the new chain to a dulled and stretched length of worn out bits of metal.

I could go and get the necessary tool to sharpen it. It would take several hours to do, since you sharpen each cutting link by hand, and the tool isn't cheap. A new chain is ~$20.

When I was done, I hosed it off and oiled the metal bits. I CLEANED my chainsaw. I'm sure that's a violation of some unwritten rule of manhood or something. Along with my preference to just replace the chain over spending time sharpening it, I'm sure my status as a Real Man is endangered.