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I agree with all you guys... The boss doesnt like to take the time to sharpen OTJ as I mentioned which is the REASON I use my own equipment, I take it home at night and make sure it is sharp for work. I stay after sometimes to sharpen the stuff but then I get the why did you work so late...

I will get there one day Stephen.. Just trying to figure out how much $$ I need to do it right.

I use my own saws on the job most of the time, which I keep sharp and keep extra chains (my biggest is a 460 which I run a 25" bar on, so that would have certainly been too short). The boss however doesnt like taking the time to sharpen on the job. In this case we did not have an extra chain or...

My issue was that from the sides of the notch my bar didnt reach the middle. IE the apex of the notch was like 59" across, and my bar was only 28"...thats what left the middle attached... so I tried coming in from the center laying the saw flat on the bottom and then turning it upside down flat...

So it is just a rectangular void instead of a notch? Like the jack seat/slot that they use in the videos on old growth falling? The avatar was pretty hard to see but thats the idea I am getting.

No I didn't... the chain was wrecked to begin with anyway actually...I only used the 066 for the bar length since we are always in such a hurry. After it was down I used my 460 with a sharp 25 inch chain to put down the majority of the cuts while one of the other guys ran the 066 from the other...

Is it still not working?

fixed.

So I got a picture from my boss and it reminded me of one thing that bothered me about the job: I was cutting a notch in a fairly well sized spar (Burnham...i didn't call it big :) ) I was running the 066 with a 28" bar which was the biggest i had available. The back of the notch ended up...