pantheraba
More biners!!!
You made a saw scabbard?
Looks very good.
Looks very good.
Homemade gear
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Jonny
Treehouser
Looks much nicer than the ones they sell, and those things are expensive!
Are you gonna put a strip of poly sheet or something like that inside it?
Are you gonna put a strip of poly sheet or something like that inside it?
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Now you need a Teflon liner!!!
flushcut
TreeHouser
I am going to line the skinny sides with some kind of hard plastic but haven't sourced it yet.
Yes and thank you!
Thank you!
Working on it Boss.
Jonny
Treehouser
It’d get chewed up eventually but sure wood would work for a while. Try to keep the chain brake off so the chain rolls rather than drags the cutters across it.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Yea, it would wear out pretty quickly. There's a reason why those things are so fricking expensive!
Maybe some old bedliner, or conveyor belt stuff. That stuff is pretty indestructible, you can hardly cut it. Mats for livestock? Something like this?
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/p...t-black-4-ft-x-3-ft-x--frac12-in?cm_vc=IOPDP2
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/p...t-black-4-ft-x-3-ft-x--frac12-in?cm_vc=IOPDP2
flushcut
TreeHouser
Not this one about $35 in materials and I figure about an hour and half to make. I was thinking wood oak, beech, or sugar maple just because I have that around the shop but delrin plastic is what would be nice.
flushcut
TreeHouser
Yes. My thinking is the harder the material the better.
Jonny
Treehouser
Check out cutting boards at your local dollar store maybe?
SeanKroll
Treehouser
How would you get a bar-shape hole made in a solid piece of wood? Would you have to laminate it rather than one piece? Would moisture cause delamination?
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Just kidding.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Just BORE IN! 
Merle Nelson
TreeHouser
Tap Plastics is a company around my area that has all types of plastic. I made a far more simple and crude scabbard out of (HDP ?) plastic - same as cutting boards. It lasted longer than the chipper.
flushcut
TreeHouser
I am going to check the Dollar Store and Good Will about three blocks apart.
Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
The problem with the wood/plywood is that it stores the water, so the bar-chain is continuously in the humidity and can rust. Fear the rain.
Some years ago, the local big store made a display stand out of logs to show the chainsaws. You know, boring the log at an angle and living the saw there. Nice, but it was green logs. I pulled out some of them to look more closely : all the areas staying inside the log where rusty.
A big hole at the bottom's tip should allow the chips and the humidity to flow out.
Some years ago, the local big store made a display stand out of logs to show the chainsaws. You know, boring the log at an angle and living the saw there. Nice, but it was green logs. I pulled out some of them to look more closely : all the areas staying inside the log where rusty.
A big hole at the bottom's tip should allow the chips and the humidity to flow out.
flushcut
TreeHouser
I used the scabbard ALOT today and I might not line it at all. I have enough material it make several more so, burn it up.
Jonny
Treehouser
Years ago there was someone here (I think) that made a bucket scabbard out of 3" or 4" pvc pipe.
Some cutting on it and the rest was thermoformed with the kitchen oven.
Some cutting on it and the rest was thermoformed with the kitchen oven.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
I sure don't wanna toss my sharp saw in an aluminum scabbard!
flushcut
TreeHouser
I didn't notice any dulling. I used a wood cutting saw and blade to make the scabbard so I'll keep you posted.
