Saw storage

[Marc-Antoine]

If you want to use a log as a holder, be sure the wood is dry.
One year, a big shop did that to show the chainsaws. But the log was green and all the chains and some bars became rusty on the part which was inside the wood.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Good to know!

 

[sotc]

Great pics! some good ideas

 

[Burnham]

Well the weight of one of Burnham's bars may cause damage if the saw is left hanging too long

We haven't played at this game in a bit, good to see you have not forgotten how, my old friend .

Now it's my turn ...Stig can use those square boxes without that bar extension part, no need for anything more than the box when you run bars that are only a few inches long .

Now then...
I only have 5 saws, they all fit spooned together on a wood shelf that's 30" x 60". 200T-14" bar, 200 RH-16" bar, 361-25" bar, 044-28" bar, 064-32" bar. Works for me.

 

[Bermy]

I only have 5 saws...

Mine sit on a shelf on the wall with old rags under them to catch the drips, and rags over them to keep the dust off. (between the wind blowing dust around and my hubby with a sander)

I wonder, we've had some pretty hot days here lately and sometimes when I go to get my 200t for work its sitting in a puddle of oil. Do you think the oil tank can 'burp' if it gets hot in the workshop? Probably approaching or just over 100*F. Or do they just drip quietly regardless?

 

[rumination]

Some 200Ts tend to drool a bit. The one I have in New Mexico does, so I always keep cardboard underneath it. I haven't noticed if temperature makes a big difference, but it never gets that hot in northern New Mexico (high elevation).

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I wonder, we've had some pretty hot days here lately and sometimes when I go to get my 200t for work its sitting in a puddle of oil. Do you think the oil tank can 'burp' if it gets hot in the workshop? Probably approaching or just over 100*F. Or do they just drip quietly regardless?

Nawwwww... It's just marking it's territory

 

[Cobleskill]

I haven't tested the theory but my guess is if the tank was full it probably would leak less or not at all.

 

[squisher]

Whys that?

 

[Cobleskill]

I think it is the air changing temperature/volume that pumps the oil out. I noticed sometimes my 200 leaks, sometimes it doesn't. I have to check my theory.

 

[squisher]

Ahh I see. Thanks. Interesting. I hate a leaky saw.

 

[stig]

I have all of mine hanging from hooks.
I made a wooden frame a few inches high underneath and filled it with dry chips.
Catches the drips nicely and when soaked through, the chips work fine as firestarter in the furnace.

 

[Marc-Antoine]

I think it is the air changing temperature/volume that pumps the oil out. I noticed sometimes my 200 leaks, sometimes it doesn't. I have to check my theory.

That's my thinking too. My 200T, 021, 440, 066 do that. Not all the time though, maybe the position of the pump's piston is important when the saw stops.
But the main circumstance is when the saws are left in the cold ( in the car or in the shop during winter nights) and then take the hot pulsed air during the travel to the job.

 

[Al Smith]

I have one that seems to always be out of oil but where it goes I have not a clue .It's not all over the self it's stored on .

Tom had a leaker and for the life of me I could not find it .I landed a complete crankcase /crankshaft and rod from flea bay and that ended the leak problem .It was actually an 020T that had fell from a tree that got a 200T crankcase .One screw cap and one flippy when it was back together .I still have the old 020T crankcase and crankshaft in a box some place .

 

[RSWMTB]

Gave some training (not tree-related) to some forestry folks out this way...I thought this was cool.

 

[Mick!]

This leaking oil thing is odd, the only saw I have that does that is an old 076. That genuinely leaks! The rest, nothing.

 

[Bermy]

Really the only time I've noticed it is after a hot spell.
Other times its minimal.
Maybe a squirt of air into the oil tank vent next time I clean it...see if that helps.

 

[rumination]

Where is the oil tank vent on a 200T?

 

[Marc-Antoine]

It's just about 1 inch above the bar's mounting stud, but it's partially hidden behind the small plastic plate.

 

[rumination]

Thanks, great picture!

 

[Porkbrick]

we hang our climb saws from bike hooks in the rafters (low ceiling in the shop). the bigger saws go bar down in a slot against the wall, like the previous pic. i would like to change that by mounting a shelf out of one inch ply and cutting slots in it 90degrees to the wall. you put the bar into the slot and the dogs/body of the saw rest on the shelf. that way you dont have to lift the saw nearly as high.

 

[squisher]

That sounds like a great idea.

 

[Evan Sussman]

I love this setup. This is mine, I modified/copied a friends who I work with. His is better, mine was done with plywood because its.all I had. He made his whole face with 3-4 2x8ish boards running horizontally instead of the plywood.

Pretty simple. Quick, easy for maintenance. Pop off the air box covers and blow them all out at once. Its better to.leave a little more room.then I between saws so that you can blow out the bar adjustment area, and fuel/oil cap area.


...bah. I don't know how to upload the pics directly from my.phone

Wait this just showed up inline. Maybe the pic will work.

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Well cheers guys. I hope its a blessing to you guys too!

 

[Evan Sussman]

P.s. once you get your front board/s set up just bore cut with the saw to make the slot..

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Oh I like that ! Cool!