Re: Drilling chainsaw bar

On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 10:10:59 -0700
Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> wrote:

On 9/6/2024 4:06 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

I'd like to attach a 20" Husqvarna bar to an Alaskan mill with flush
flathead screws instead of the provided clamps to increase lower side
clearance for slabbing some of the bark off logs too wide to fit my
sawmill. I found suggestions for using a carbide masonry or glass drill
in the hardened steel, but nothing on possible damage to the tip
sprocket pivot from drilling through it between the four rivets.
 
https://www.amazon.com/Husqvarna-20-Chainsaw-Guide-Bar/dp/B08HNCZWXX?
 

>
As I am sure you are aware, but "chainsaw mill" is a thing.  How do they
manage securing the blade on those?
>

Maybe just knock out 1 or 2 rivets and use those holes?

Youtube video here where a guy takes the roller tip off an Oregon Bar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP_kGe8Q7pc

From that video it looks like that center part that is riveted in might
be really hard, bearing surface metal😬

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids  MI