Make Your Own Chainsaw Chain

Circular saw with wood cutting blade.

Make your own chainsaw chain.

Six pieces of 1 2 inch to 3 4 inch plywood 20 inches square. However when using a chain saw for milling lumber the saw will be ripping which is cutting parallel to the grain of the wood. Two 4 5 foot pieces of 1 2 inch threaded steel rod 1 2 inch 13 thread. How to build a wood cutting stand for chain saw cutting by sean lancaster things you ll need.

Here is a link to some saw chain by the roll. You can save some money if you go through a lot of chain by buying the ch. Save money on ripping chains. Drill with 5 8 inch drill bit.

Here is a link to a youtube video that shows you how to make your own chains with no special equipment. Also set sale alerts and shop exclusive offers only on shopstyle. Breaking and spinning are the terms used for cutting and riveting a chainsaw chain. 100 foot rolls of chain come with 25 presets.

You can figure out how many you can make by doing the math. It is cheaper in the long run to make your own. 8 1 2 inch lock washers. Attach ropes as long as you need to reach the limbs you plan to cut.

This can be a expensive corner of your shop. The angle of the cutting teeth on a ripping chain is much more square than on a standard chain. Bonus is that you can make chain for others at a slight markup. Make your own rope saw to prune tree limbs up to 20 feet high or more while standing on the ground.

A rope chain saw cuts wood with sharpened teeth using the same principle as a power chainsaw except you provide the muscle to move the chain across the wood. Fortunately you can make a ripping chain for a chainsaw out of a standard chain with some sharpening tools.