There are some sizes stamped into the bar, check those numbers are the same if your moving away from stihl chain...amazon have the stihl one for £14 ish
Stihl MSA 70 C-B Cordless Chainsaw
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Sounds like a blunt chain. You've probably hit stone/metal/soil. When at college as a teenager we were taught how to sharpen a chain long before how to use the saw.
Not my pic, sharp chain vs badly damaged chain. It should be razor sharp, sharp enough to cut your finger - without the saw being on! Also depth gauges set to right height once sharpened
Not my pic, sharp chain vs badly damaged chain. It should be razor sharp, sharp enough to cut your finger - without the saw being on! Also depth gauges set to right height once sharpened
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I binned the low kickback chain that came with my makita chainsaw, it was very safe but wouldn’t cut anything. Swapped it for an Oregon with a more aggressive tip which made a huge difference. But they need sharpening regularly and even a bit of soil stuck in the bark will blunt the chain almost instantly. A sharp spare is useful in those circumstances
Was that a battery saw. Stihl use the small cutter narrow kerf chains to extend battery runtime, they aren't low kick back.
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It was one of their corded chainsaws
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