Recently bought one of these
There's no mention of it in the "user manual" but I'm assuming the chain will need to be oiled in some way.
Any suggestions for suitable oil and where to get it from?
Just go to a garden or farm shop and buy some chain oil
That's the easy part! All half-way decent chainsaws have a tank which you fill with oil, and the chain gets lubricated as you cut. I can't see an oil tank on this one.
Hoof Hearted submitted this idea :
Thanks very much guys. I don't think there is an oil tank on this so it's just going to be frequent manual application I think lol
As it doesn’t have any sort of oil delivery mechanism I think the best you can do is use a can of spray grease regularly.
No personal experience though, it’s just what I would do.
Tim
I've a couple of these and just dribble some 3-in-1 under the chain.
PA
But standard chainsaw oil - its biodegradable. have to say that with no oil trank on that its a bit of a toy.
I have one of those just drip some chainsaw oil on the bar every few minutes, mine was only £19 from ebay and works fine
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Regular chainsaw oil is the right material for the job.
We have two "weights" of chain oil here, summer and winter grade. The winter stuff is thinner, for really low temperature work. I've been out at -10C cutting fallen branches, and that's when the winter weight is better. Most of the time, the summer weight is good enough. The oil is red in colour, and is biodegradable. When it falls on the ground, it's not like petroleum oil (the oil for your car has detergents in it, and is not the best oil for moving parts - the detergents are there to remove combustion deposits).
When you use your mini-chainsaw, keep the chain out of the dirt. Dirt is the enemy of chainsaws. The chain will wear in no time, if fouled with dirt or sand. Try to make cuts above grade, so the chances of getting dirt on the chain are reduced. Don't go cutting roots with it. If you try to cut something right at ground level, you'll get dirt in it.
The red chain oil, lubricates the chain as it goes around the bar, around the idler wheel in the front, and as it goes past the drive sprocket. Don't get the oil on your clothing if you can help it.
With any chainsaw, the chain tension is important. It's a safety issue -- if you let it get too loose. As any chainsaw heats up, the length of the chain changes, and it needs a touchup on tension. If the chain is too tight, that promotes wear of the rotating bits. It won't take you too long to learn how to adjust it for best tension. If there is too much slack, it could jam in the work.
The advertising pictures are not the best. You put the branch near the "V" formed by the lower jaw and the chain. The lower jaw (turquoise, with five turquoise teeth) is intended to prevent the chainsaw from slipping. It's hardly ever a good idea, to be using just the tip of the saw for work. Don't do that. The branch you cut, should be pushed into the "V".
It it really does need to be oiled. With the red chainsaw oil. You could carry an oblong tray with the oil in it, dip the top of the bar, dip the bottom of the bar, between cuts. Being careful to let it drain a bit so it does not spray your clothes. A tank fed chainsaw dispenses oil a drop or two at a time, to keep the chain wetted. With a regular chainsaw, the sawdust is wetted with the red stuff, so the oiler is generous with the juice. It's not like oiling most things, where an excess of oil is wasteful. The red juice is meant to be used, and red coloured sawdust is a sign the automatic oiler is working.
Before you bring a chainsaw into the house, you take a rag and wipe the bottom of it, which will have red juice on it. Lay the chainsaw on a heavy plastic bag (like the kind used for topsoil), so any more red juice that escapes rests on the bag and not the furniture.
The only reason for "preserving your chain", is you may not be able to source an exact replacement for it. It would be a shame to only get two cutting projects out of it, before both chains are shot. Even my mains powered chainsaw, it's hard to find a chain for it now. I'm no good with small petrol engines, which is why I don't have a petrol one. I tend to ruin small petrol engines, have no feel for them. I get the carb apart and it's game over the the engine :-)
Paul
Just put some oil in one of those aluminium trays you get chinky meals in and dip the end of the bar in it every now and then. Bill
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