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Thursday, 31 January 2008
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Carving. The carving cut allows a hollow to be made on the otherwise straight side of a notch. This technique involved starting the cut on the edge of a notch and cutting only the width of the chain. With no wood on one side of the chain bar, the bar can be turned in the cut and a curved cut left behind. It's important that a semi-chiselled chain be used. A full chisel chain tends to want to cut straight as soon as it enters the wood, whereas as semi-chisel allows some wandering, which can be used to advantage.

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In the carving cut, the speed is kept fairly high ( not screaming fast, however), and only the tip of the bar is doing the cutting. The chainsaw is steadied and guided against your leg and the chainsaw is merely lowered down, using the weight of the saw to set the speed of the cut.
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