You can also keep your saw sharp by doing all your dirt cutting with someone else's saw….

Really appreciate these comprehensive guides like this, square filing, tree felling techniques...keep up the good work!

Thanks for doing this video. It is the best and most comprehensive explanation of chainsaw chain dimensions and characteristics I have found. Many people selling chainsaws or working with them expect everyone to already know this information, and do not seem really patient in explaining it. It is great you took the time to do that.

Best teacher I've ever had. I've learned more from your videos than I have from working hands on in the tree service industry with a bunch of rude guys who expect you to already know everything and shun you for asking questions

"How to pick out a chainsaw" would be cool. "Everything you can find at Madsens and how to use it" would be even way cooler. (and free advertisement for them) I really, really want to go to Madsens some day. I wish there was something like it down in California.

Chainsaw chains and bars was the first thing I jumped into before I got into building power-heads. Interesting how many people I've met in tree work who don't know about the various types, profiles, and terminology for chains.

Great video, lots if great info for a homeowner/firewood guy like me. I’m always confused about chain I need. Great job explaining.

Excellent video very enjoyable and educational… great to see the various samples side by side to understand the gauge, pitch and sequencing info. Well done, keep up the good work.

These tech videos save us folks that don't have loggers and arborists to hang out with a tremendous amount of time and dollars learning expensive lessons. I doubt I'll be going full Jed with the square files any time soon but I thoroughly enjoy seeing a dense stream of large chips flowing out of the saw rather than the dust I had been making 😅. The saw likes it a lot better too, so much so that in spite of my safety 3rd motto I wear my chaps religiously. Big thanks man!

Very informative! I've never seen a chain explanation as quick and complete. Thank you! And Yes to "How-to pick out a chainsaw" video.

Knowledge is power. Thank you for sharing. I use a 251, cause I'm a property owner, and just need something to clear my property. But, I love the hotrodded saws, because I'm a hotrodder, and power is cool. Thank for the info, helps me make my decision on my next saw.

Great explanatory video, I do like narrow chain - just cuts faster. The shape of the raker / depth gauge makes a huge difference to boring. So I usually swap chains between felling & cutting if I am doing a lot of either. I like a low profile safety chain for felling, because I use a lot of bore cuts (lots of heavily leaning trees around here & anyway I feel it gives me more control). I really like your demo of how the two parts to the safety chain raker works around the tip. But if I have a huge stack of logs to process into firewood, I'll swap to a more aggressive square ground, higher profile, simple raker to cut faster. That chain is a sod for boring especially on smaller trees, but great for cutting.

Nice vid! Very good explained. I requested this subject for about one or two months ago, so very nice to see this one! Buckin Billy Ray always talks about “full house chain” and that was the reason I would like to know more about it. I didn’t have a clou what he talked about 😂. Thnx for this episode. Looking already forward to your next one 👍

Great Video Jake! My Stihl 090G came in 404, so I’ve had it converted to 3/8 making it easier to get bars and chain

Good job! I was always told that one of the reasons a semi- and full-skip chain works so well on large diameter wood is there is more room in the cut for chips on the way out. Works that way with machining metal, anyway!

I was just thinking today that I hadn't seen a video from you in a bit. Good video for the newbies, I will note that 0.058 gauge is more of a husky thing in the 20-30" bar range. Also, 0.325 pitch is a thing that I did not see talked about as an intermediate between 1/4 and 3/8, plenty of saws in that 14-18" range than run this in between size. I would like to see a how to pick a saw video as well

Thanks that was very informative. I have chainsaws, learning how to get good cuts with them is the trick. I have "twin" pines that have grown together and those get tricky if they're very big. Keep up the good work. Thanks for the content.

Thank you Jake. I will watch several times to get it down. Deeply appreciate all your educational Videos. You don't see much on this subject. You have saved me alot of time on having to beat my Brains out digging for information.

Thanks a ton, very helpful 👍 I heard skip tooth chain is for clearing shavings out of the cut on big timber. Rather than being used to help small engines run a longer bar. When cutting through really big timber, less cutting teeth means more room for shavings to travel out of the cut, this helps keep the chain speed because its not jamming up with sawdust.

Thank You for making this video with all the chain & bar examples. Now I know why I was confused before! Your video greatly greatly helps me in searching for a replacement chainsaw bar and chain!

Yes please... come back for the selection video. That would be a great topic. Thanks for all the hard work you're putting into the channel!

One of the best videos I’ve seen on KZfaq. Thank you!

I have really appreciated this video! Thank you very much! Those of us that are bitten by the tree cutting bug will always enjoy learning more and more. So, thank you!

Tell Madsen’s thanks for the store usage! Amazing shop! Next time I’m in the area I’m stopping by to spend some cabbage! Looks like a saw man’s paradise!

Thanks for the informative video. Would like future Madsen video on selecting a proper saw for various skills\experience levels and requirements of the purchaser. Also, one on their Simmington square grind bench grinders would be cool.

Fantastic video, I learned so many things. Their store looks like a super overwhelming place to visit. A how to pic a chainsaw to fit your needs would be an amazing video for you to do. Keep up the great work

Like this video. As a home owner thisbis supper helpful. I learned more in this video than i did as a puke butt for 13years about chainsaw chains. Thanks for the class!

Perfect. It's good to get an visual and number breakdown of the types and sizes of chains, their applications and their limitations. Yes please to powerhead walkthrough at Madsens, it'll dovetail into this post about chains.

By far the best video I have ever seen explaining different chain.

Well done. This is the best chain video I've seen!

I think these videos are great! Very informative and I think doing a chainsaw selecting video would be cool too see. Thanks Jacob.

Used a cordless makita chainsaw for some time now doing a bunch of brush cleaning and some around the house tree cutting. It came with oregon safety chain. Got stihl chain without saftey rakers after i messed the oregon chain up hitting a piece of rebar inside the tree and noticed it cuts way faster and my batteries last logner with it too

The "whisper mode" was funny! Madsens is great! It's the only place my wife can get me to go shopping!

Great video and super informative. Thanks for coming in.

I needed to see this a couple days ago. I just took the old chain to the hardware store and told them give me another one. I'm determined to learn more, so I don't have to depend on someone else.

Love this dudes attitude, so laid back, great video stay safe bro....

I love your new channel, Jake. Keep it up.

@4:42 some people and manufacturers use mm. for example, 0.050 inch = 1.27 mm, rounded to 1.3 at @5:12 but pitch refers to the distance between sequential first rivets/2 = "a/2". @6:48 pole saws/pruners generally have small engines and small chains. a third number relevant for chain specification is for drive links, the number of points on the interior of the chain that fit into the bar (at a particular gauge). in general, great review!

Gotta love Madsens. I have bought several saws from them. I really love my 661 that they ported for me.

I’d love a chainsaw selection video.

Thank you I greatly appreciate all the Intel, I never knew there was that much to chainsaw chains. When you were talking about the teeth of the Chainsaw, mentioning they come in carbide would be good for some people that are beating the Daylights out of their chains by cutting super low into the dirt like myself I know about the sharpest teeth you can buy but other than that I was clueless

Know my way around chain, but enjoyed your video, I would like to see a saw selection video. One on safety and climbing gear would be nice too, On that note I liked your 'inventory' video, but wanted to know more about some of your gear. Madsens is ok in my book, even more so since they let you film there. Gotta get them over the camera shy thing though.

I like running the husky 3/8 with the bent raker on my Stihl. I think it is a H27. It's a bit quieter in the cut and I think it sharpens easier.

That's really great info. And yes sharp matters most. I use a 170 and 270 for work. I mostly do my adjusting with file work. I make the cutter tooth face a little steeper but leave a hair extra on the rakes. So I get a quick clean cut without bogging down. Still I hand file every tooth. Little saw is skip and bigger saw full comp. No safety chain crap. Not even on my pole saw. Too damn heavy to cut slow. I just keep guage and pitch factory with the more aggressive cutters

BTW, I would like to see ALL of the inventory that is NOT in the catalog or online. A saw inventory would be great, especially what bars that they have, especially ones that they would ship, because I live in Arkansas. I do business with them when I can and have probably spent close to $1K with them but I don’t have a “reasonable” close connection to them. I just like how knowledgeable and personable that they are. Good job Josh & Madsens

THIS is VERY helpful! Much of what l learned in the last 40 plus years about chains and cutter teeth l could have learned by watching this video! Thanks l have watched other videos by you l got something from each of those too! Guys are on U tube (knowledgeable guys) Using the term full house, (Does that mean a cutter every 2 rivets?) I think they mean standard! (Is that a cutter every 4 rivets?) Popular brand advertising uses their own terminology! What's more they don't even aknowledge the existence of cutter every 2 rivets chain!

Would love more videos at Madsen's.

Well done, Jake! Good information!

Not boring. Good information. Thanks.

Nice informative video. Straight and to the point. Good job.

Yes on the saw selection video!

You're a good teacher! I like your other videos too! Thank you! Keep it up.

Brilliant, informative and well explained. Start at Madsen's front door and work your way through to the back. Would be good set of vids. THANKS 🤗👏👍☘

I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.

I went there last week while driving back to Sacramento from Vancouver. My wife was sick so I just stopped in for a second to buy a hat. It must be the biggest saw shop in the world.

Very helpful. Great review and really useful information. Thanks a lot!

This is always a pain. thanks for all this information! I need to get this cleared up with all my saws. Thank you!

wow I never knew that there was so many variations with saw blades. good education on the differences, I knew about the different thickness but not the pitches in cutters.

Ohhhhh.... We need a Madsens here in Vermont!!!!😳😯 Lucky you!!!

Thanks for the explanations. Good topic!

.325 pitch is very common as well on homeowner saws. Then there are semi-chisel cutters as well. They have a rounded outer cutting face compared to the square point of the full-chisel cutter. FYI only. Good job!

I do a fair amount of tree cutting, mostly for people that I know or helping out after a storm. I've been using the big store brands and not pro saws for 40 years because I heat my house with wood. When I go into a pro saw store I think, I could buy two or three for this price. I know how to keep my saw chain sharp and have actually out cut some guys with pro-saw right next to them. I'm interested in one or two, but I need that push. I want you to do a video on different saws like you suggested that will push me two to three, or five hundred dollars more to get the optimum saw for my needs. I have all the liming saws I need. I need midsize bucking and felling saws that will pull 20- 32 inch bars, stock. The couple of seconds advantage of a hot saw doesn't matter to me, so I want one out of the box that will fill my needs. I cut eastern hard wood, Oak, Cherry, Gum, Maple etc., and there usually 18" to 40"in diameter. I'm sure you've got an idea of what I run into, where am I at De., Md., Pa.. Enlighten me with what's out there and why I should not be such a tightwad, when it comes to buying a power saw. Loved your video's for a few years now, so I'll be looking for more great ones to come. I thought the above might give you a perspective of your average follower as myself.

Thank you! Truly appreciated your work!

Yes do a chainsaw how to video!!! Great stuff!

Hey Jake, thanks 4 the video it was good 2 no the different types of chain out there.Looking forward 2 the chainsAw one. Andy

I absolutely love this Channel

Great job man, would love to see a saw selection vid. Shout out to Madsen's too

Went bought chains last week - place I know - they made up a couple from an Oregon roll (who knows what flavour) - seems it a new design - point being, it cuts close to twice as fast as the Oregon chains I was using the last few years - you could mod a saw to within an inch of its life & not gain as much of a speed increase. It also holds an edge insanely well - I have yet to sharpen it & it's still razor sharp after felling & bucking 50, maybe 60 ton of fairly light thinnings - 6" to 10" trees - which involves the chain running in the dirt a lot, just due to the nature of the job. I've run the first chain about 6- 8 hours a day for the last 4 days straight - or close to 30 hours total & it's still as sharp as new, with zero "babying" which I find baffling but impressive. It's also well able to stall the saw out if you don't hold high revs - just due to the sheer bite it has. Which I also like - you want a chain to have proper bite. I'm gonna go buy more tomorrow just as it's so impressive at "working" - and I'm gonna find out exactly what sort of chain they gave me - because that's the chain I want in future, always. More impressive is it's on an absolute screamer of a ported/muffler modded saw wearing a tiny 14" bar - which means very few teeth are hammering around hitting wood a lot - which should murder a chain fast - but not this chain. Very impressed. Kudos to Oregon.

Great video. Learned something new. Thanks

Madsen’s is the coolest store ever, I go there at least once a month. Couldn’t believe the place first time I walked in there.

Excellent video!! Great information. Thank you.

Sooooo...great video, really important for people to understand the differences especially if they have more than one saw or start running different bars. Think this is a huge topic but could have been useful to mention (not trolling); ▪Some chain manufactures (i.e. Oregon) code stamp the drive link to id the gauge (gage US spellling?) and pitch the chain is ▪A chainsaw chain gauge card is really handy way to possitively id/measure a chain and bar specs (Oregon makes a really good one) ▪Safety chain definetly reduces 'kickback', but effects the cutting performance, increases chainsaw maintenance time and hinders advanced cutting techniques (like bore cuts).....advisable for untrained/inexperienced operators = 90% of KZfaqr content ▪ chain and bar maiintenance is really important (could be whole separate video)......at least mention how to run in a new chain, storage and cleaning ▪length of chain can be dependent on bar type so not every 20" bar will run the same length chain.....count chain length by the drive links and it is stamped on bar.....so three important numbers to know gauge/pitch/number of drive links ▪some aditional general reasons why you might you use different types of chain i.e. - full house = cross cut, carving, small medium bars - semi skip tooth = medium - larger bars (squeezing a larger bar on smaller power head) and minimise chain maintenance time (less teeth to sharpen) - skip tooth = milling/ripping, or very large bars, again minimises chain maintenance time (less teeth to sharpen) - ripping chain (full skip) sharpened at a flatter angle =10° to reduce rougher cuts not advised to use for cross cuts, chisel tooth can lead to rougher cuts so round or semi round better choice...... and some manufacturers even design ripping chain the drag link to hold onto lube better.

Awesome vid, lots of info I was wondering about was answered, Once again Great vid, 👍.

I’m learning about chains since I retired diesel mechanic I enjoy cutting wood for daughter in flat land and trees We have tons of misquite trees for free

Man. Thanks for explaining this. Chains and bars have been confusing me for years.

Thanks for helping to demystify chainsaw numbers.

Very informative! Thanks for sharing. 👍

Great info! Thank you

You had me at "chainsaw" and "crash course" :)

Great job man. I have learned a ton from watching your videos!

I'd like to see the saw selection video. I know nothing about Husky. I'd like to learn more about them. Just have stihl.

you did a great job,man!

Pitch is half of the distance you pointed out in the video. You can pause the video at 5:12 and see the distance in the stihl book you pointed out was labeled 'a' and the pitch is defined as 'a/2'. So a pitch of 3/8" has 3/4" between the two rivets you pointed to.

Good information. I think the only thing you didn't really touch on...2 things. Different cutter options on the specialty side such as carbide. Also, when I first got into cutting, file size was confusing.

Excellent presentation

Great lessson!!

So clear and concise👍🙏

58 gauge was pretty common on a lot of old American made saws but is really only used by Husky now

You should talk about the sprockets (changing from a 7 to a 6 or to an 8)

Great, informative video. Thank you.

I always wanted to know this. TY! TY so much

When my saw needed a new chain, I was dumbfounded as to what chain it needed. Thankfully, I managed to research my model of the saw and found the chain that is required. Luckily, after checking every store in my area, I managed to finally find one store that carried that specific chain. Without knowing the spec of the chain, I would have been lost.

Thank you and well done. Informative. I did keep waiting to hear the terms "full chisel" and "semi-chisel" but what the hey that may be just a "Canadian" thing. NOTA BENE: I have been running an HUSQVARANA "T540iXP" for a year now and love it. Recently though I was wondering about going from the low profile semi-chisel cutter teeth and the "bumper drive link" (low kick-back raker teeth) that the saw came with to getting a low profile full-chisel non-bumper drive link chain. Any thoughts on this?

Great video! I loved your explanation on the advantages and disadvantages of square and round filed cutters, and how lots of people just file squares with a round file . . . and the result works just fine. Did I hear incorrectly your explanation of pitch? I thought you said that the pitch was the distance between the same rivit (the first) on two successive links. I ask because I learned that it is that distance divided in half. So if the distance between those 2 rivets is 6/8 of an inch, that distance divided in half would be the chains pitch of three eights of an inch.

You explained that really well. Thank you😢

The skip tooth is good too on long bars because in a cut the tooth that cuts has to drag its chip through the cut. Having less teeth means it would have to drag out so much chip. Give a bit more chain speed. Also husky saws run a lot of 0.058 chain. And then there is 325 pitch. Good video thanks.

Thanks for vid. Homeowner diy person. Got a battery saw. Was angry to find how fast chain got dull. No, did not bury it while cutting guys. Anyways, funny. The quiet voice made you seem like a spy. Nice to learn the terms thanks so much. Wow what a cool channel name. I knew it was targeted and not some stupid review channel when I saw it.

That was really good well done

Great video!

excellent video