Sthil Chainsaws| Do You Know Your Chainsaws?

Sthil chainsaws are made from a leading company worldwide. This company has stores and headquarters all over the globe. Fine machinery is produced, sold and repaired by this company. You can easily access them on the internet or a store in your area. Fine hardware stores carry their products.

Sthil chainsaws are the right tool for every application. Sthil is the only chainsaw manufacturer worldwide that designs and manufactures its own chains. You can be assured the same quality engineering and innovative technology that have made the chainsaws famous goes into every component of long life in the chain saw.

Sthil chainsaws have prestretched chains that are prestretched before leaving the factory. This helps eliminate excessive chain stretching during break in period. It also reduces maintenance time and component wear. They have chamfered rivet holes with a special machining process that ensures smooth rivet holes with no microscopic cracks. This also reduces friction and stretching. The chromed cutters are sharpened before assembly and they stay sharp longer with less filing. They have a filing angle mark on the depth gauge. Laser engraved filing angles are on the cutters. Hardened rivets enables rivets to withstand high loads. Oilomatic channel funnels oil directly to rivets reducing friction and wear. This reduces the volume of bar oil needed. Sthil recommends the use of Sthil green labeled low kickbacks saw chain and reduced kickback guide bars for all chain saw powerheads. Read and follow all warnings and instructions that are included with Sthil chain saws, saw chain, and guide bars.

With winter on the way, there are some challenges that Sthil chainsaw users have. With a little extra care, your chain saw can offer peak performance even in the face of extreme cold temperatures. You will also need to take extra precautions for specific weather related hazards. While working with a chain saw during the winter, wear protective apparel. This includes hearing protection and protective gloves. In the winter wood is even more likely to splinter, so use of a helmet and eye protection remains critical. Some manufacturers offer winter protective pants made with materials that are both cut-retardant and resistant to water and snow, providing an option to the protective leg wear you would wear throughout the rest of the year.

The first thing to do is to prepare your Sthil chainsaw for use in temperatures under 40 degrees is to switch the winter/summer shutter on your saw to winter to activate the carburetor pre-heater system, if your chainsaw has this feature. Leaving the shutter on the summer position could result in carburetor icing, causing the machine to perform poorly, idle erratically and even run lean, which could eventually cause major engine failure. Some chain saws offer special extreme cold features such as automatic, electrically heated carburetors and electrically heated handles that you can easily turn on and off for your comfort. Take care of your chainsaw with extra maintenance during the winter and it will last many winters to come.