Tips for preventing overheating during long cutting sessions

[Alan]

When you're deep into a long cutting session and suddenly notice your saw heating up and losing its edge, it can be a bit of a head-scratcher. What are some easy habits, quick checks, or cooling tricks you rely on to keep everything running smoothly?

 

[LogLife]

I always keep a little spray bottle nearby, watch for smoke on the chain, and take quick breaks to cool down the bar.

A bit of care keeps things sharp and safe.

 

[choppychuckle]

When I notice the saw heating up, I take a moment to clear the sawdust and give the bar a spritz of water or oil. Quick checks on tension and sharpness make long sessions much smoother.

 

[STIHLTECH]

If it is heating up and oiling, it is dull. Sharpen.

 

[Paul]

What the heck is the spray bottle for?
Your face I hope. Seriously,
Sharpen the chain, make sure it’s oiling. It won’t overheat.

 

[Leon Couper]

It all comes back to maintenance as a lot of guys I have seen finish cutting
for the day take the saw home and put it in the shed and shut the door.
Now when I get home the saws I have used are blowen down with compressed
air chain checked over and make sure tension is right and a little bit of WD40
sprayed on refueled and chain oil filled as well. One thing with my saws I like
to make sure petrol and oil run out at roughly the same time. On some saws
this will probably not happen as one will probably run out before the other.
As I wrote in another thread if you blow them down every time you finish
it won't get away from you but if you don't with a bit of spilt fuel that gets
on the cooling fins that will start building up and there's a over heating problem.

 

[Paul]

Oilers a designed to still have a bit of oil left in the tank when it runs out of gas.
Oilers on new professional saws do not put out as much oil as they used to. IE , Stihl’s “E” system.

 

[Leon Couper]

Yes the new saws are but a lot of the older ones once the oiler got a bit of wear
would empty the oil tank quite a bit before the petrol tank. You can tell quite often
though by the chain you can see it getting dry.