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You could use the cheapest old motor oil you can find for chai!tand-bar oil, though it does tend to sling off and therefore to do an inferior job of lubricating and cooling. It's better either to buy commercial chain-and-bar oil or to use antisling additives to beef up standard motor oil.

When you're ready to head for the woods for a day of woodcutting, take along more of everything than you think you'll need. It . a stone drag to have to come home with a short load of wood in the bed of the truck just because you didn't take along enough gas and oil, bar oil, or some minor tool you found you couldn't do without (like the open-end wrench and standard screwdriver required to adjust the chain on most saws). I carry my tools in a small army ammo can, and pack along a gallon of gas mixture and two quarts of bac oil for every cord of wood I plan to cut.

SAFETY FIRST!

I've cut wood in a lot ohdangerous situations over the vicars, hui I've never cut myself or anyone else. To my mind, the most important chain saw skill of all is concentration. Never take your mind of that saw: That potentially vicious chain is buzzing hungrily at some 3,000 feet a minute. Your attention must always be where the chain is, and especially where the nose of the bar is.

In short, you-the operator-are the best chain saw safety devt~c ever invented, and if you're careful, you won't get hurt. (If you ever have the misfortune of seeing a chain saw injury, you'll never again need to be reminded to wear the proper clothing and safety accoutrcments, and to keep your eyes on your work.)

Whether shopping for a chain saw, or giving this wonderful outdoor power tool the care it demands, or actually cutting up a lon:: winter's supply of wood, the same two qualities will insure excellent results: [ 1 ] concentration on what you're doing, and [2 1 willingness-no, a commitment-to take the time to do it right. Take care of those two details, and you can be assured of years of safe, enjoyable, labor-and timesaving fun (you bet it can be fun!) with your chain saw.

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