Hey it's Paul Frenette here from Carver Kings. Jacob and I were talking and we thought it would
be a good idea to get a couple of videos out there on the tools we use. So this is
the first in a series of videos we're going to post. Today we're going to talk
about chainsaws. If you are a beginner carver looking to get into carving or a
semi pro and you're wondering about what saws to use.
Then basically this video is for you !
We're gonna just go through what our
minimum configuration is. What you need, or what I think you need at the very
least to start carving. Then what the ideal package is for pro carving
a couple of other add-ons to consider. in future videos we're going to look at
hand tools and a few other things to basically give you a kind of a
minimalist setup and then a you know nice to have setup and go from there
Anyway without further ado we got first first item on the list is a around a 40CC
saw this is a Husqvarna 543 XP. It's a great saw, we love them. We're not paid to
say that. We're not actually sponsored by Husqvarna, they do sponsor us when we
travel, but we're not officially sponsored by anybody. Everything we do is on our own nickle,
our own job. So anyway as far as size goes the pro saws are all great saws
So you know you can argue the point whether Stihl or Husqvarna are
better than one or the other. or Echo or any of the other ones. But really
for me, a working saw is the best saw! So if you can't afford one of these saws
and you have to get a cheaper one, you know buying a saw that is cheaper, if
it gets you working so as long as the saw runs, then it's a good saw. You know
if you're gonna ask me, well I got I got a certain amount of
money to spend should I spend it on a on a Husqvarna or an echo or some other
brand. Then my choice is the Husqvarna is you know we use them all the time I paid
for every one of these, someone didn't pay me,. They didn't give them to me.
But I've got a bunch of Stihls in the container over here and the ones we
use are the Husqvarnas. Because the XP series are fast and then there's
a lot of power behind them. You know the biggest thing is fast cutting
like this the Chain speed on them seems to be so much better anyway
enough about brands. For your detailing saw you're gonna
want you know around a 40 CC maybe maybe a little bit less 30 cc if you wanted
but we got this set up with a 12 inch dine tip bar we use cannon carving bars
they seem to last the longest and take the most abuse I guess
Jacob likes the 0.43 1/4 pitch I like the quarter pitch 0.50 all just I
like I like the little bit bigger tooth that he likes the finer one I like I
like the fact that the .50 I get so much better curves
when you're cutting but either way you just got to make sure with any carving
bar whether it's the cannon or Sugihara or any of those you got to make sure
that you maintain them so check our videos over there check our videos and
see we got one on the cannon bars and other bars about oiler problems when you
don't have a side plate on your on your attachment plate on the saw we just used
a metal tape over top of the holes but check that video to tell you how to how
to fix that issue we got another video that tells you how
to maintain and dress your bar and that's the most important thing I mean
that's if you're if you let that tip wear down just even a little bit then it
exponentially deteriorates over time right so you know if you have to every
day pull it off and dress it a little bit it's better than waiting until you
know the tips all knurled off. But if you feel the tip and you can feel an
edge on that outside of the chain drive then you need to dress it.
Anyway that video will address that issue so yeah for a detailing saw I love
the Husqvarna 543 XP 43 CC saw it's great 12 inch dime tip
you just can't go wrong with it the next size up is the Husqvarna 550 50
cc saw I've got a 16 inch toonie hard nose tip with quarter pitch
chain on it this thing just rips and roars.
Wit this setup proper and sharpen proper it just rips
really like like it's nothing but it's a great setup for this saw
both of these of course I have a 1/4 pitch ring sprockets on them you have to
you have to change them out with these 2 saws, you know if you're doing
you know average-sized carvings you know your 3 foot for foot carvings or even
eight-foot ones but you know if I was in a pinch and you said I could only
have to saws to carve with, then here are my two saws. I can carve with these all day
long and no problem and I'll get everything done that I need to do
Next saw up, if you had a little bit more money to spend for a blocking saw the 562 XP 62cc running a 20 inch sorry there was a 16
inch to knee bar on the 550 this is a 20-inch supermini from Canon
it's a sprocket tip with 3/8 low pro and I tell you these 562s, they
just rip like like nothing else and you know we we work for Earthscape Playgrounds
we do a lot of a lot of feature pieces for them and everything we do for them
is in white oak so it's hard wood and we go through a ton of it and I do pretty
much all my you know except for the really big stuff but all the blocking is
done with this and then it just rips through it when jacob sharpens it up it
cuts like butter and you know I just couldn't do the job
without it it's uh saves so much time anyway those are your three saws for
your set up if you've got the money to spend you know if you're
budget minded and you can only afford to saws then basically the 543 and the 550
you got a little bit more money spend it on the 562 it's a great saw
on the smaller end you can't find them anymore and if anyone's got one for sale
I'll buy it but the Stihl MS 150 it's a little 20 CC saw I mean it's a
it's light there's nothing to this thing and I got
an 8 inch cannon dine tip on there and you know this thing is beautiful I can I
can be doing detailing I could I could go non-stop for eight hours with this
you know there's just no there's almost no weight to a compared to the other
saws so it's super light and it's got lots of power as far as the 20-cc
goes you're not going to be blocking wood with it but it's a
detail saw! So if you can find a smaller saw like around the 20 CC and it's
lightweight you put a short little carving bar on that you know you're not
doing big carving you're doing little detailing where you're getting in there
and you know doing all your finesse so that's
great saw or something like that on the bigger side we got the 372 XP this guy
is 72 cc of course you got a 32 inch bar just a standard cutting bar sprocket tip
nothing special standard chain on it it's just a great
saw that'll get you through all your blocking and one of these days we'll
upgrade it probably to a low profile five low bar but for right now
it does the job for us.
basically that's it that's your package for a minimalist carving again the 543
and the 550 you know a forty or between the 30 and the 40 CC saw for your
12-inch dine tip and the fifty CC saw for your toonie tip around the 16 inch
it is great and then the 562 for your block and that's all you need. You know
and again can't stress enough watch the video that two videos about your oiler
and the other one about dressing the bars on how to maintain your bars.
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