Carving Bars
Chain saw carving bars are popular with wood and ice carvers as well as log builders for performing "plunge" cuts and detail work with minimal kickback. Saying that, most carving chain is provided without the special "guard link" found on most consumer chain. The safety guard link makes saw chain safer, (not safe, safer). Unfortunately, it also gets in the way of proper chain saw carving, thus chain without the guard link is most often used.
Quarter sized tips, (50 pence size for you Brits), for 3/8" lo pro, .325, and 1/4" pitch chain.
Dime sized tips, (20 pence size), available for 1/4" pitch chain only.
(Not all the saws listed below can be converted to 1/4 pitch).
To find out whether your saw has a 1/4 pitch Spur Sprocket available click HERE.
Note: When ordering chain or bars, please include make and model of saw. (not necessary if you're an experienced chain saw carver and know what you're ordering is correct). If possible, let us know the pitch and gauge of the chain.
Look HERE for information on determining pitch and gauge of saw chain.
You'll also need a chain to fit as the carving bars take a different length chain than a standard bar of the same length.
Note: When you receive a carving bar from us you'll find that we have applied some "slick 50", or similar lubricant at the bar tip to provide adequate lubrication until the saw "oiler" has dispensed sufficient oil into the bar groove to lubricate the entire bar length. This is particularly important on manual oilers such as the Makita 5012b
Note: Carving Bars are designed to accommodate several different bar mount styles. Occasionally, you may need to file out the bar stud groove to allow the bar to slide into place and tighten up properly. This filing can be easily done with a good flat file or round file as the circumstances dictate.
Note: Again, Look here for information on determining pitch and gauge of saw chain.
Note: And this to find out whether your saw has a 1/4 pitch Spur Sprocket available click HERE.
American Carving Bar
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Made in United States.
These bars use 3" of hard face alloy (Stellite) on their tips...which I believe is the most of any carving bar.
Australian Carving bar by GB.
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The only carving bar that we're aware of that also offers a sprocket tip option.
1/4 pitch chain
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This is the preferred choice among professional carvers.
1/4 pitch chain is available in either single raker or double raker styles
Cannon Carving Bar
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Cannon chainsaw bars are made in Canada.
Cannon Carving bars are available with cobalt hardened tips in either dime size (3/4"), quarter size (1") and Tooney tip (1-3/8") and lengths from 8" up to 20".
Carving bar with Quarter tip to fit larger Stihl D025
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American made.
Fits the Large Stihl styles...e.g. 024, 026, and larger. (MS250 uses a standard carving bar).
Makita 'No Saw' Carving Package
Makita 'No Saw' Carving package is for those who already own a Makita 5012b electric saw and only need the chainsaw carving bar, 1/4 pitch chain and 1/4 pitch sprocket
