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21st November 2013, 05:13 PM #1Intermediate Member
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Husky 3120 - biggest bar for slabbing?
Am looking to purchase a Husky 3120 for slabbing. What's the biggest bar that I could reasonably run on this saw? I don't want to over-stress the saw.
Currently I'm running a 42" bar on my Husky 394. I've got an auxiliary oiler set up, which I'll transfer to the bigger bar.
My CSM has 50" rails, so I'm thinking at least a 50" bar (just over 4 ft) on the 3120...
Am I stretching my luck running out to a 60" bar?
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21st November 2013, 06:27 PM #2Senior Member
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I've got a 50" and an 84" for my 880. I haven't got it set up yet tho.
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21st November 2013, 08:11 PM #3Intermediate Member
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21st November 2013, 09:16 PM #4
Local sawmill I do work for has one of those and his standard bar is 60" and it is used day in and out and also occainsally gets fitted with a 96" bar with skip teeth and it handles both of these with no probs. I quite often borrow when I have to recover big logs when my 25" bar can't cut from both sides Big ballsy saw and can't see you having any probs with the bars you're considering.
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21st November 2013, 09:19 PM #5.
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My mate Hud has a 72" bar for his 3120.
A 3120 should run a 60" bar no worries.
Depending on how the saw is attached to the bar, for over ~50" bar lengths, bar sag becomes a problem.
Here is the first anti-sag device I made: https://www.woodworkforums.com/f132/b...upgrade-81348/ for my 60" bar
And here is the second one: https://www.woodworkforums.com/f132/f...-device-96964/
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21st November 2013, 09:50 PM #6Intermediate Member
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Wow, thanks gents!
Gee I love this place. Experience being shared, tips being give ,and all-round help and great photos of timber.
Looks like I've got some thinking to do about bar lengths, and thanks a heap BobL for referring me to your anti-sag device.
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22nd November 2013, 08:51 AM #7
I run a 42" bar on my 3120 most of the time, but have a 60" bar for the bigger logs. The saw has no trouble running it, biggest problem is bar sag, as already mentioned.
An old mate of mine used to use his all the time with a 60", him and a mate of his used to team up for the real big logs, the had a double ender bar about 11 foot long, with a 3120 on each end.. I never saw this in action, but I did see some of the Raintree slabs that they cut, very impressive.Brad.
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