What are the features of the skip chain and what makes the skip chain different from the standard chain? Here is an explanation including illustrations and word content. You will clearly understand when and where you can use a chainsaw with a skip chain.

As a basic tool for chainsaw chain maintenance, the chain file plays an important role in prolonging the lifespan of your chainsaw. Cutting with a dull or blunt chainsaw chain will reduce your day’s work efficiency. Instead of replacing a new chainsaw chain, sharpening it with a right size file would be a much...

Here we’ll take the most popular Stihl MS180 chainsaw as an example to walk you through the whole chain replace process. For other Stihl homeowner series chainsaws, you can also look into this step-by-step guide as they are pretty much the same.

Considering the cutting efficiency and safety, it is important to keep your chainsaw chain always in a correct tension. So how to adjust your chainsaw and what tools do you need? If these questions still baffle you, this is a step by step guide on how to tension your chainsaw chain specifically for STIHL MS 180  chainsaw.

Before starting off, you should first know that a standard saw chain and a low profile saw chain are not interchangeable, meaning that a standard chain will not fit on a chainsaw bar that designed for a low profile chain. Based on this understanding, we can keep on figuring out what defines a low profile chainsaw chain.