Vegetable Oil for Lubricating Chainsaws (2008)
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Re: Vegetable Oil for Lubricating Chainsaws (2008)
#2They refer to 'thousands of gallons of chain-and-bar oil... carried into the forests' every year
Is this quantity significant?
Re: Vegetable Oil for Lubricating Chainsaws (2008)
#3This does not jibe with my experiences or anybody I know's experiences, I think it needs more development. I've had friends who used vegetable oils then they dried out or worse turned rancid and gummed stuff up. Especially bad if a tool is left for a while, or in a hot place, though I guess this is not so much a problem in Europe. This doesn't seem like a significant enough problem to justify that anyway, "thousands of gallons" across a continent is not actually that much.
Re: Vegetable Oil for Lubricating Chainsaws (2008)
#4Using some Mazola on my chainsaw because I can't find or didn't buy proper oils sounds like a typical thing I'd do (that people will shame me for but I don't care)
Admittedly my chainsaw is a small cheap electric one, but still. Unsurprising to me that it turns out it is ok to use what I have on hand.
Re: Vegetable Oil for Lubricating Chainsaws (2008)
#5This is absolutely fascinating. Never thought of using this. These are the kinds of stories I come to HN for.
Re: Vegetable Oil for Lubricating Chainsaws (2008)
#6This does not jibe with my experiences or anybody I know's experiences, I think it needs more development. I've had friends who used vegetable oils then they dried out or worse turned rancid and gummed stuff up. Especially bad if a tool is left for a while, or in a hot place, though I guess this is not so much a problem in Europe. This doesn't seem like a significant enough problem to justify that anyway, "thousands…
If you read the article it isn't just the thousands of gallons, it is also breathing petroleum aerosols, etc.
These foresters seem to have good experiences with it-
Re: Vegetable Oil for Lubricating Chainsaws (2008)
#7Some of my scuba diving friends go ice diving in Canadian lakes. They use chainsaws to cut access holes through the ice, and always lubricate those chainsaws with vegetable oil so as not to contaminate the water with petrochemicals.
Re: Vegetable Oil for Lubricating Chainsaws (2008)
#8This does not jibe with my experiences or anybody I know's experiences, I think it needs more development. I've had friends who used vegetable oils then they dried out or worse turned rancid and gummed stuff up. Especially bad if a tool is left for a while, or in a hot place, though I guess this is not so much a problem in Europe. This doesn't seem like a significant enough problem to justify that anyway, "thousands…
If you read the article it isn't just the thousands of gallons, it is also breathing petroleum aerosols, etc. These foresters seem to have good experiences with it- https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=90186.0
Have any studies been done on breathing vegetable oil aerosols?
Re: Vegetable Oil for Lubricating Chainsaws (2008)
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you read the article it isn't just the thousands of gallons, it is also breathing petroleum aerosols, etc. These foresters seem to have good experiences with it- https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=90186.0
Have any studies been done on breathing vegetable oil aerosols?
We'll probably get some solid observational data, due to the rise of vaping, but that will take a few years.
Re: Vegetable Oil for Lubricating Chainsaws (2008)
#10They refer to 'thousands of gallons of chain-and-bar oil... carried into the forests' every year Is this quantity significant?
Or does it matter that the petroleum came from the forests, the deserts and some underseas equivalents? Petroleum is a natural thing.
There are no doubt problems with the refined versions of petroleum but natural oils have issues too.
The right solution might still be to ban petroleum oils from this job. But it seems foolish to pretend they are any less natural than vegetable oils.