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       Chainsaw case mag rot
       By: Chainsawrepair Date: November 23, 2023, 7:23 am
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       Not the kind from setting on concrete floors either.
       Seen this more then once now. So for folks buying saws in and
       around MI. = There is something up there in MI folks cut that
       does cause mag rot  under the clutch covers on the side of the
       mag cases. Friend told me  about it once I started getting saws
       from there in MI with mag rot and  wondered why.
       John showed me nice jonsered saws that was starting to rot too
       from MI. What did you say they cut up there doing this?
       =all those saws I showed you were covered in pine sap/sawdust.
       Under the right environment high humidity pine is acidic.
       Farmer  measured the amount of free acid produced by various
       woods under  controlled conditions at intervals up to two years.
       For all timbers  examined, including oak, Douglas fir, Sitka
       spruce, beech, birch, obeche  and Parana pine, there was a
       progressive increase in free acid. More  than 90% of the acid
       was volatile and was identified chemically and
       chromatographically as acetic acid.
       I had thought it was only a south thing from cutting palms etc.
       But isnt. MI has something they cut up there that does it too.
       So now check under covers on any MI saws going to buy.  UPDATE
       guys in ME seeing this too.
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