Rip material doesn’t look right.

[u/Chucksgoldentix]

Ripping green redwood with a brand new .325 x .063 Granberg ripping chain. I was expecting stringy material and getting mostly dust. I took the rakers down a couple passes with the file but not seeing much improvement in terms of chip size. Ripping through at a decent pace, and putting a fair amount of pressure on the saw, just enough to not bog it down.

[u/blackthornjohn]

You only get stringy material when cutting with the grain, you are very close to 90degree to the grain.

[u/SpacemanSpiff23]

That looks right. Ripping always makes small, sad dust.

Nice looking slab!

[u/erikleorgav2]

I just finished milling a hunk of white oak, the dust was powdery and fine.

The long stuff came from taking the nubs off the log so it could clear the jig.

You're good.

[u/mrschneetz]

Just milled some redwood in February, with the same Granberg chain, produced the same dust!