How to Choose a Cannon Carving Bar
We offer a large variety of carving bars to choose from, from lengths of 8” up to 28”, and in various gauges, and tip sizes. It can be overwhelming as a beginner or novice chainsaw carver to figure out which bars to purchase. We have developed this guide to help you in your decision making.
All of our carving bars are crafted from a custom alloy steel with a welded cobalt alloy tip. Our carving bars are “hard-nose” bars, without a replaceable tip, or sprocket nose.
Tip Sizes
We manufacture our carving bars in four different tip sizes: Dime, Quarter, Toonie, and Arbor.
Dime Tip Carving Bars (CCD)
The Dime Tip Carving Bar (CCD) has a nose diameter of ¾”, which is the size of a US and Canadian Dime (currency). This is the smallest radius tip that we make and it will accommodate ¼” pitch chain in .043 or .050 gauge. Dime Tip Carving Bars are available in lengths of 8”, 10”, 12”, 14”, and 16”, all in our “C1” universal mount. .043 and .050 gauge Dime Tip bars should only be used on chainsaws 40CC and under.
Available Part Numbers:
CCD-C1-8-43
CCD-C1-8-50
CCD-C1-10-43
CCD-C1-10-50
CCD-C1-12-43
CCD-C1-12-50
CCD-C1-14-43
CCD-C1-14-50
CCD-C1-16-43
CCD-C1-16-50
Quarter Tip Carving Bars (CCQ)
The Quarter Tip Carving Bar (CCQ) has a nose diameter of 1”, which is the size of a US and Canadian quarter (currency). This bar will accommodate ¼”, .325” pitch, and ⅜” low profile (not regular ⅜” pitch!) chain in .043 or .050 gauge. Quarter Tip Carving Bars are available in lengths of 8”, 11”, 12”, 14”, 16”, 20”, and 24”, in our “C1”, “H1”, and “S1” mounts. Quarter tip .043 gauge bars should only be used on chainsaws 40cc and under.
Quarter tip .050 gauge bars should only be used on chainsaws 50cc and under.
Available Part Numbers:
CCQ-C1-8-43
CCQ-C1-8-50
CCQ-C1-11-43
CCQ-C1-11-50
CCQ-C1-12-43
CCQ-C1-12-50
CCQ-C1-14-43
CCQ-C1-14-50
CCQ-C1-16-43
CCQ-C1-16-50
CCQ-C1-20-43
CCQ-C1-20-50
CCQ-H1-14-43
CCQ-H1-14-50
CCQ-H1-16-43
CCQ-H1-16-50
CCQ-H1-20-43
CCQ-H1-20-50
CCQ-H1-24-43
CCQ-H1-24-50
CCQ-S1-14-43
CCQ-S1-14-50
CCQ-S1-16-43
CCQ-S1-16-50
CCQ-S1-20-43
CCQ-S1-20-50
CCQ-S1-24-43
CCQ-S1-24-50
Toonie Tip Carving Bars (CCT)
The Toonie Tip Carving Bar (CCT) has a nose diameter of 1⅜”, which is the size of a Canadian Toonie (currency). This bar will accommodate ¼”, .325”, and ⅜” pitch chain in .043 or .050 gauge. Toonie Tip Carving Bars are available in lengths of 12”, 14”, 16”, 20”, 24”, and 28”, in our “C1”, “H1”, and “S1” Mount. Toonie Tip .043 gauge bars should only be used on chainsaws 40cc and under. Toonie Tip .050 gauge bars should only be used on chainsaws 60cc and under.
Available Part Numbers:
CCT-C1-12-43
CCT-C1-12-50
CCT-C1-14-43
CCT-C1-14-50
CCT-C1-16-43
CCT-C1-16-50
CCT-C1-20-43
CCT-C1-20-50
CCT-C1-24-43
CCT-C1-24-50
CCT-H1-14-43
CCT-H1-14-50
CCT-H1-16-43
CCT-H1-16-50
CCT-H1-20-43
CCT-H1-20-50
CCT-H1-24-43
CCT-H1-24-50
CCT-H1-28-43
CCT-H1-28-50
CCT-S1-14-43
CCT-S1-14-50
CCT-S1-16-43
CCT-S1-16-50
CCT-S1-20-43
CCT-S1-20-50
CCT-S1-24-43
CCT-S1-24-50
CCT-S1-28-43
CCT-S1-28-50
Arbor Tip Carving Bars (CCA)
The Arbor Tip Carving Bar (CCA) has a nose diameter of 1⅝”, which is the same size as our “SuperMini Bar” tips (SuperMini Bars have replaceable tips, while Carving Bars have a welded cobalt tip). This bar will accommodate ¼”, .325”, and ⅜” pitch chain in .043 or .050 gauge. Arbor Tip Carving Bars are available in lengths of 11”, 14”, 16”, 18”, and 20”, in our “C1”, “H1”, and “S1” Mount. Arbor Tip .043 gauge bars should only be used on chainsaws 40cc and under. Arbor Tip .050 gauge bars should only be used on chainsaws 60cc and under.
Available Part Numbers:
CCA-C1-11-43
CCA-C1-11-50
CCA-C1-14-50
CCA-C1-16-50
CCA-C1-18-50
CCA-H1-16-50
CCA-H1-18-50
CCA-H1-20-50
CCA-S1-16-50
CCA-S1-18-50
CCA-S1-20-50
Gauges
All of our carving bars are available to accommodate .043 gauge or .050 gauge chain.
The .043 gauge bars are slightly thinner/narrower kerf and are only suitable for chainsaws that have a displacement of 40 CC and under.
The Dime Tip .050 gauge bars are suitable for saws that have a displacement up to 40cc.
The Quarter Tip .050 gauge bars are suitable for saws that have a displacement up to 50cc.
The Toonie and Arbor Tip .050 gauge bars are suitable for saws that have a displacement up to 60cc.
Pitch
Because our carving bars do not have a sprocket tip, you do not need to specify what pitch of chain you are using when ordering a bar. Instead, you will just have to make sure that it is one of the recommended pitch options for the tip size, and that your chain pitch matches the drive sprocket pitch on your chainsaw.
Dime Tip
¼” Pitch
Quarter Tip
¼” Pitch
.325” Pitch
⅜” Low Profile Pitch (not regular ⅜” pitch!)
Toonie Tip
¼” Pitch
.325” Pitch
⅜” Pitch
Arbor Tip
¼” Pitch
.325” Pitch
⅜” Pitch
Start Carving!
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to call us at 1-888-604-9990, or email us at info@cannonbar.com.
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