So I keep referring to the Stihl USG when I get confused as to which way to set the "slide" on the Foley 308
OK, I gaze at the USG, and it says that when the vice is swiveled this a way:
![IMG_0203.jpg IMG_0203.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/arboristsite/data/attachments/833/833729-4a12f2b42d93e036addd6d92333f5f4c.jpg)
That would be the left hand cutters. Ok... the marks call this the negative - from zero.
Lean over and adjust the "slide" to the negative side to get the 15, and that is what I remember my instruction book told me (I lost it somewhere)
![IMG_0204.jpg IMG_0204.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/arboristsite/data/attachments/833/833730-131c99b61a7e7a49fa235d9700beb6ed.jpg)
So as I have been doing for awhile now, and yesterday I am going thru a PILE of chains, something finally caught my attention, and piqued my interest.
The Foley Belsaw 308 has this scale on the side, and I finally noticed the R and L. Now, wait a second... does that mean Right and Left? Yes.
Oh, So I fish out my manual for the 308, and read it. Yes, you set the thingie to 1.5 in respect to the Right or Left cutters.
Hold on a second here...So I swivel things around, and with a little comparison.
It's opposite the Stihl USG.
For giggles, I sharpened a old chain that a way (nothing to lose, right?)
it seemed to make a nice looking chain, that should atleast be capable of cutting butter.
![IMG_0206.jpg IMG_0206.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/arboristsite/data/attachments/833/833737-232c23a7169b48d03b9ea7e8809f53f1.jpg)
![IMG_0208.jpg IMG_0208.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/arboristsite/data/attachments/833/833738-6c0610914f715350dcb77a5333b0f724.jpg)
The general idea is to duplicate the hand file technique of filing up and into the tooth, to make a sharper "point".
Is the Foley 308 right?
Is the Stihl USG right?
Later on today, I will make more of a investigation here, and compare it to the "tilt" of a Tecomec (like the oregon 511)
Which is supposed to achieve the same thing, a different way.
OK, I gaze at the USG, and it says that when the vice is swiveled this a way:
![IMG_0203.jpg IMG_0203.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/arboristsite/data/attachments/833/833729-4a12f2b42d93e036addd6d92333f5f4c.jpg)
That would be the left hand cutters. Ok... the marks call this the negative - from zero.
Lean over and adjust the "slide" to the negative side to get the 15, and that is what I remember my instruction book told me (I lost it somewhere)
![IMG_0204.jpg IMG_0204.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/arboristsite/data/attachments/833/833730-131c99b61a7e7a49fa235d9700beb6ed.jpg)
So as I have been doing for awhile now, and yesterday I am going thru a PILE of chains, something finally caught my attention, and piqued my interest.
The Foley Belsaw 308 has this scale on the side, and I finally noticed the R and L. Now, wait a second... does that mean Right and Left? Yes.
Oh, So I fish out my manual for the 308, and read it. Yes, you set the thingie to 1.5 in respect to the Right or Left cutters.
Hold on a second here...So I swivel things around, and with a little comparison.
It's opposite the Stihl USG.
For giggles, I sharpened a old chain that a way (nothing to lose, right?)
it seemed to make a nice looking chain, that should atleast be capable of cutting butter.
![IMG_0206.jpg IMG_0206.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/arboristsite/data/attachments/833/833737-232c23a7169b48d03b9ea7e8809f53f1.jpg)
![IMG_0208.jpg IMG_0208.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/arboristsite/data/attachments/833/833738-6c0610914f715350dcb77a5333b0f724.jpg)
The general idea is to duplicate the hand file technique of filing up and into the tooth, to make a sharper "point".
Is the Foley 308 right?
Is the Stihl USG right?
Later on today, I will make more of a investigation here, and compare it to the "tilt" of a Tecomec (like the oregon 511)
Which is supposed to achieve the same thing, a different way.