hammerlogging
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I just want to say, as Burv has pointed out many a time. I need a grinder.
I'd say one of the biggest annoyances in my life is filing new chains. Square chisel. Just to install my cut in the side plate, get the angles and edges nice and clean..... ARGH.
I can slip through a number of chains pretty fast handfiling, but the new ones BLOW! You can't satisfyingly cut with one straight off the real but man it sucks getting new ones into form.
If Oregon made chains that cut sweet off the reel, they'd make me a happy man. Taking the rakers down alone is not enough, the teeth need work. That means cutting into the sideplate. Better on the weekend than in the woods switching chains.
Quite frankly I don't have a satisfactory rockin ass chain until 2 filings in.
I feel bad looking into the household income for a big old purchase like that, this job costs a lot day in and day out, but the math is simple, it pays for itself.
Happy hunting.
By the way, the Hoffman uninsulated pacs are a confirmed yes. They have served me well as an alternative to bulkier inuslated pacs and wearing leathers when its very wet. Slim, broke in after about 3 weeks (all it needed was softening up of the leather where it attaches to the rubber) and very lightweight.
I'd say one of the biggest annoyances in my life is filing new chains. Square chisel. Just to install my cut in the side plate, get the angles and edges nice and clean..... ARGH.
I can slip through a number of chains pretty fast handfiling, but the new ones BLOW! You can't satisfyingly cut with one straight off the real but man it sucks getting new ones into form.
If Oregon made chains that cut sweet off the reel, they'd make me a happy man. Taking the rakers down alone is not enough, the teeth need work. That means cutting into the sideplate. Better on the weekend than in the woods switching chains.
Quite frankly I don't have a satisfactory rockin ass chain until 2 filings in.
I feel bad looking into the household income for a big old purchase like that, this job costs a lot day in and day out, but the math is simple, it pays for itself.
Happy hunting.
By the way, the Hoffman uninsulated pacs are a confirmed yes. They have served me well as an alternative to bulkier inuslated pacs and wearing leathers when its very wet. Slim, broke in after about 3 weeks (all it needed was softening up of the leather where it attaches to the rubber) and very lightweight.
