Making low kickback into real saw chain....

[alpinecrick]

You ground the "bumpers" off of the safety chain. Did you also take off the rakers? Aren't the rakers what controls how much of a bit the tooth takes?

Dan

No, the rakers are intact, just the "bumpers" are ground down.


Casey

 

[teacherman]

Can you use the cut-off wheel on the dremel instead of grinding?

I bought a few PM1 chains off of a guy... I thought I was getting PMC3. I'm thinking of trying to cut off the bumpers on one to see how well it works...

That is what I do. The little thin brown wheel. Usually takes 2 wheels to completely transform a 18" RMC3 to RM. The chain cuts so much better afterward.

 

[2manytoys4me]

just clamp the drive tang in vice grips and bench grind