A friend of mine stopped by with a dull chain on his new Poulan 3314 and asked me to sharpen it for him. I said, "Sure. I'll use by little Granberg grinder and have it done in a jiffy."
Well, it only took about half as long as I figured. That's because there were only about half as many teeth on the chain as my Mac 3514 carries, even though both saws have 14" bars. No teeth were broken off that I could tell, but I doubt there were more than 8 teeth on each side of the chain for a total of 16 in all. The chain would skip at least two links before the next tooth would appear. In between there were at least two rakers.
Now, I am rather sure this was the original chain that came with the saw, and that this is not a manufacturing fluke. Or was it? Why do they make these chains with so few cutting teeth? Are they just for light duty pruning work? The teeth were also smaller in length than the ones on my Mac.
Well, it only took about half as long as I figured. That's because there were only about half as many teeth on the chain as my Mac 3514 carries, even though both saws have 14" bars. No teeth were broken off that I could tell, but I doubt there were more than 8 teeth on each side of the chain for a total of 16 in all. The chain would skip at least two links before the next tooth would appear. In between there were at least two rakers.
Now, I am rather sure this was the original chain that came with the saw, and that this is not a manufacturing fluke. Or was it? Why do they make these chains with so few cutting teeth? Are they just for light duty pruning work? The teeth were also smaller in length than the ones on my Mac.