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Andrewpowley
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This thread made me want to find out what the local dealer charges to grind a chain... starts at $10 and goes up to $18
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Motivation for anyone to learn to sharpen a chain. I bought two 84l 3/8 skip-tooth chisel Husky chains last year, and $19.99 each.
This thread made me want to find out what the local dealer charges to grind a chain... starts at $10 and goes up to $18
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I do my neighbors for free. The ones that take me up on this hardly use their saws. And for those that do use their saws a bit more then hardly, they don't care if it is a little (or a lot) dull as long as it does cut.
Good question. I think for many it is time. If a tree guy is making XX per hour or could save 1/4 of that by sharpening his own chains he is more likely to farm it out. Or for someone who is already stressed for time, they would rather just pay six or ten bucks then fiddle with sharpening. For others, its the learning curve. You are going to mess up a few before you get it right and some folks just don't want to take that risk.
Grinding is easy if you look at it right.
Read a bunch.
Grind 2 chains. Just take a little. But different angle.
Take a pic and label the pic what you did.
Go cut with them side by side.
Which one you like??
Change the one you didn't like. Pics and labeling again.
Compare again.
2 chains and a few hours and you can learn a lot.
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Until their husbands comes home?
Then he charges????
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I always am a sucker for a nice muffin....
hedge hog
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Sharpen with stone
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still not good enough
half zoom power
half zoom power
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CBN
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I'm a hit and go sharpener but am trying to learn to do better. My skills are poor but I am convinced that good light and good eyesight (natural or aided) are essential - I don't have good lighting.
Hedge hog's posts got me to playing with the Iphone - amazing what you can see when it focuses. On one chain I noticed that all the right cutters had a tiny mashed corner - if sharpened just a little more it would be no more.
FWIW here are a few shots of two chains sharpened inside out with a TECOMEC with an undersized Dinosaw (labeled wrong and too late to exchange). As I said I hit them and go - maybe I should clean the chains first. Ron
Hedge hog's posts got me to playing with the Iphone - amazing what you can see when it focuses. On one chain I noticed that all the right cutters had a tiny mashed corner - if sharpened just a little more it would be no more.
FWIW here are a few shots of two chains sharpened inside out with a TECOMEC with an undersized Dinosaw (labeled wrong and too late to exchange). As I said I hit them and go - maybe I should clean the chains first. Ron
Woodblocker55
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Looks great trick I use for radius is if you draw line from point straight down to chain . There should be a perfect 1/2 moon shape . If it's not the fix is the radius on wheel needs dressing or cleaning.
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To my knowledge there is no way for a layman to dress a Dinosaw wheel - mine certainly isn't as round as I would like. Isn't even close to the roundness of a file. Ron
hedge hog
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nice pics
first two looks to get a little warm on the tip second two look really good
I clean with old gas just to get the oil off , a 1 gallon bucket with a inch or 2 in the bottom and slosh around pull them out a blow them off with compressed air
and for being round I don't think it matters at all or the square ground chains shouldn't work as good as they do
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It don't have to be exact just guide.
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