I thought I was great at hand filing chains. Awhile back I sharpened a chain couple of times on a new to me saw/chain of my own that was cutting good and I hit a rock, grabbed a file and sharpened it twice. (no go)
It would not cut correctly. I put up the saw for later and grabbed another so as to get er dun.
I later dug out my old old grandberg that was stored way back under the workbench. When I set it up I then noticed I was using the wrong size file when hand filing. I have several different size chains in use and several different saws. I started taking a marks a lot permanent marker pen and write the file size on the saw.
If I had checked the chain pitch first I would have used the correct size file.
My old manual clamp on the bar granberg, I thjink is a G106B.
I also like to clamp the chainsaw itself solid in a vise for more user friendly hand filing but can do without a vise.
I also keep one of these Oregon gauges handy to help verify chainsaw chain specs, such as pitch, file size and more.
OREGON Chainsaw (Chain Saw) Bar & Chain Pitch, Gauge, File Measuring Tool 556418
It would not cut correctly. I put up the saw for later and grabbed another so as to get er dun.
I later dug out my old old grandberg that was stored way back under the workbench. When I set it up I then noticed I was using the wrong size file when hand filing. I have several different size chains in use and several different saws. I started taking a marks a lot permanent marker pen and write the file size on the saw.
If I had checked the chain pitch first I would have used the correct size file.
My old manual clamp on the bar granberg, I thjink is a G106B.
I also like to clamp the chainsaw itself solid in a vise for more user friendly hand filing but can do without a vise.
I also keep one of these Oregon gauges handy to help verify chainsaw chain specs, such as pitch, file size and more.
OREGON Chainsaw (Chain Saw) Bar & Chain Pitch, Gauge, File Measuring Tool 556418