Alpendave
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Got an Oregon 410-120 Grinder for Christmas and used it for the first time last night. Earlier, I noticed that the chains I bought had more of a 20 degree angle than a 25. I went with the 25 like the chart said. I also used the 10 degree tilt like tech art said (though the 410-120 doesn’t say ten degrees I just hoped that “right away all the way was 10).
When I clamped the chain down, it tilted the chain. Thankfully, it tilted the opposite way for the cutters on the other side. Wasn’t much, but makes 10 degrees hard to find.
When I did the depth gauges, I dressed the wheel, but ten the tops of the depth gauges came out flat. Is that a bad thing? Or should they slope down? In that case, wish I hadn’t dressed the wheel. I used a Stihl depth gauge tool and file for the first one, but even with the stopper, the grinder took them down more than I anticipated. And the right hand cutters would chatter at first. I’m guessing from the way the wheel contacts them as they pointed against the direction of the wheel. At any rate, it is a very wood hungry and scary chain to use now. Won’t be grinding the gauges for a long time.
Has this happened with anyone else? I’m guessing that if I hadn’t dressed the wheel, I could then angle it and align it with the depth Guatemalan guide that is on the guages themselves. Your thoughts?
When I clamped the chain down, it tilted the chain. Thankfully, it tilted the opposite way for the cutters on the other side. Wasn’t much, but makes 10 degrees hard to find.
When I did the depth gauges, I dressed the wheel, but ten the tops of the depth gauges came out flat. Is that a bad thing? Or should they slope down? In that case, wish I hadn’t dressed the wheel. I used a Stihl depth gauge tool and file for the first one, but even with the stopper, the grinder took them down more than I anticipated. And the right hand cutters would chatter at first. I’m guessing from the way the wheel contacts them as they pointed against the direction of the wheel. At any rate, it is a very wood hungry and scary chain to use now. Won’t be grinding the gauges for a long time.
Has this happened with anyone else? I’m guessing that if I hadn’t dressed the wheel, I could then angle it and align it with the depth Guatemalan guide that is on the guages themselves. Your thoughts?