Maybe it's time to sell my RSII. I haven't used it in a few years now.
Silvey Grinders may be going out of business.
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I have never used any of the square grinders, and the different Silvey models made things somewhat confusing. How each grinder works was a little clearer when I at least got to see/touch them at Madsen's.
People seem to have opinions on the different models of Silvey so I assume that there are some comparing the Simington vs Silvey? The Simington videos makes using that machine a little clearer. Advantages? Disadvantages?
Philbert
Fifty bucks, plus another $25 for shipping . . . .?
(See, I want one now, because of this thread, and I don't even have any square ground chain!)
Philbert
Add another zero to the end of that fifty, and it's yours.
Tree Sling'r
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Where have you seen a chain of mine with a crazy "beak"?
sachsmo
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sachsmo
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No,
this chain had a beak where the side plate meets the top plate.
AND it had another in the middle of the side plate. two beaks!
sachsmo
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Me thinks you told me you had it on a ported 880 with a 10 pin?
It was several years back, but I remember I had to shorten it for my 153 with an 8 pin.
It was .375 semi skip .063.
sachsmo
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It's a work of art no mater who or how it was done.
It's been a couple years since I've had it off the saw, I am just assuming it's .063 since it is a 50" bar.
I do remember it was a Stihl semi skip.
It's been a couple years since I've had it off the saw, I am just assuming it's .063 since it is a 50" bar.
I do remember it was a Stihl semi skip.
Dennis Cahoon
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Better keep it Brad!......I've seen your hand filing and it's nothing to speak of.:msp_scared:
Dennis Cahoon
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2 beaks......1 on top and 1 in the middle....... Yikes!
Remember this sachsmo.......a smooth cutting chain is a fast cutting chain!
devonhubb
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I have used and owned both Silvey & Simington swingarm grinders. The later model Simingtons (451 b&c) have superior adjustments. I sold the Silvey. Still have two Simington's.
Tree Sling'r
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I never ground that 50" chain because I never used it. It must have been factory. On the 880 I used a 9 pin with a 36" bar. The only time that Cannon was on saws of mine was for a picture.
I am pretty anal about my chains, no beaks or half moons for me.
devonhubb,I took a look at the simington web site.Looks like Kelly the guy building the grinder is a one man band.Can you grind the rakers with this grinder?It's to bad Silvey is going out of business,but there is simington still making a USA made grinder.Hope they can hold on.I will place a order with them in a mouth or so.I just like that it made here in America,buy Americans
paccity
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if it was new i think i know what he is looking at. depending on the brand i've seen where you look at the side plate from the out side the side plate looks like they ground a little side beak and there is a little beak down toward the gullet on the side plate. if that makes sense. i've only seen it on some oregon and husky branded chain. almost look's like a notch in the sideplate. these are of stihl and oregon. which don't have that like i've seen.
That "side beak" is more pronounced on new Oregon chain I think. It comes from when they initially grind the cutter square. I've never found new out-of-the box chain to be all that sharp, but the old-school Carlton (manufactured up until around 1997) was the sharpest out of the box. These days it's Stihl. I grind all new chain I use for log cutting.
paccity
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your rite on that , i had to root around for the untouched stuff for the pic.
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