What's a good chain sharpener?

[Turbowrenchhead]

I've always done it free hand. It's not perfect but it'll cut through most of the chains life. Towards the end it'll cut crooked. But I'm only chitin cutting firewood.
I'm in process of getting a new chainsaw mill. I'd like a more accurate sharpener so I can keep cuts nice and straight.
I've seen the $300 electric ones. Not the route I wanna go. It's there something that's not that expensive?

 

[arathol]

I've been using these for years. Cheap, easy, quick and if you do your part the chain will cut straight every time.

https://www.husqvarna.com/us/filing-equipment/combination-file-guide/

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[TheJollyLogger]

That chain is ****ed, what did you hit?

 

[TheJollyLogger]

as far as sharpeners go, there are tons of threads in the chainsaw forum discussing the pros and cons of every sharpener known to man

 

[arathol]

That chain is ****ed, what did you hit?

Nail in a silver maple trunk. Took some doing but it sharpened out fine...

 

[J D]

@Philbert has a lot of experience with different sharpening jigs, & a great thread on the various harbor freight type grinders

 

[Philbert]

I'd like a more accurate sharpener so I can keep cuts nice and straight.
I've seen the $300 electric ones. Not the route I wanna go. It's there something that's not that expensive?

No doubt you have heard the expression, 'you get what you pay for' many times. The smaller and cheaper grinders have smaller and cheaper parts. They also come with inferior grinding wheels, which is the part that does the actual sharpening. You can get a good, basic grinder for about $200:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/383293681932?hash=item593e15710c:g:nu0AAOSwySFZfiXE
My rabbit hole with cheap, HF type grinders is here:
https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/hf-chain-grinder-thread.268303/
You can also search threads here by Google better than with the A.S. search engine (e.g. Google 'Arboristsite sharpening milling chains'). Some of the milling guys like a grinder that mounts on the guide bar, so that they do not have to disassemble their whole kit to remove and sharpen their chains. There are tons of other milling tips in the milling forum and threads that you would probably find helpful.

Philbert