Nope.
What are the pros/cons of square grind chain?
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Nope.
I suppose you could do an inordinate litany of modifications to make it work. But you'd be better off starting with a motor and a pile of scrap metal.
Out of the box oregon stuff can be downright trash. Oregon should be ashamed. Huge top beaks and dull edges..
edit, side beaks I meant..
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I guess it all depends on where in the batch it is. Or how recently they changed or dialed the wheel in. I guess I've been lucky, all the Oregon square I've bought has been pretty good. I will admit that Stihl has superior QC. I think their steel is slightly better too.
Which gives me an idea. I've got a .5 Hp, 400 watt, 3 phase AC motor in my garage... And a workshop. Next week off...
I've heard of old timers grinding square on a regular bench grinder. .404 was the smallest they dealt with I imagin..
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
seems like they start cutting better when they are about here ,after a few sharpenings
paccity
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stihl chain off the roll is just as bad as oregon . fresh loop of any brand needs tweeking. spool a loop , 5 mins with the file and grinder and all is well. then there is tuning the chain to what the saw will pull.
Naked Arborist
Hack from way back.
My last and latest loop of LGX was way too high on the depth gauges. They were at 0.021 out of the box. I do like the newer style blue cutters. They come close to the hardness of a Stihl cutter.
SilverKing
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my experience with Oregon full and semi chisel(like I said,Ive never ran square grind),has been pretty bad.They seem to come out of the box dull.Oregon is softer and files a bit easier,but just dont hold the edge that Stihl does.Have had good luck with Carlton chain,but cant find it locally anymore.I never use a grinder,just hand file.But have spent a good 20 minutes just trying to get a new oregon chain to cut.Anyhow,bought a square grind today.Dealer seemed lost but found me one.Said he had never sold one .Gave me 1998s price at $12 for 18".Gonna run it on my old 290.3/8 pitch,same as my 034,will try it on it too. Its 4 degrees here today so I wont know the outcome until tomorrow,but im anxious to try it out.Thanks everybody for your comments and replies
Naked Arborist
Hack from way back.
Stay out of the ice or it'll be dull in five minutes.
zogger
Tree Freak
So what do you call it when you have some square ground, it gets dull, and you have to resharpen round? I mean besides being lame and all, will the chain still work or is it ruined? Reason I am asking is, I have two long ones that go with my 36 inch bar, never used them yet, and most of my big wood here is either dead and down, standing dead, or big shagbark which comes fresh real dirty.
watsonr
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it will eat a little extra tooth off sharpening it round, other than than nothing. Or send them to Mike or someone that does square and have them resharpened.
paccity
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round chisel, and no not ruined.
paccity
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slow.
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
this is a very common thing loggers do around here because of the cost of the square grinders ,chain is not ruined just different now from being converted to round
i convert a lot of my old round chains to square chisel on my grinder ,you lose a couple sharpenings in the conversion like was mentioned
I've made up several GTG cookie cutter chains out of old almost worn out round ground chisel chains. I put aggressive square angles on the cutters and massage the gullets and rakers somewhat. They cut pretty good on 60 - 92 cc chainsaws
