Jugheads totally Anal and pre-apocalyptic chain and file storage thread

[wyk]

I left a file in one of our fields once. Found it again eventfully, a little rusty, but worked fine.

 

[Rockjock]

I did this on my 'shop files' - lot easier than trying to read the small, stamped numbers on the file. But it took up a lot of room in the field box. So I got one of those plastic file handles with a collet that I can switch between files (about $3 if it does not say 'STIHL' on it). Saves a lot of space.

Philbert

Funny you talk about those handles. I found the exact same handle in a local hardware store in yellow rather than the Stihl Orange but the price was the same. You can store a spark plug in the handle as well. Philbert a question what chain would I need a 1/4 file for? I got an email from Stihl saying they now have a 1/4 file set up for the 2 in 1 system

 

[Philbert]

. . . what chain would I need a 1/4 file for?

Good question. I suppose that you could a use 1/4 inch file on .404, although, the STIHL and Oregon references I checked show 7/32 on .404 chain, and 5/16 on 3/4 pitch.



Philbert

 

[Philbert]

OK, the Pferd catalog shows 1/4 inch files for 1/2 inch pitch chain. Obsolete, but still in use?



Note that Pferd also makes files chainsaw files in coarse (classic) and smooth cuts!

Philbert

 

[Rockjock]

Good question. I suppose that you could a use 1/4 inch file on .404, although, the STIHL and Oregon references I checked show 7/32 on .404 chain, and 5/16 on 3/4 pitch.

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Philbert

They called it a 1/4 P or 3.2mm Pico chain?

1/4" P Ø 3,2 mm

3/8" P Ø 4,0 mm

.325" Ø 4,8 mm

3/8" Ø 5,2 mm

 

[Philbert]

They called it a 1/4 P or 3.2mm Pico chain?

That's 1/4 inch pitch chain, not a 1/4 inch diameter file! 1/4 inch pitch is used on small saws, some battery saws, some pole saws, and by carvers.

Philbert

 

[Rockjock]

That's 1/4 inch pitch chain, not a 1/4 inch diameter file! 1/4 inch pitch is used on small saws, some battery saws, some pole saws, and by carvers.

Philbert

I knew if I had a q you could answer it!

 

[jughead500]

Just get different colored straws.

Probably go straw shopping later.goin to go plastic plate shopping anyway for my degree wheel project.dollar store dinner ware comes In handy.I use the plastic butter knives to clean my bar rails.
Thanks guys.as always learnin a lot.

 

[CR888]

Some good tips in this thread. l like how Philbert lables his files so you don't get dizzy reading the size etched on the file. Jughead has some good ideas, l do find keeping chains away from moisture keeps them best. l use zip lock bags, a texta and a squirt of wd40 then put them in the little stihl, carlton, oregon cardboard boxes. All chains are filed/ground before being put away that way you KNOW your grabbing a sharp chain. l try to keep bar and chain setups as similar as possible in as few gauges as possible so you can be more versitlie. Good chains are very important to ones cutting lMO...so look after them and your sprockets.

 

[rd35]

Dodge diesels and saw chains....my two most favorite hobbies! Now this is my kind of thread! Great ideas here on chain storage! May have to dig out some PVC pipe and build me one of them storage tubes!!! Thanks!

 

[jughead500]

Don't have a diesel myself but i do like dodges.here's the new firewood getter i bought a while back.got it for the price of the tires.got to get a new transmission.I hate autos this one seems to be totally fried.my ford? I sure would like to have reverse.

 

[Philbert]

I use the plastic butter knives to clean my bar rails.

Used Sawzal (reciprocating saw) blades wrapped with duct tape around the middle. The tang does the oil holes.

Philbert

 

[Philbert]

I'm a PIA around construction sites, "Hey, you gonna throw that recip blade out?"

Philbert

 

[jughead500]

I'm a PIA around construction sites, "Hey, you gonna throw that recip blade out?"

Philbert

 

[fearofpavement]

Probably go straw shopping later.goin to go plastic plate shopping anyway for my degree wheel project.dollar store dinner ware comes In handy.I use the plastic butter knives to clean my bar rails.
Thanks guys.as always learnin a lot.

I use a steel putty knife with a broken handle (not much good for anything else) to clean bar rails. For the .063 gauge bars, a carb screwdriver works but the putty knife is great for the .050 bars.

 

[mvb1130]

I am so glad I am part of a site where people understand the real problems in life like chain and file storage! Outsiders just don't understand.

 

[Wood Doctor]

I have a slight enhancement to JugHead's container for the chains. Put a strap handle on it about midway down so that you can carry it like a suitcase. When filled with chains, that thing is heavier than it looks. Then make three of them--short, medium, and long to hold chains of different popular lengths (e.g., 14" to 18", 20" to 28", 32" and over).

Shucks, if they ever make square plastic pipe, we could even design a box for bars the same way.

 

[jughead500]

I have a slight enhancement to JugHead's container for the chains. Put a strap handle on it about midway down so that you can carry it like a suitcase. When filled with chains, that thing is heavier than it looks. Then make three of them--short, medium, and long to hold chains of different popular lengths (e.g., 14" to 18", 20" to 28", 32" and over).

Shucks, if they ever make square plastic pipe, we could even design a box for bars the same way.

That will work.like to see what some of you guys come up with.just didn't mean to post this as an all my Idea thread.be very interesting thread as an ongoing member to member experimentation on modification

 

[Wood Doctor]

That will work.like to see what some of you guys come up with.just didn't mean to post this as an all my Idea thread.be very interesting thread as an ongoing member to member experimentation on modification

No joking about that square or rectangular plastic pipe and a cap to match. To my knowledge there is nothing out there except round. Round might work for bars also. I have often threatened to build in my shop a long hardwood box for bars. I carry five bars loose in my truck. I attach the bars and chains to the saw after I reach the work site and size up the cutting situation.

 

[jughead500]

I was thinking a bar container this morning.may work on that later.good protection for all except on cold days cutting firewood.