I don't stop fileing till I can see or feel a burr all along the top edge of the top plate, but I'm a bit heavy handed, it works fer me.
If you were REALLY good, you could SMELL the burr!I don't stop fileing till I can see or feel a burr all along the top edge of the top plate, but I'm a bit heavy handed, it works fer me.
Is the Oregon guide supposed to ride the tooth and raker?
What I finally did was filed the gullet some then put pressure upward with the file and took some off the top plates until it was wicked sharp.
I push the file in towards gullet not down
The chain I was working on has c2 on the drivers and a s on the depth gauges. Are you familiar with this chain?To get the manufacturer's recommended cutting bevel angles, you need to need to use the correct diameter file, and hold it at the correct height.
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That's one of the things that file guides do for you - hold it at the correct height.
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If you choose to intentionally hold the file at a different height to obtain a different bevel angle, that is fine. But if you free-hand file you are unlikely to get consistent results, unless you have a lot of skill.
Philbert
Which guide?And with a lot of rolling over of the top plat and corner it makes placing the file at the correct hight even harder. This is why I recommend this guide to beginners, it helps teach you where and how to hold a file, as it's still partially freehand.
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Most major brands will also have a name stamped on them somewhere (STIHL, Oregon, Carlton, '000', Husq, Archer, etc.).The chain I was working on has c2 on the drivers and a s on the depth gauges. Are you familiar with this chain?
Short chips are OK - what you don't want is dust or powder.
Philbert
I didn't think anybody would believe that so I didn't say it.If you were REALLY good, you could SMELL the burr!
Philbert
The long chips can only be made when cutting along the grain of a log. There's no way that I can think of to produce them in a pure crosscut situation with typical wood types...... And maybe the filing specs you use, to get those nice long noodley chips.
Make sure you wear safety glasses. I had to get a shaving removed from my eye... wasn't fun.
I don't want anyone to blow a gasket, but these were made using low-kickback, PowerSharp chain, crosscutting on silver maple!!!How bout getting us a close up pic of what a sharp cutter should look like. And maybe the filing specs you use, to get those nice long noodley chips.
Separate topic, but electric saws are generally underrated.Looks like an impressive electric saw
The flat guide that fastens to the file.Which guide?
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