Fellin Feller
ArboristSite Member
Not meaning to cause any controversy, but this is interesting to watch.
I wish you could show me, I never been any good at it. I do have a granberg jig that helps me a lot.I find that new chains cut like crap. Once I work my magic in sharpening them it’s way faster in cutting.
I gave my son a new bar with a hultz chain China so far so good I have noticed some teeth were hard to file. Time will tell.
I find that new chains cut like crap. Once I work my magic in sharpening them it’s way faster in cutting.
Get a file n guide. First I hog out the gullet with a larger deeper radious I file lower under the upper cutter. Follow the angle of the tooth and up hill. Next I use the file n guide on the upper cutting edge. Once the gullet is done correctly it’s one pass with the file n guide at gas ups if it gets dull. It takes time to get the gullet right at first. Having the chain razor sharp means you can drop the raker a tad.I wish you could show me, I never been any good at it. I do have a granberg jig that helps me a lot.
"...the carbide shouldn't have even been tested..."I don't actually think we can take much out of that video, it's too outdated for one, and he wasn't using the same grade of chain for all. The carbide shouldn't have even been tested, and running "pro" chain vs safety chain is never a fair comparison. Stihl is currently my favorite, but they got greedy with price, oregon was second, but the last batch seems softer then normal. I still have yet to get a few loops of the new husqvarna chain to try out. But as Bill says, never been super impressed with a factory grind. I'll run them till dull (ish) then get the file out. Literally just did this with a stihl chain equipped saw for a friend this past week. Went and ran a tank through his new saw and had to stop after a handful of cuts and file the chain. Much happier after that.
It's an outlier in the test data, and a specialty chain at that. Not something the average user would ever come in contact with, and not something most professionals would use outside of specific circumstances. Just doesn't belong, and didn't add any appreciable information to the test."...the carbide shouldn't have even been tested..."
explain please
While I agree the carbide should be considered in a class of it's own & can't be compared against the others, it's place in the testing serves to educate those who wouldn't otherwise know how differently they perform.It's an outlier in the test data, and a specialty chain at that. Not something the average user would ever come in contact with, and not something most professionals would use outside of specific circumstances. Just doesn't belong, and didn't add any appreciable information to the test.
Yes, I would have liked to see them all sharpened to the same degree(s) depth gauges all set properly and reevaluated. I hadn't thought of that perspective for the carbide chain. Makes sense.While I agree the carbide should be considered in a class of it's own & can't be compared against the others, it's place in the testing serves to educate those who wouldn't otherwise know how differently they perform.
While I wasn't surprised by the carbide chains cutting speed I was by how significantly it dulled.
I'd be interested in seeing the test extended to a round of cutting after they have all been consistently sharpened
Hi Franny, do you know who makes them now? And where? Thanks.Minute 4:35 shows the Husqvarna chain in this test is H46 from the era when Orgeon made the chain for Husqvarna.
They built their own factory in Sweden. The full size 3/8 is called something like C83 and C85 in 0.050 and 0.058, they have a .325NK offering and a 3/8lp offering. So far the C are chisel and the other semi chisel. More choices are to be expected.Hi Franny, do you know who makes them now? And where? Thanks.
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