Chain sharpening

[Rich in MA]

Good morning,

I've checked this site out a few times for reference and just registered today so I can post. I do some WW'ing as a hobby, not as much as I'd like. Along the way I picked up an MS 441 and Alaskan MK III and used to for the occasional tree that came my way. Have some nice cherry, oak and am now working on pine that nature dropped in my yard.

I have a simple Granberg jig that clamps to the bar for sharpening. I have used it when pressed but it takes a while and I find it clumsy. Maybe it's just me. Plus changing / sharpening chains every log gets tedious even with a couple chains. So I'm thinking of getting a bench sharpener. It's $10-15 to to have a chain sharpened around here so I'd break even on the cost in about a year.


What do you guys use? Any experience / feedback on this one? For ~ $120 it seems like a good tool that will do the job.


http://www.amazon.com/Northern-Industrial-Bench--Wall-Mount-Sharpener/dp/B000I6DNAU/ref=sr_1_3?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1322051502&sr=1-3

The Oregon for twice the price looks like it came off the same assembly line. It may have some better features but I can't tell from the pic / write up.

http://www.amazon.com/Oregon-510A-Bench-Chain-Grinder/dp/B001SCU5YU/ref=sr_1_16?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1322051502&sr=1-16


Thanks for any info you can offer!!!

Rich

 

[gemniii]

There's an entire forum for chain sharpening, a couple of hours there will give you a LOT of info.

There's an entire thread devoted to the Northern Tool (NT grinder) nockoff which I have ($90 then). If the Oregon one for 3/8 only chain is still being sold for around $150 that's probably the best.