JFenn
ArboristSite Lurker
I've got one saw, a Homelite 150 Auto I bought at a church yard sale in 1993. I use it a little every year for some yard cleanup and cutting a little firewood, and it's always been ready to go on the sixth or seventh pull when cold, and after that the first or second pull. But the chain needs sharpening and I fear I may have been using the wrong file size -a 7/32" - and possibly making things worse. The chain has the Homelite logo stamped on the links and the number 38 stamped on the drive links. A spec page I found here - Model Profile: 150 AUTO - says this saw uses an Oregon 72 chain type. As best I can determine, Oregon 72 chains all require a 7/32" file, but that file seems like it may be too large for the "Homelite 38" that is presently on the saw. I'd like to know for certain what file size is required for this chain, and then acquire one of those field sharpening kits and learn how to use it. So if any of you chainsaw top guns know which file size I need, please reply. Thank you.