Heck man, to hear it spinning at 14 grand, what else?If the chain is not just right.......what is the point in using a ported saw?
Heck man, to hear it spinning at 14 grand, what else?If the chain is not just right.......what is the point in using a ported saw?
He can keep a chain extremely sharp. Says the secret is dont dull it to much
Does anyone else find it amazing how many people simply cannot sharpen a saw?
In todays world that happens far too often. I get a lot of really good usable chain because of just that. Just last week a fellow I know dropped of 2 chains for 20" bars, they had Oregon stamped on the tie straps and 73 on the drivers. He said these chains won`t cut fer ****, I looked at them, brand new never sharpened. I could see the depth gauges were way too high and told him if I dropped them the chain would cut just fine, his reply was keep them I`am buying Stihl chains from now on. I set them up to be filed and they had .005-.009 drop below the cutters, cut them all down to .035 and filed the chain profile to suit me. Put them on identical 044`s and wouldn`t you know it, they cut really nice.Or, think that you just buy a new chain when they get dull...............................................................
Just striking the match to start the fire.without providing any actual information, that post is about as useful as saying "you need to know what you're doing to do what you want to do"
Or, think that you just buy a new chain when they get dull...............................................................
Clean the gullets out right down to the tie straps any you would be even more happy with it. Nice job on the corners bye the way.
Trx, Is there a reason you hand filed that chain even though you have a silvey square grinder?
I agree 100%. you cant fine tune with a grinder.
If some one could post a "soft wood" setup and a "really hardwood" set up on the same chain i would be appreciative.
thanks ,i do the gullets about every 2nd to 3rd sharpening ,i usually hit dirt somewhere in the log ,so i can dull a few chains a day sometimes ,so gullets can wait till i have a couple stairs in there for work for me
I was trying out the hand filed just because ....i am still experimenting with the file ....i was happy with it ,i don't know if it was the clean wood i was cutting ,but my edge seemed to hold real good on this chain ,all my cutters were not perfect but it cut good ,the grinder is nice for making them all even again if needed ,the dress on my grinder stone is not identicle to a file ,so it took me 4-5 small strokes to reshape the cutters to the file shape ,i am going to keep this chain on this saw and see if can hand file it till it's used up just to see if i can
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