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Here's the deal clincher for me: I had two 25 inch, Stihl RCS chains for my 044. an older one that was rocked and a newer one that I used twice before I hit a piece of metal in a tree. Both rocked out chains. I hand sharpened both of these chains and fixed the rocked teeth with a hand file. Both chains had a lot of meat left to them. Had to take both chains in yesterday because I have some big stuff to buck and a large stump to noodle and hand filing just wasn't cutting it anymore.I hate taking them in because they usually take the teeth down way to far and burn them up. Well the guy sharpened one of the rocked chains that I had reshaped hand filing but said he couldn't do the other one because of the messed up tooth. I had reshaped the teeth on both chains and they were nearly identical. He said I would have to hand file the other chain because of the rocked tooth. Oh well, at least he didn't burn the chain he did grind up this time and I would rather him not sharpen the other one if he is going to take every cutter down to the size of the rocked tooth. Anyway, It was the deal sealer on buying my own grinder. That and the fact that they went from $5 to $8 to grind a chain.
$104.51 with shipping.
$104.51 with shipping.
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