Hand filing square chisel

[husqORbust]

How odd is this practice?

 

[deye223]

What do you mean by Odd a lot of people do it by hand with a file

 

[drf255]

It takes longer than roundfile and is a pita if you are working. I went back to round for actual work for this reason.

But yes, many do by hand, it is just a different procedure and less tolerant to being inaccurate on your angles.

 

[hillwilliam]

A touch-up chisel filing seems quicker and easier for me, but I've been doing it for 40 years. Besides, my chains can normally work all day without needing a touch-up.

It takes a long time to learn, though, and I'm still learning.

 

[user 122190]

I have limited experience hand filing square cut chains. IMO, it is not that hard and some variance from cutter to cutter is not going to wreck your day. Practice makes perfect, so don't be put off when your first attempts don't match up to what your round file can do. Round filing also had a learning curve, so why wouldn't the square filing too.