Success!!!!
YAY!
after all this BS and crazy gazillions of different opinions, I have discovered a permanent 100 dollar fix. I bought a used chain sharpener, learned how to use it, and now everything is PERFECT every time!!!
I considered buying that Oregon 511A knock off from Northern tool, but found a really good used Foley with a chain break and spinner for 100 bucks.
I run the chain through just a couple of tanks of gas, then change it. I have a bunch of extra chains now, and DAYUM! I'm one bad daddy! watch out! Hooya!
I am COMPLETELY delighted.
all those hand sharpeners are BS to me. I tried for year after year and I am a kind of TOOL guy too. I have worked in construction for 25 years, am also a sculptor, work on cars, the works... but sharpening those chains was gonna turn me into a texas chain saw massacre er in NY state! .... UNTIL I got the chain sharpener.
do yourself a favor. Do what the pros do. If yr gonna cut the wood, have a machine sharpen the blade.
and contrary to what anyone says, it takes only MINUTES to sharpen a chain. More like 10. and is sort of FUN too.
if you can't learn to use the chain saw sharpener. take it to a shop. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to learn to use a chain sharpener, but you can't be a dullard either.
LIFE IS GOOD AGAIN.
thanks for all the input guys.
now GET BACK TO WORK!