I FINALLY got my FG2!!

[user 188535]

I finally got my Stihl FG2 benchtop file guide. It is a crazy accurate jig and will help me make my round-filing game better! I will be using this unit to help me start my chainsaw sharpening services.

It is super heavy, almost 100% metal, and made in Germany. It cost me $140 when I ordered it from Gustharts in late October.

The unit can be flipped around to sharpen the different cutters. After some play when switching to different pitches and gauges, it files like BUTTER!!

Here are some photos and a BoobTube video:

 

[bwalker]

Appears to be better quality than a Grandberg.
These available in the US?

 

[user 188535]

Appears to be better quality than a Grandberg.
These available in the US?

Nope. Here is where I got my imported Stihl stuff: https://www.gustharts.com/machinery...1VPek22DWoZwP8SQFLV-1GjlbVb3C_u4Op-DnFvJ8voV4

It isn't cheap, but it is 100% worth it for the quality.

 

[Bill G]

Appears to be better quality than a Grandberg.
These available in the US?

I used buy them by the dozen along with the 6 shoe 090 clutches. Sadly my supply dried up.

 

[Franny K]

Is the one you briefly hold up in the video the same as the FG3 at that Gustharts place? I see the price for the FG2 is now 169.37 plus I would expect shipping.

I notice a FG4 roller guide that is quite different to the Husky roller guides and does not state if it is pitch specific. There is a genuine Stihl video of it in action that I found on youtube 2 1/2 minutes long.

https://www.gustharts.com/consumabl...uides-c159/stihl-fg-4-roller-filing-tool-p646The one this thread is about will have the issue of the file deflecting with force pushing into the surface being filed. The roller guides support the file real close to the point of contact. Well the husky filing guide supports the file so the 20% above cutter top plate is achieved.

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

They’re a great tool, put a little oil on the slide and a lock nut on the thumb wheel at the back to adjust tooth position or it will keep changing the length and thus tooth profile.

 

[Mad Professor]

How did I ever get along with just a new/sharp file and a piece of branch jambed on for a handle..........

 

[user 188535]

Is the one you briefly hold up in the video the same as the FG3 at that Gustharts place? I see the price for the FG2 is now 169.37 plus I would expect shipping.

I notice a FG4 roller guide that is quite different to the Husky roller guides and does not state if it is pitch specific. There is a genuine Stihl video of it in action that I found on youtube 2 1/2 minutes long.

https://www.gustharts.com/consumabl...uides-c159/stihl-fg-4-roller-filing-tool-p646The one this thread is about will have the issue of the file deflecting with force pushing into the surface being filed. The roller guides support the file real close to the point of contact. Well the husky filing guide supports the file so the 20% above cutter top plate is achieved.

Yes, the orange one in the video tis the FG1. It s the same as the FG3 but less heavy-duty due to it being made of more plastic and less quality metal. I also have an FF1 for my .325 pitch saws.

 

[Del_]

Now I want one!

I do like that my Granberg works without having to remove the bar and chain from the saw.

 

[user 188535]

Now I want one!

I do like that my Granberg works without having to remove the bar and chain from the saw.

That's why I got it.

 

[user 188535]

And now my review is the video on the Gustharts website

 

[user 188535]

They’re a great tool, put a little oil on the slide and a lock nut on the thumb wheel at the back to adjust tooth position or it will keep changing the length and thus tooth profile.

It works fine with the little thumb screw on the back.

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

That’s not the one I’m refering to. It’s the other. You’ll find over time it will back off slightly in use without realising.

 

[sean donato]

And now my review is the video on the Gustharts website
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Kinda surprised to see they did that, being you're a minor and all.

 

[user 188535]

Kinda surprised to see they did that, being you're a minor and all.

Well. The UK is probably less of a society of fear. They also make tools for kids there, and even make kids work clothing

 

[user 188535]

That’s not the one I’m refering to. It’s the other. You’ll find over time it will back off slightly in use without realising.

Oh. The one that adjusts to 10°?

 

[StihlsawuserMS361]

Yes, $170, plus shipping and tax takes it to about $225. I wrote Stihl USA yesterday inquiring why the FG2 isn't marketed in the U.S.

They promptly told me it it's not offered by STIHL USA. Seems they are missing a market niche to me.

Anyone have a better reason?

 

[user 188535]

Yes, $170, plus shipping and tax takes it to about $225. I wrote Stihl USA yesterday inquiring why the FG2 isn't marketed in the U.S.

They promptly told me it it's not offered by STIHL USA. Seems they are missing a market niche to me.

Anyone have a better reason?

Market I guess?

 

[Coralillo Lo Pro]

Anyone have a better reason?

Stihl USA is out to lunch on a variety of things - inexplicable why they don't sell 63PMX lo pro ripping chain in the US either. Not limited to them, though. Often it's not intentional or an actual decision not to sell it - just corporate cluelessness or disinterest in what their company offers elsewhere. Logosol Europe has a lot more to offer than Logosol USA. I was inquiring about a line of GB bars I wanted to sell that no one sells in the US - thought there might be a reason but no, they put me in touch with a US distributor who can get them for me from GB, just no one else has ever asked for them. It's worse when there's a US division of a foreign company - Logosol, Stihl - because you can only get what the USA division offers. When there are just US distributors of foreign companies, like GB, you can usually get anything you want that they make.