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I've got a Makita 353Z battery saw I use for scavaging firewood, the chain takes a 4.5mm file to sharpen and I have an old Stihl guide so swapped the 4mm file that came with it for a 4.5mm one I bought.
I also have a couple of other chainsaws that take a 4mm file and bought a Pferd / Stihl 2 in 1 sharpener which you can't buy in 4.5mm and the larger files won't fit in the 4mm version.
Over the weekend I sharpened one chainsaw with the Pferd 4mm and then the Makita with the classic Stihl guide and then checked the rakers ..... the Makita literally took me 4 x's as long.
There's a link here for an original replacement chain for the Makita here:
https://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/makita-196741-5-14-replacement-saw-chain-for-duc353z
From my limited knowledge of replacement chains I think I've worked out that the 90 / 91 is the guage and the Makita takes the 90 which virtually all of them are 4.5mm file and yet the 91 is probably a lot more common for a 14" bar .
I found a different chain that I believe will fit the Makita which is the same guage / number of links but takes a 4mm ... the same as my others and would make life an awful lot easier ... especially out in the field to have one chain sharpener that works for all and takes a lot less time for a "touch up"
https://www.chainsdirect.co.uk/stihl-picco-micro-mini-3-3-8-x-043-1-1mm.html
Does anyone know if that'd work but more importantly do the battery ones have different sizes for a reason in other words they're not as powerful as gas / petrol so use a chain that requiews less energy to do the same job and if I swap it might it burn out the motor ... or as long as the guage is the same it'd be OK?
I did e-mail Makita but they weren't overly helpful with their respnse .... if anybody knows or can point me somewhere I may be able to find out any help would be much appreciated.
I also have a couple of other chainsaws that take a 4mm file and bought a Pferd / Stihl 2 in 1 sharpener which you can't buy in 4.5mm and the larger files won't fit in the 4mm version.
Over the weekend I sharpened one chainsaw with the Pferd 4mm and then the Makita with the classic Stihl guide and then checked the rakers ..... the Makita literally took me 4 x's as long.
There's a link here for an original replacement chain for the Makita here:
https://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/makita-196741-5-14-replacement-saw-chain-for-duc353z
From my limited knowledge of replacement chains I think I've worked out that the 90 / 91 is the guage and the Makita takes the 90 which virtually all of them are 4.5mm file and yet the 91 is probably a lot more common for a 14" bar .
I found a different chain that I believe will fit the Makita which is the same guage / number of links but takes a 4mm ... the same as my others and would make life an awful lot easier ... especially out in the field to have one chain sharpener that works for all and takes a lot less time for a "touch up"
https://www.chainsdirect.co.uk/stihl-picco-micro-mini-3-3-8-x-043-1-1mm.html
Does anyone know if that'd work but more importantly do the battery ones have different sizes for a reason in other words they're not as powerful as gas / petrol so use a chain that requiews less energy to do the same job and if I swap it might it burn out the motor ... or as long as the guage is the same it'd be OK?
I did e-mail Makita but they weren't overly helpful with their respnse .... if anybody knows or can point me somewhere I may be able to find out any help would be much appreciated.