willt1981
ArboristSite Member
i want to see how most of you guys keep your chains in order. ive been doing alot of cutting for several years now and have to say i hand file almost all the time. when i first started i think i would make the chain duller but i bought one of those small roller guides that sit on top of the tooth and it let me get the feel of how a REALLY sharp chain should look. i was soon able to replicate this sharpness free hand and actually improve on it. i kept assuming that a grinder would do this good of a job but much quicker. a few years ago i got a fairly inexpensive oregon grinder for christmas. i can get a chain to cut fairly well with it but nothing like when i hand file. is this what most of you guys experience? not to brag but i can sharpen a chain that will fly through seasoned locust like im cutting green white pine with my 460 when i file by hand but when i use the grinder its slow going. i still use the grinder to clean up chains that have hit rocks and need alot of metal taken off. ive always been a little disappointed that i never got better results from my grinder though. can most of you guys get a chain much, much sharper when hand filing?