J.W Younger
ass kissing impaired
I've had one for a while but today was the first time I used it.It's a nice little tool and simple too use, fits your pocket.
apparently i am not smart enough to use a such a simple tool. i received one friday and spent a couple of minutes trying to figure it out. i gave up and figured i would find out here.
so, go ahead and see if you can splain it to this simpleton.
Neal
Little piece of very hard sheet steel, cut outs for cutter (and for safety doo-dad thing, if safety chain). Lay it over the tooth, line up file angle and file away. Tool keeps file at correct height.
Can use similarly to dress rakers.
They do work slick, but I think they are best as a learning tool: watch what is happening and learn to use file without tool. After a while it gets tedious flopping it around on the chain.
That is what is good about the Fil-O-Plate. It gauges the raker to each tooth and not just a blanket size. I do not file all my cutter the same. I cannot see filing off all the good teeth because a couple of them hit a rock. As long as the raker is gauged to the tooth, it does not seem to matter that the teeth are all the same size as far as I can tell.
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I bought one from Baileys and it will also work on Woodland Pro chains 30RC, 38RC, and 33RC so says my not so informative destructions.
I had one given to me, does it only fit Carlton chain? Couldn't figure out how to use it on Oregon chain without a big hammer to adjust for fit.
i guess i wasted a few bucks on these FOP:
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