Bar dressing file

[johncinco]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2357688186&category=20538

Ever seen one of these used? I hate to see it offered by this guy, and before I would buy one I would check other places. I have just never seen a hand held bar dresser like this.

 

[BlackSmith]

Bailey's has the Pferd for $12.95 in their 2003 Christmas sale catalog.

 

[Grateful11]

36 negatives, 16 neutrals out 706! I wouldn't buy anything from him if it where half that price!
Grateful

 

[Grateful11]

Dan you're right! I just looked at his other stuff. $35 for a 20" chain loop! Jeez Louise!
Grateful

 

[Sylvatica]

Bought a hard to find part from that seller quite a while ago. It was not a real auction, but rather a "here's my price, take it or leave it", and the price was twice what it should have been. He knew it was hard to find. And looking at his feedback, I knew I was taking a risk.

And at the time, his shipping cost was a mandatory $12 or so for something you could hold in your hand, maybe 5oz. I see he has gotten a bit more realistic w/ shipping costs.

It took me just over a month to receive, and he left me no feedback. But I did get the item.

 

[Stumper]

John, That Pferd bar dresser works great but buy it from Sherrill's or Bailey's.

 

[Bill G]

Good ole David had a Husky jug/piston set up a litte while ago, opeining bid $279.99 of course unsold. He also sold some 36" loops for $49.99. I about dropped when I saw it. Sure he gets a few uniformed buyers but his listing costs must be enormous.

Bill

 

[bwalker]

I have the pferd tool and IMO its not that great. You have to be really carefull to keep the tool square with the rails and the file doesnt cut the hard bar steel worth a crap. Ill sell you mine if you would like.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I've had that tool, too. Pretty much, it sucked.

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

I'll jump on the "the tool sucks" wagon too.
I have never been able to straighten uneven rails with it. File + hard steel =

 

[Stumper]

Well Mike(&Ben), If you had developed your wrist strength by one handing your climbing saw then you would be able to use the Pferd bar dresser. I'm not sure what Butch's problem is-probably removing the chainbrake made his 020T too light for proper wrist development.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by Stumper
...probably removing the chainbrake made his 020T too light ...

It DOES practically lift into the air by itself! When I set it on the ground I have to throw my rope across it so it'll be there when I get back!

 

[johncinco]

Well glad to know I could buy it at one of our sponsor sites if I did have a mind to go and buy it. I too would never buy anything from him, but I had not seen one of those before. Don't think I will buy one though, as to the negative response to it. Will just use the belt sander again if I have to clean one up. Thanks for all the info and opinions.

"opinions are like arseholes, everyones got one, just some are bigger than others"

 

[jsikkema1]

POS

Most bars are too hard to file and those Pferd units sound good but are in practice not effective on good quality bars. Now it might work OK on a Poulan wild thing bar but not on any bar that you'd want to have. The files inside those units will wear right out. I have had many say that they have tried them only to say that they wear the files out in no time and it takes way too much time to really do anything with them. Maybe you'll have different results but I usually use a grinding wheel on a stationary unit or a right angle grinder.

 

[Stumper]

Hmmfff! I've trued up a Windsor bar and 5 Oregons. I'm still using the same portion of the file. Had I been designing the thing I'd probably have selected a finer cut on the file but the thing works! My own bars don't get very abused but 3 of the ones I've trued up were mistreated by others. Treat files of all sorts properly-DO NOT drag on the back stroke!

 

[bwalker]

Stumper, The bars I used it one where a Stihl rsn and a GB pro. The device actually worked, but it took way too much effort/time. You can accomplish the same thing on a vertical disk sander in seconds.

 

[Stumper]

Ben, Granted but I don't have a vertical disc sander or a belt sander. Rather than buy a sander for bar dressing I bought the Pferd tool.:angel:

 

[jokers]

I`ve got one of those Pferd bar tools and I can`t condemn it. Keep in mind that I also have a bar rail dresser and access to a 20" belt sander.

The Pferd is a painstaking process but it gets the job done anywhere you may be. I`ve found it best to clamp the bar in a filing vise as I work on it, you can then apply much more force. Also make sure that you wear gloves in case your hand should slip, those bar burrs can be just like a razor blade.

The problem with the rail dresser is that you can too easily scallop the rails if your movement across the face of the wheel is not fluid. The same is true with the sander but to a lesser extent. You also get grit in the sprocket noses using the machines.

With a little practice the Pferd tool works just fine. I would also have chosen a finer file but you can snap the ends off any file you want and put it in the Pferd if you are that unhappy with the standard file.

Russ