Can a Northern Tool Grinded be set up for raker duty

[sILlogger]

i was curious if there is any way to get the wheel on a northern tool grinded to be upright to file the rakers, just had a passing thought and me an another guy were talking about it and i was wondering if it could be done, i know Silvey makes a raker grinder, does anyone else??? ive been had filing them for years

btw, meant grinder-can't edit the title

 

[Frank Boyer]

The Maxx grinder will do raker height. I use a 12 Volt hand held to recontour them.

 

[beelsr]

don't see why not. i have a harbor freight one I was going to rig up - $30 for a raker grinder seems about right. Haven't done it yet though. the box is buried....

 

[sILlogger]

i was just wondering if the wheel up be stood straight upright or if it can only be at an angle, can the harbor frieght one stand straight up?

 

[crashagn]

Nope.. cant be stood straight up. it's set at 1 angle. You can adjust the grinding depth of it though. I have used to knock down some rakers...not very good, but it did the job.

 

[sILlogger]

im pretty good at hand filing them. just wanting something that is the exact same every time. won't be using it for sharpening chains because i hand file them

 

[tawilson]

Here's a pic of my two Northern grinders, one of them set up for depth gauges. Their directions are pretty sparse on the subject. You can download the Oregon manual with it is a knock off of and the subject is addressed in more detail. Then out of respect for Oregon, you should purchase something they make. I have a tendency to take too much off using the grinder, so I usually do it by hand.