Cutter Lengths.

[guff]

note to self....no copying and pasting....and cut back on the dotdotdot thing

 

[Tree Sling'r]

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Got any snow up there?

Yeah, not much, bout 3 inches.

 

[sawinredneck]

LOL, sorry, I went to school when they were forcing the metric system down our throats, so I am ok with either. Plus, in bridge construction, we did survey work using metric, standard, and english...what a PITA!

This is the chain I showed you on my 064 Andy, (please dont tell everyone how terrible I am with a grinder...LOL). It looks great now, damn well better cut well for the time I spent trying to be a perfectionist.

I've done a lot worse to a chain than what that one looked like!!! It's all part of learning.
I used to, when I was grinding, go through and make the cutters all the same length. Find the longest and grind until you clean up the shortest. I don't mess with it hand filing.
Like I told you out there, if you either change it, or sharpen it as soon it starts feeling dull, it's a lot easier to learn hand filing and be willing to do it!

 

[Cedarkerf]

No way!!!!!!! You'd send me back a perfectly sharpened, totally balanced, razor sharp chain. And I'd run it. And I'd like it. And my hand-filed chains would suddenly seem totally useless by comparison. And I'd start looking for the catalog, the one with all the grinders in it, and I'd buy one. And since I was getting a grinder I'd probably talk myself into a raker machine too. And some extra wheels. Nope, no thanks. That one little chain could wind up costing me a bundle.

I sold my last grinder a couple of years ago when I was trying to kick the logging addiction. I was going to just flat get out of the business. Oh well. I really don't do enough cutting anymore to justify buying another one...and if I keep telling myself that I'll have a little more money to spend on that new 660.

Got any snow up there?

Hey I know a great place to get some saw :biggrinbounce2: accessories :biggrinbounce2: next time your up here

 

[scotclayshooter]

If you EVER use mm in another post I will drive back up there and kick your butt!!!!
I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE!!!!! It's America man!!!!!!

LOL you guys need to come out of the dark ages and go metric!
What a PITA it is having to find a 0.050" allen key to adjust my Jewell trigger, In fact i had to mod a metric one with the dremel to fit!

Another little argument i have is 1/2" AF for example does AF stand for Across Flats or American Fine?
You should see the confused look on my dads face when i ask him for a 12.7mm spanner lol
I will admit I tried handloading in metric to start with and then gave up and bought a imperial dial caliper

 

[romeo]

LOL you guys need to come out of the dark ages and go metric!
What a PITA it is having to find a 0.050" allen key to adjust my Jewell trigger, In fact i had to mod a metric one with the dremel to fit!

Another little argument i have is 1/2" AF for example does AF stand for Across Flats or American Fine?
You should see the confused look on my dads face when i ask him for a 12.7mm spanner lol
I will admit I tried handloading in metric to start with and then gave up and bought a imperial dial caliper

Don't know, we just call it a half inch wrench.

I have a digital caliper and a nice little button that says metric/standard and that stops most of my conversion problems

 

[romeo]

http://www.cbperformance.com/enginecalc.html
I find myself using this calculator quite a bit.

 

[sawinredneck]

LOL you guys need to come out of the dark ages and go metric!
What a PITA it is having to find a 0.050" allen key to adjust my Jewell trigger, In fact i had to mod a metric one with the dremel to fit!

Another little argument i have is 1/2" AF for example does AF stand for Across Flats or American Fine?
You should see the confused look on my dads face when i ask him for a 12.7mm spanner lol
I will admit I tried handloading in metric to start with and then gave up and bought a imperial dial caliper

Don't know, we just call it a half inch wrench.

I have a digital caliper and a nice little button that says metric/standard and that stops most of my conversion problems

LOL!!!! I can make a 13mm wrench work most times!!!

Are you talking about thread pitch Scott? If so its NF and NC, National fine, and National coarse.

 

[romeo]

American :censored: ?????


I dated a French chick once, that was her pet name for me by the end.

 

[scotclayshooter]

Don't know, we just call it a half inch wrench.

I have a digital caliper and a nice little button that says metric/standard and that stops most of my conversion problems

I have upgraded to a digital caliper also but still use the dials now and then when the batteries are dead.
Ask someone for a wrench here and they hand you an adjustable spanner.

I worked in a stone quarry cutting flagstones and we got an order for 3 1/8" by 900mm lol That was stair risers and an architect did the order!

 

[scotclayshooter]

LOL!!!! I can make a 13mm wrench work most times!!!

Are you talking about thread pitch Scott? If so its NF and NC, National fine, and National coarse.

Ahh but when you think a 13mm is going to slip a 1/2" might just work!
I argue with a guy at work that I think AF stands for across flats but he thinks its to do with the threads.

And im totally lost when you guys are on about engine sizes in cubic inches.

 

[sawinredneck]

Ahh but when you think a 13mm is going to slip a 1/2" might just work!
I argue with a guy at work that I think AF stands for across flats but he thinks its to do with the threads.

And im totally lost when you guys are on about engine sizes in cubic inches.

I use Snap-on flank drive plus, they work

60 cubic inches in a liter.

 

[scotclayshooter]

I use Snap-on flank drive plus, they work

60 cubic inches in a liter.

They bloody well should work when you need to sell a kidney to afford a set!
I have a set of Metrinch spanners that work real well.
http://www.imperial-tool.ltd.uk/store/itc_technical_metrinch.asp

 

[brages]

Harbor Freight (online) shows 6" digital calipers for $10.

Has a set screw, should be a little more precise than a Crescent wrench.

 

[M.R.]

If you use your thumb on the lower jaw of the cresent as a go-or / no-go gauge, you can extend file life.

 

[ak4195]

An hour is about par for me on my 28", if it got rocked out, or it's a brand new chain. I use an adjustable pocket wrench to keep my cutters within a few thousandths...


If I'm just touching up, it's a lot faster than a new rough in.

Shoot!! I like that idea,every so often I mic the chain whilst using the grandberg.Takes about an hr for a 24" loop after finding the shortest cutter.
I hand file most of the time,but every so often depending on wear n tear Ill mic em and true them up.

ak