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You need to look at the cutter, and decide what you want to achieve.....
Then achieve it......
Then achieve it......
I grew up fly fishing not running chainsaws. My passions have kind of shifted in the last few years and I am getting into chainsaw carving. I wish I had started filing when I was a kid. You could probably do it with your eyes closed.Dad had me sharpening the chains when I was a kid. it just came natural to me I guess
I had a lot of tricks when I was a young buck!!!I kinda pull up and push towards the chain on the file some while I am passing it through the chain, I twist the file some too
I had a lot of tricks when I was a young buck!!!
Cash was a lot easier!!
In this pict of a new chain the file is catching on a ridge left from when the factory wheel ground the chain, factory chain is not filed. When hand filing this ridge has to be filed off first. The gullet or bottom U shape is too deep for the file to follow, the top of the file itself has to stay higher to get a good sharp cutting edge on the top plate. Chipper chain like the one in the pict is the easiest chain to hand file and yes a bit of upward pressure on the file is needed. To get a good sharp chain you need to picture in your mind what a good cutter looks like, you make it conform to that shape, it does not happen automatically. One of the clamp on bar filing guides are a good starting point for those that are just starting out hand filing or for those that have not learned properly.
Thanks. I ordered a Granberg file and joint. I Like the idea of being able to see the file as it passes through. I don't like those clamp on things, they obstruct the view of the file making it impossible to see what is going on.
So you were turning tricks back in 1962?I filed my first chainsaw chain around 1962, it was on a big Pioneer saw running . 404 chain. I didn`t have many tricks and only got paid .25 cents for a 72 DL chain....LOL
Just because it's new doesn't mean it will stay sharp for long, so that first time sharpening is a tight fit when using a file to touch it up. Thats what I meant. And you should have known that.Why would anyone "sharpen" a brand new chain?
?????Just because it's new doesn't mean it will stay sharp for long, so that first time sharpening is a tight fit when using a file to touch it up. Thats what I meant. And you should have known that.
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Same could be said for a chain that you "sharpened" then?
A new chain is as sharp as you can make it, unless it is damaged.
Or should I know that?
Or are you saying that a new chain has inferior angles?
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