Fudge-up at the dealer

[discounthunter]

still new here and at milling. got my set-upabout 2 weeks ago,dolmer 120,alaskan m111 ,24" bar with 3/8 .050 rip chain. well ive been doing pretty good(ill post pistures when i get some free time) chain was getting dull,ive been trying to hand touch up in between every other cut , but never dealt with a 10 degree angle i was having variable succes. well i called it quits and the following day dropped off my chain at my local stihl dealer, told them i needed a sharpening, showed them the milling chain which none of them had seen we compared it to the rsc chain to show them the differance. after some more small talk i told them ill pick it up the following morning.i go to pick up my chain,the technican brought it out i took one look at it and asked him what angle he sharpened at. he quite proudly told me 30! well i proceded to explain what kind of chain this was and why it was at 10 degrees, he was still quite pround of himself telling me it'll cut faster! well after getting knowwhere talking to him i told him ill try it .well i went home tryed it; it did cut somewhat faster but..... the boards were noticable rougher, my saw tended to bog quicker(chain grabbing to fast?) chain dulled very quickly.well i took it back to the dealer explained what happened she understood and she made an offer to right it. she gave me a great deal on a rsc chain and will have my chain resharpened(for free) . so i gueass it worked out ,they learned something and so did i plus they did act sincere about keeping me as a customer. oh and the "tecnition" is going to have a talk with the owner when he shows up for work an friday. thanks for letting me ramble,Dave

 

[BobL]

Your story is exactly why it pays to learn how to sharpen your own chains. Also, unless you own a heap of chains and can swap out you should be touching up regularly while milling.

 

[discounthunter]

BOBL,absolutly right. normally i sharpen my own, but this chain was new to me and it was sqare ground, which i have not seen before, and my trying to hand touch it up didnt seem to put a good edge on it.at least me and the dealer both learned something and they made right on their end and i will continue to go there . BOBL most of your posts/threads are what pushed me into this whole milling black hole, you have upset my wife ,curses to you.(ha ha) thanks,Dave.

 

[BobL]

BOBL,absolutly right. normally i sharpen my own, but this chain was new to me and it was sqare ground, which i have not seen before, and my trying to hand touch it up didnt seem to put a good edge on it.at least me and the dealer both learned something and they made right on their end and i will continue to go there .

Square ground is not a good chain on which to learn how to file. Were you filing it from the outside in (instead of inside our)? I would recommend learning with round ground. I assume you know that square ground can be converted to round ground but it takes a bit of filing by hand.

BOBL most of your posts/threads are what pushed me into this whole milling black hole, you have upset my wife ,curses to you.(ha ha) thanks,Dave.

You can blame me - I don't mind - I have been blamed for many things during my life so what's another one.

 

[excess650]

Bummer about your milling chain. If you have a choice, Stihl RM (SEMI CHISEL) is the next best for milling. It cuts smoothly despite the cutter angles. Full skip chisel is probably the worst.

 

[discounthunter]

bobl, i was trying inside -out, and i agree ,square ground is not for the new comers. regular round im ok with but sometimes i do the ocasion half moon cut on a log( rt side cutters sharper than lt,ha ha) tommorow ill try again on the pecan , this weekend ill work on my auxillary oiler( im only at a 24" bar,but the extra oiler cant hurt) thanks,Dave