How many more filings does this chain have left?
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dingeryote
Blueberry Baron
LOL!!!
I'd go with 1 more touch up of 1-2 licks with the file each, and put it in with the "Ugly chains" for stumps and fencerows.
Let it die an honorable and glorious death!
Ya can't squeeze blood from a turnip, but you can wring an extra half cord out of a chain.
Stay safe!
Dingeryote
I'd go with 1 more touch up of 1-2 licks with the file each, and put it in with the "Ugly chains" for stumps and fencerows.
Let it die an honorable and glorious death!
Ya can't squeeze blood from a turnip, but you can wring an extra half cord out of a chain.
Stay safe!
Dingeryote
paccity
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got quite a few of them in the scrap bucket.. chain cost money so get what youcan out of them.
lmbrman
stumped
I have a few like that- about when I touch them up for ugly duty such as stumps or removing wooden decks
!! 6 more licks with a dull an broken file.... lol
hammerlogging
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Thats about when they start to loose teeth, whole teeth, knocked off. 'bout time to give it up, and like they said, save it for "just in case"
OH_Varmntr
Burner of stored sunlight
One more. Then flip it over and cut away.
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
I run 'em till they start rippin off. They cut for #### at that point though. I like to get my moneys worth.
bobt
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I say you got your money's worth out of it, and that chain doesn't owe you anything! Haha!
I would keep it though, sharpen it one more time, and hang it on a nail in the shop for the times where you just might destroy a chain! Stumping, Trees with nails, trees with wire,,,like that!
Bob
I would keep it though, sharpen it one more time, and hang it on a nail in the shop for the times where you just might destroy a chain! Stumping, Trees with nails, trees with wire,,,like that!
Bob
plasticweld
ArboristSite Member
I see from your photo that you have not filed the sides of the rakers yet, it must bind up in the wood a little considering how far you have taken the teeth down. My guess is that if you filed the sides of the rakers down about 3 strokes with a good flat file she would be good for another couple of sharpings and still cut in a straight line.
I am cheap by nature so in the past have always used up chain until it was worthless. One day I sat down to try and figure out what it really cost to use chain the last few filings. This is what I came up with. cost for me to buy new 24 inch chain is about $18
I make about $74 an hour when everything is running, not broke down, not stuck in the mud, not frozen, it is not dark out and I got a good nights sleep and did not fight with my wife before leaving in the moring and all the help showed up; and of coarse not when it is roasting hot in the summer, :msp_tongue:
I figured that the time to file my saw the first 75 percent of the chain was minor, about 5 minutes per filing Cost in lost productioin time is $6.15 The time required to file the last 25 percent of the chain I found to almost take 50 percent longer, rakers needed to be side filed, top filed and the time needed to keep the correct angles all added up to an additional 2 minutes and 30 seconds. cost now to file the last 25 percent of the chain is now $9.23 in lost production. So you can spend up to the cost of a new chain to file it the last few times or just replace it with a new one. I am sure you can guess which one I do
I am cheap by nature so in the past have always used up chain until it was worthless. One day I sat down to try and figure out what it really cost to use chain the last few filings. This is what I came up with. cost for me to buy new 24 inch chain is about $18
I make about $74 an hour when everything is running, not broke down, not stuck in the mud, not frozen, it is not dark out and I got a good nights sleep and did not fight with my wife before leaving in the moring and all the help showed up; and of coarse not when it is roasting hot in the summer, :msp_tongue:
I figured that the time to file my saw the first 75 percent of the chain was minor, about 5 minutes per filing Cost in lost productioin time is $6.15 The time required to file the last 25 percent of the chain I found to almost take 50 percent longer, rakers needed to be side filed, top filed and the time needed to keep the correct angles all added up to an additional 2 minutes and 30 seconds. cost now to file the last 25 percent of the chain is now $9.23 in lost production. So you can spend up to the cost of a new chain to file it the last few times or just replace it with a new one. I am sure you can guess which one I do
also to add you forgot the extra gas it takes to cut that next stick of wood with the small tooth and small chip/sawdust...wear and tear on the saw that is raceing to no where . and last but not finished , the human factor of time and backaches!!?? in all the chain might make you $.50 cents for $20.00 worth of saveings???? lolI see from your photo that you have not filed the sides of the rakers yet, it must bind up in the wood a little considering how far you have taken the teeth down. My guess is that if you filed the sides of the rakers down about 3 strokes with a good flat file she would be good for another couple of sharpings and still cut in a straight line.
I am cheap by nature so in the past have always used up chain until it was worthless. One day I sat down to try and figure out what it really cost to use chain the last few filings. This is what I came up with. cost for me to buy new 24 inch chain is about $18
I make about $74 an hour when everything is running, not broke down, not stuck in the mud, not frozen, it is not dark out and I got a good nights sleep and did not fight with my wife before leaving in the moring and all the help showed up; and of coarse not when it is roasting hot in the summer, :msp_tongue:
I figured that the time to file my saw the first 75 percent of the chain was minor, about 5 minutes per filing Cost in lost productioin time is $6.15 The time required to file the last 25 percent of the chain I found to almost take 50 percent longer, rakers needed to be side filed, top filed and the time needed to keep the correct angles all added up to an additional 2 minutes and 30 seconds. cost now to file the last 25 percent of the chain is now $9.23 in lost production. So you can spend up to the cost of a new chain to file it the last few times or just replace it with a new one. I am sure you can guess which one I do
sgt7546
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I'm sure if you knock the rakers down you have a couple more rounds with that chain.
Me personally, that chain would have been gone a few filings ago.
Me personally, that chain would have been gone a few filings ago.
Oldtimer
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That chain got one more filing, and was changed out. Just couldn't cut well enough to be worth messing around.
It was not binding, and still cut straight...just not up to par with a new chain.
I hit a chunk of wire with the new chain 10 minutes after putting it on.
Took 15 strokes on each tooth to get it back in shape, and 2 swipes with a flat file. But it cut a little better than it did out of the box, so all's well that ends well.
It was not binding, and still cut straight...just not up to par with a new chain.
I hit a chunk of wire with the new chain 10 minutes after putting it on.
Took 15 strokes on each tooth to get it back in shape, and 2 swipes with a flat file. But it cut a little better than it did out of the box, so all's well that ends well.
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Youngbuck20
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What size husky??
Oldtimer
Addicted to ArboristSite
357 XP. Lost my 575 to a skidder attack, so I bought this one as a temp.
However, it's got enough moxie to get the job done...very surprising how much power it has.
It's no 576, but it's very close to a 372.
However, it's got enough moxie to get the job done...very surprising how much power it has.
It's no 576, but it's very close to a 372.
Youngbuck20
ArboristSite Guru
Oh ya? Thought it was a bigger model but I don't know my husky saws that well.
jammerz257
ArboristSite Lurker
357
the 357 is the next progression of the 254,257. its about the same size. the power to wieght ratio is awesome for those saws. i like them because i can work all day and not feel like i hauled a bag of potatoes around all day. they are a balanced saw and i wouldnt be afraid to cut just about anything with it.:smile2:
the 357 is the next progression of the 254,257. its about the same size. the power to wieght ratio is awesome for those saws. i like them because i can work all day and not feel like i hauled a bag of potatoes around all day. they are a balanced saw and i wouldnt be afraid to cut just about anything with it.:smile2:
Youngbuck20
ArboristSite Guru
Sounds like the MS361 to me
Oldtimer
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Cut a white pine today, old pasture pine....32" across the small end of the 12 foot butt log . The 357 is a heck of a saw. Wish the anti-vibe / motor mounts were stronger, you can rip it apart if you're not easy with it in a pinch.
indiansprings
Firewood Purveyor
We'd have one or two more filings left in that loop.lol We just file the rakers dang near flat, when they start tearing teeth off they go in the scrap chain bucket, Always keep a few around for stumps.
As much chain as we go through we try to get every bit of useable chain life out of each loop.
As much chain as we go through we try to get every bit of useable chain life out of each loop.
