Recent content by Philbert

Very nice custom tools! No surprise 🙂 I like the chains in the original post for use on pole saws: they don’t bounce on small diameter limbs. Apparently, that’s why they were originally developed: the reduced kick-back performance was discovered as an unexpected result. Not necessarily the...

Wonder if there are aftermarket suppliers? Maybe places like HL, Bailey’s, Madsen’s, Loggerchain, etc.? Philbert

Some guys mentioned, over the years, profiling their depth gauge grinding wheel concave, to adjust height, and shape them, at the same time. Sounds like a good idea. Never got around to trying it. Philbert

I often set my depth gauges with the grinder, for height, then round them over to the factory profile using a ScotchBrite deburring wheel. Eliminates possibility of a sharp corner digging in. Looks OEM. Others use a file, Dremel type tool, bench grinder, . . .

Best prices, and nicest chainsaw museum, anywhere in Dike, IA, I hear! Philbert

The bar ‘tail’ / mount pattern; the bar profile and nose radius; the location of the bar mounting studs; the number of teeth on the drive sprocket; etc., can all affect the number of drive links required. But, using the same bar reduces some of these variables. Philbert

A better, and easier, idea than drilling. Philbert

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I don’t know what chemicals might degrade vitrified grinding wherls, so, I encourage caution. Dressing these wheels exposes fresh, sharp, abrasive. ‘Kool-Grind’ is a wax crayon sold for this purpose on grinding wheels. I tried it a long time ago, and did not notice a significant difference...

The Razzorsharp guy cleans chains before he runs then through his Franzen grinders. I don’t believe that most small shops do. Lots of comments in the threads about guys blasting gunk out of their CBN wheels with brake cleaner. I clean chains before grinding with my regular / vitrified wheels...

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There are hard, white, ‘cleaning sticks’ supplied with some CBN wheels, or available from machine tool suppliers. Here is one example: Philbert

What I share to all who are new to grinding (it’s not a chop saw!). New to Grinding Keep in mind that grinders don’t sharpen the chains: you sharpen the chains. For guys new to grinding I recommend taking an old or ‘scrap’ chain, and experimenting with it, before you work on your ‘good’...