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One of These Things is Not Like the Other Of course, I’d heard that the Made in the USA ‘V’ series sockets were no more. Happy to get a ‘no questions asked’ exchange at a local ACE Hardware store (also Lowe’s, as I understand). But will keep an eye out at garage sales, etc., for a ‘real’...

Send me a sample! Philbert

Interesting. Not sure if a standard, Oregon style, round grinder would not work as well. Philbert

https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/df/28/b7/c445c169e94119/US2622338.pdf Philbert

Another, more modern, approach? Cheap tire tread depth gauges from eBay: (not my original idea or pictures) Philbert

Note that this one is a single, ‘U’-shaped piece, which is different from the one in Post# 2 and #6. More info in that thread, including instructions. Philbert

A lot of stuff in this thread on Arboristsite: too much to copy over to here: https://arboristsite.com/threads/depth-gauge-tools-for-saw-chain.279374/ Philbert

^^^ That’s part of the reason I like to grind ouside. Somewhere, I have a photo from Tree Monkey’s Father’s shop, with a large, welding magnet next to the grinder. It’s totally covered with metal whiskers! EDIT: Here it is! Philbert

Way back, on ‘the other site’, I started a thread on ‘511A Tips and Techniques’. In there, I mentioned using a boot lace and cord lock to limit upward travel of the grinding wheel to the minimum required. This reduced hand and arm movement significantly...

After I posted that, I searched and could not find any images of these older style handles (!). Everyone seems to be using, or copying, the plastic handle shown above. Finally gound this one (in India), just for illustration: Philbert

I guess that’s the style I use. Never bothered me. Some of the clone grinders used to have a ball-on-a-stick style handle. Some versions have a hole in the base to run to a foot pedal! We have a surplus store near me where I shop for weird handles, etc,, but anything with that thread will...

Paper? Steel? Plastic? Veneer? I know how to adjust the Oregon / Tecomec grinders. Do Maxx grinders offer that type of adjustment? (Never used one!). Philbert

Got a picture? There have been different handles used though the years. Thanks. Philbert

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Pretty sure that Oregon presets are compatible. Just match pitch, gauge, and type (e.g.narrow kerf). Philbert