Chain sharpening hand file or grind

[RI Chevy]

One of the best investments I made. I use it all the time.

 

[hseII]

-2 pts
Failure to remove filing swarf
Gullet not cleaned out

Considering that was square....

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[Testlight]

Chisel chain. I grind it round.
Then square file my felling chains.

No stump vise a plastic wedge shoved between the bottom of the bar the chain tightens things up nicely.

 

[RI Chevy]

Welcome to the Forum!

 

[RI Chevy]

Chain vise is so much better! Makes chains much more precise when sharpening.

 

[Carhartt]

The people that drive by and see you have to think you are praying to your trailer hitch. You have to be kneeling while sharpening. Nice setup.

 

[RI Chevy]

LOL. Probably.
But they know I'm crazy anyway...

 

[BlacknTan]

Chain vise is so much better! Makes chains much more precise when sharpening.

I agree completely!

 

[MichaelP]

Franzen, anybody else use one??

I do! I love it, but I wish it wouldn't slam down into my chains like a tomahawk! Anyone else have this issue?

 

[Al Smith]

Everybody comes up with a method that works the best for them .Mine is to sit the saw on a log or the tail gate of my truck and file looking down on the top of the bar going left right until it's all done .The tail gate has a plastic cover doesn't harm the chain .A 20" loop takes about 5 minutes .Usually about every two tanks of fuel unless I cut dirt which will happen no matter how carefull you are .

 

[Wilhelm]

I was reborn with the purchase of my AMA MaxxPro grinder!
Considering to get a second one.

 

[Philbert]

Never used a Maxx (or a USG!). Just never had the opportunity.

But, I appreciate a good grinder, and good wheels.

That, and a good spinner / breaker set, along with some knowledge, skill, and experience, go a long way in maintaining, repairing, and salvaging saw chains.

Philbert

 

[Squish9]

It doesn't matter what is used to sharpen the chain. What matters is the person doing it and their knowledge and ability. If you know the angles you want to achieve and check that you have done them correctly, it will be sharp.

Give an person will no experience or knowledge a file or grinder and they will give you back a chain that doesn't cut.

Plenty of people go out and rub a file into the gullet and miss the part that actually cuts wood, and wonders why the chain doesn't cut.

Then they say files are crap, get a grinder and blue every cutter, grind a crap angle and again it doesn't cut so grinders must be crap.

Most of the time, the operator is what failed not the sharpening tool that was used.

 

[Khntr85]

Chain vise is so much better! Makes chains much more precise when sharpening.

Is that for a midget???

 

[ZERO]

@RI Chevy very nice chain vise!

 

[Hulpio]

Test using very, very old Oregon Filjonte.
Just normal 30deg and 10deg down.
Nice, self feeding chain.