Chain Service Tools and Sharpening Station

[Duane(Pa)]

Very organized. Let me know if you need any chaos. I have plenty on my bench!

 

[stihl #1]

Thanks Duane, I have plenty of chaos, I just don't post pics of it!

I have scratcher chain on a BLK, but that is the only example I have, and Holtec is in the USA but the chain is sold direct to them, not through the dealer network.

 

[Squish9]

That is an incredible setup. Here's my much worse looking sharpening rig

Features include,
Poor quality Oregon knock off grinder
Some scrap metal welded together. Drilled and tapped to mount a grinder on one side and the FG2 on the other.

It gets clamped in the bench vice when it's need and it's only real function is to lift the grinder or FG2 up high so I can see what I'm doing a little better.

The (Patent pending) "sharpening tower of power" is available in the pile of off cut metal pieces located behind my shed. Just watch out for the snakes in the long grass.

Some assembly required.

 

[Philbert]

Nice.

Dynasaw ABN wheel?

Philbert

 

[Squish9]

Nice.

Dynasaw ABN wheel?

Philbert

Yes. Dam wheel cost twice as much as the grinder because I thought that was a good idea at the time.

It does work well and will probably last my lifetime

 

[stihl #1]

Squish, that looks great. You do what works for your situation, and being able to store the grinder away when not needed saves room. My grinder station is on wheels but still takes up several square feet of floor no matter where it sits.

 

[Philbert]

My grinder station is on wheels but still takes up several square feet of floor no matter where it sits.

I tried a number of things to make my grinder(s) portable, for field use. This is the Oregon stand:


Stable. Easy to move. Legs fold.

But it comes like this:


So, I assembled mine with wing nuts, and repurposed a nylon stuff / storage sack from a folding camp chair to make it easy to store and transport.

Philbert

 

[Bill G]

Thanks Duane, I have plenty of chaos, I just don't post pics of it!

I have scratcher chain on a BLK, but that is the only example I have, and Holtec is in the USA but the chain is sold direct to them, not through the dealer network.

The BLK is a nice nice to have in collection

 

[el33t]

el33t, I will check and see if my USG is square at zero.

So are they all square at zero?

 

[stihl #1]

Sorry, I got busy on another project and forgot to check.
So you are correct, on the zero scale it is not square with the sliding plate the swivel rest sits on.

So I adjusted the head until it was square and here is the reading on the scale:


So it looks like about 3 degrees off.

 

[el33t]

Sorry, I got busy on another project and forgot to check.
So you are correct, on the zero scale it is not square with the sliding plate the swivel rest sits on.
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So I adjusted the head until it was square and here is the reading on the scale:
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So it looks like about 3 degrees off.

Thank you for taking the time to do this. As I understand you performed the check on only one of your grinders? Or have you already noticed that this difference on the A scale looks the same or similar on all of them?
Is it possible to know from which year is the one on which you performed the check?
I'm trying to determine if this problem has existed for a long time or if it has appeared maybe on newer units.

In general, it looks like it is caused by crooked threading on one of the threads (or maybe both?) into which the M12 grub screws are screwed.
This is really strange, especially since the grinder is supposed to be Universal...