How NOT to sharpen a "chain"

[jake wells]

The gullet is terrible and he is filling his depth gauges all wrong, I could hand file better than this hack i guarantee it!

 

[bikemike]

Looks like a fast chain

 

[Cut4fun]

Well file up a 325 and lets see what you can really do. http://opeforum.com/threads/chain-build-off-rd-3-on-crs.731/ or is it all talk

The main thread on chainsaw repair website where all the video and testing will be posted. http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/chain-build-off/325-rd-3-chain-build-off/

 

[jakethesnake]

What was wrong with his depth guage approach? I have done mine that way I think that'd be a fair setup 100 dollars is a bit much. I'd agree lots of people think they can file but honestly ain't "great"

 

[junkman]

What was wrong with his depth guage approach? I have done mine that way I think that'd be a fair setup 100 dollars is a bit much. I'd agree lots of people think they can file but honestly ain't "great"

It is better to have them ramped instead of flat ,if you ever saw how a chain cuts in slow motion ,the rakers actually lift the cutter some to help it bite in ,the gullets are personal preference if want to clean them or not ,the chain will still cut without them cleaned out ,it just helps speed a little cleaning them .

 

[Philbert]

Serves you right for watching Wranglerstar videos without a healthy sense of humor!

Yeah, you can 'wash' your chain in gasoline and leave the vapors out all night, then have gas soaked rags lying around, or you can do it in about 15 seconds with a water based degreaser and no fumes / fire hazard.

Are we 'the common man', or are we 'uncommon'? I agree that a lot of people who think that they can free-hand file accurately are not as good as they think they are. Lots of ways to sharpen a chain, and everyone has to find something that works for them. The Granberg 12V is one method - works for him, although, he ignores the other filing guides; most of his videos have a 'his way or wrong way' attitude.

But $15 to $20 to sharpen a chain!? You can buy a chain for that! $1,000 for a grinder!?! He has been inhaling too much of those gasoline fumes.

Flat depth gauges are not the best way, as noted. Best is to match the original, rounded profile. But at least giving attention to the depth gauges puts him ahead of a lot of guys.

He does not discuss his gullets much, but the chain shown is well used, and would need to have had some gullet maintenance done. Good to have nice, clean gullets to carry chips - some guys obsess over their gullets at the expense of the actual cutting edges, to the extent that some chains should be shouting out. 'Hey! Fella! My cutting edges are up HERE!'

I won't comment on his PPE choices (it is a sharpening, not falling video after all) - strictly his personal biases / preferences (or maybe his commercial endorsements, the way that he fawns over some of them).

Philbert

 

[jake wells]

Well file up a 325 and lets see what you can really do. http://opeforum.com/threads/chain-build-off-rd-3-on-crs.731/ or is it all talk

The main thread on chainsaw repair website where all the video and testing will be posted. http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/chain-build-off/325-rd-3-chain-build-off/

i do round ground no square for me

 

[concretegrazer]

i do round ground no square for me

A round cutter won the 1st round work class last time....

 

[junkman]

Round seems more grabbu to me ,not as smooth

 

[hseII]

Round seems more grabbu to me ,not as smooth

Depends on who sharpened it

 

[Cut4fun]

i do round ground no square for me

Dont matter we do round and square and work and race. Round won the work chain Round 1.

I will be doing a ROUND also in Rd3. I did a round in rd1 and 2 along with a square one.

If your scared say your scared . I guess cant back up your guarantee above.

 

[jake wells]

Dont matter we do round and square and work and race. Round won the work chain Round 1.

I will be doing a ROUND also in Rd3. I did a round in rd1 and 2 along with a square one.

If your scared say your scared . I guess cant back up your guarantee above.

Why should I be scared it's a chain race it's for fun.

 

[jake wells]

here is what my free hand looks like.

 

[Philbert]

Here is what my 'free hand' looks like (the other one is holding the camera).


Philbert

 

[Philbert]

here is what my free hand looks like.

One of the issues with free hand filing is consistency. Cutters may not all be filed at the same angles, or to the same length. Often, people end up with cutters that are different on the right and left hand sides. But if you pay attention to this, it is possible to get them fairly close.

Philbert

 

[junkman]

Here is what my not free hand wranglerstar precision round looks like . .

 

[angelo c]

Here is what my 'free hand' looks like (the other one is holding the camera).
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Philbert

MMMM...that's a purdy hand....( dueling banjo's theme in the background...)