How to square file

[Deets066]

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Slapped together this poor mans chain vice. Works pretty good but your only doing one tooth before moving the chain.

Only filing the far left tooth I assume. It’s the only one where the file won’t hit your angles.
If your only getting one tooth, you should try some vice grips. Only clamp the back half in the vice, the working handle is free to open and close.

 

[MustangMike]

I was thinking if he had a couple of pieces of T metal (instead of angle iron) he could set up several teeth at a time with the proper down angle.

I just put a stump vice on my bar, put the saw on a wooded box I have, sit on my dolly chair made for working on cars, and go to town.

I keep each tooth still by putting a paint stirrer behind it. Hold the paint stirrer in place with one hand, file with the other.

My chains almost never leave the saw.

 

[mettee]

Yeah if that was the set up, I think I would just use a single vice grip clamped in the vice. Gonna be super hard to get the angles around the vice

 

[Championlurcher]

New to square filing my problem is I don't hit much of the side plate if I get half of it I'm lucky

 

[Pincher]

New to square filing my problem is I don't hit much of the side plate if I get half of it I'm lucky

If you could post a picture, someone will be able to advise.

 

[MustangMike]

Are you doing 3/8 chain? If you keep the corner of the file in the corner of the tooth and go 45* back, 45* angle and 45* down it should work.

You have to stroke straight.

This should help

http://www.madsens1.com/bnc_cb_angles.htm

 

[Wolverine]

New to square filing my problem is I don't hit much of the side plate if I get half of it I'm lucky

Have you watched this?

 

[Championlurcher]

Yea watched this and took screen shots to look at when trying to do my own I will get a pic or two up in next couple of days I'd like to master it or even just get passable at it lol I can round file with the best of them just something else I'd like to try here in uk no one does much square fileing I even got to order files from USA I do cut a bit of dirty wood but get some nice fresh clean I'd like to cut with square see how fast it is.

 

[Championlurcher]

These

 

[Championlurcher]

Think I'm holding file to up right I'm holding it just of straight up and down

 

[PA Dan]

Yes your angles are not right yet. Keep trying and try to duplicate a good chain if you have one.

 

[Championlurcher]

Herd it should be 45 45 45

 

[Wolverine]

Herd it should be 45 45 45

Corner of your file doesn’t look to be going corner to corner.

 

[PA Dan]

I never took into account any angles. I just tried to get the file to line up into the corner of the cutter. Here are a couple pics from when I hand filed it.

 

[PA Dan]

Corner of your file doesn’t look to be going corner to corner.
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Good pic J!

 

[Championlurcher]

Yea it is corner to corner when I file

 

[PA Dan]

Can't be your not hitting the point with the corner of your file.

 

[Skeans1]

Yea it is corner to corner when I file

Can you get square chain to start with?


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[mettee]

Good images on the bottom of page 192, and the top of page 193

 

[MustangMike]

Can you get square chain to start with?


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Yes, it may be hard to find on the East Coast, but Stihl square file is called RSL.

Mark (cobby08) sells it.