How to square file

[Hedgerow]

Nice lookin tooth Matt, did you do those rivits on a rock

Cave man style, yes.
whapped the hell out of em'.

 

[old guy]

I don't break much chain but I use an old vice grip brand chain breaker I've had for must be near 50 years now.

 

[Definitive Dave]

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I better get my vice mounted so I can get to practicing.
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remember don't drive and file

 

[exSW]

remember don't drive and file

My old service body truck had receivers all over it for that setup. Behind different doors at different heights. Even had a couple in the winch bumper. Handy.

 

[junkman]

You guys would cringe if you saw the dirty stumps i have been ripping into sections with my square chain last few days to get them out of the ground in pieces ,sparks a flying and dry dirty chains

 

[mdavlee]

 

[Frank bierce]

Some great photos in here. Been a while since I checked this thread out. Going to get some square filing done shortly.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Picked up a file today. Also grabbed a loop of Oregon square ground chain just to see where it starts. Square filing is weird...but I'll figure it out. Guessing you guys file back the lower portion of the tooth that is left behind after hitting the tooth with the flat file?

 

[Hedgerow]

Picked up a file today. Also grabbed a loop of Oregon square ground chain just to see where it starts. Square filing is weird...but I'll figure it out. Guessing you guys file back the lower portion of the tooth that is left behind after hitting the tooth with the flat file?

File those gullets first.
It'll make filing with the square easier. Less chatter.

 

[Hedgerow]

Not useful for a work chain....
But see clean gullet?

 

[XP_Slinger]

File those gullets first.
It'll make filing with the square easier. Less chatter.

Do you just knock it back with a round file? Sorry that I'm asking questions that may have been answered. Those gullets are what made me say WTF when I put the file to my chain. I know now that my angle of attack was way off. Knowing that you do knock those back makes more sense now. I thought my file wasn't thick enough to make the right cut or somethin. And so begins round 2....

 

[XP_Slinger]

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Not useful for a work chain....
But see clean gullet?

Got it thank you, the pic helps. I assume a better work chain profile has the additional point in the gullet?

 

[huskihl]

Do you just knock it back with a round file? Sorry that I'm asking questions that may have been answered. Those gullets are what made me say WTF when I put the file to my chain. I know now that my angle of attack was way off. Knowing that you do knock those back makes more sense now. I thought my file wasn't thick enough to make the right cut or somethin. And so begins round 2....

What shape and brand of file did you get?

 

[XP_Slinger]

What shape and brand of file did you get?

It's a 6 sided file. Not sure of the brand, got it at my local husky dealer. I'd go down to the barn to look at the brand but we're in the middle of some bad Thunderstorms at the moment.

 

[huskihl]

It's a 6 sided file. Not sure of the brand, got it at my local husky dealer. I'd go down to the barn to look at the brand but we're in the middle of some bad Thunderstorms at the moment.

Nice to have a saw dealer that stocks them. Around here, no one knows what they even are

 

[XP_Slinger]

Nice to have a saw dealer that stocks them. Around here, no one knows what they even are

I'm pretty fortunate to have a great dealer within 10 miles of my front door. The owners son likes porting saws so we get along extremely well...lol. storms are letting up, gotta go for a run in the rain to the barn

 

[XP_Slinger]

Here's my file.



Here's the factory profile:

 

[Hedgerow]

Got it thank you, the pic helps. I assume a better work chain profile has the additional point in the gullet?

Proper working corner.
That pic was from an unusual request.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Here's what I just did after reading this thread:

 

[huskihl]

Here's my file.

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Here's the factory profile:

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Here's what I just did after reading this thread:

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Just gotta make sure to get the corner or the file lined up with the corner on the tooth. That's what I still struggle with. Can't tell if yours is or not on my phone