How to square file

[junkman]

That happens on 110 dl of skip unfortunately.

How smooth a finish are you getting out of square filed ? I have not found right angles yet ,it ends up cutting too fast and ripping fibers in the softwoods on the top side of the bar cutting ,leaves little chips attached to one side of the board ,i have to slow it down with 10 and zero on the usg round to get nicer boards with chisel chain ,this is softwoods though .Doug fir seems to tear the fibers worse than the cedar does .

 

[mdavlee]

I'll get picture shortly of the finish. Its as good or better than semi chisel and way faster in hardwood

 

[treesmith]

Anyone use square for very hard dense hardwood?

Getting set up for a 59" on an 088xb in Ozzie gum

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[mdavlee]

 

[treesmith]

What's opinion for depth gauges? Keep the gap small for a nice cut or just go standard .025"/.65mm hardwood setting

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[mdavlee]

I run .025" or real close milling. I touched the chain up and was almost too much without touching the rakers. The 2nd cut was much better and fed with no pressure from me.

 

[Deererainman]

Here you go
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Is that @Homelite410 's chain vise???

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[skippy]

Is that @Homelite410 's chain vise???

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I can't say for sure but it looks just like mine . mine is done homelite410.

 

[skippy]

I would also highly recommend this vice

 

[Deererainman]

It's definitely on my wish list.

 

[skippy]

It's definitely on my wish list.

Very good tool . high quality workmen ship ! Built in the USA ! By a very nice gentleman mike @Homelite410

 

[treesmith]

@Homelite410 also does top quality adaptors to fit stihl bars to huskies, perfect fit

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[mdavlee]

I got that vise on trade for a Silvey RS II.

 

[Wolverine]

Hey Mike, what's your opinion on the Save Edge double bevels? I'm currently using one I got from the giveaway thread. I like it. It leaves a decent finish with a light touch, at least IME. Of course the Bahco's should be here any day now.

 

[mdavlee]

Those are all ok. The Bahco is better and vallorbee are holding up the best.

 

[huskihl]

When I was filing the 066 today (Oregon lgx), I noticed the vallorbe dB not doing much. Grabbed a new one and did the same thing. Any chance there was chrome on the bottom of the cutter? Or it was over-hardened. I had to really get after it to file it off.

 

[MustangMike]

I'm satisfied with the PFERD chisel bit flat, but I have not used the other brands mentioned, so I have no context regarding how it compares.

I don't do race chain, but for everyday working chain, it seems to do just fine.

 

[CR888]

A chain will move a lot at high speeds. Those bike saws are crazy to watch the chain.

An interesting pic to do is take a pic at WOT of the clutch cover area with the clutch cover removed and just nuts (need some washers). Give good perspective of how chain moves at 1-200 ft per second. Its a bit of a blurr but you can see clearly what is happening at speed, very interesting mike.

 

[mdavlee]

When I was filing the 066 today (Oregon lgx), I noticed the vallorbe dB not doing much. Grabbed a new one and did the same thing. Any chance there was chrome on the bottom of the cutter? Or it was over-hardened. I had to really get after it to file it off.

Possibly. If the file skips I hit it with a round file first.

 

[psuiewalsh]

I have gotten chains that I had to run through my round grinder first to peel off a hard spot then file