How to square file

[junkman]

I have seen some of his work on his google page ,builds a nice chain ,does some wild looking stuff inside a saw cylinder also

 

[RI Chevy]

Quick question regarding vise grips with the duck bills. What is everyone doing with the flaps? Do you leave them as is and use them, or cut the sides down a bit? I just bought a set of Irwin 8R's. Thanks.

I gotta try and find John Reilly's google page and you tube channel.

 

[junkman]

Quick question regarding vise grips with the duck bills. What is everyone doing with the flaps? Do you leave them as is and use them, or cut the sides down a bit? I just bought a set of Irwin 8R's. Thanks.

I gotta try and find John Reilly's google page and you tube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkflLEcg3u9JGM7eZXAzfJQ

 

[RI Chevy]

Thanks Brian.

 

[ChipsFlyin]

Quick question regarding vise grips with the duck bills. What is everyone doing with the flaps? Do you leave them as is and use them, or cut the sides down a bit? I just bought a set of Irwin 8R's. Thanks.

I gotta try and find John Reilly's google page and you tube channel.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/115931996505437590213

 

[RI Chevy]

Thank you sir. [emoji106]

 

[ChipsFlyin]

Thank you sir. [emoji106]

The pics of everything ( chains, saws, porting, modded carbs... ) on the Google page will make a person drool!

 

[RI Chevy]

Yes it will.
Still looking for more tutorial type square file vids. I gotta learn how to square file better.

 

[mdavlee]

Just keep filing. Videos and being shown only go so far. They say it takes 2k hours to become competent and 10k to become great in moat things.

 

[RI Chevy]

Sh't Mike. That's a long, long, time. Lol

 

[mdavlee]

Sh't Mike. That's a long, long, time. Lol

Get to filing. I'll send Randymac out to watch and throw rocks when you do it wrong.[emoji12]

 

[RI Chevy]

Lol. Its like working on the chain gang. Lol

 

[huskihl]

Sh't Mike. That's a long, long, time. Lol

Especially if you only run a stihl

 

[RI Chevy]

Especially if you run many stihl saws

Fixt it. Lol

 

[concretegrazer]

Fixt it. Lol

That just made it worse.

 

[farmer steve]

Especially if you've never run a stihl

Fixt it. Lol

more fixin RI. got a good lesson from @MustangMike this past weekend at the PA GTG. now i need some files.

 

[RI Chevy]

That just made it worse.

Ahhh. Bah humbug. Lol

 

[Jswanson]

more fixin RI. got a good lesson from @MustangMike this past weekend at the PA GTG. now i need some files.

Video's of lesson?

 

[MustangMike]

No one took vids or pics (to my knowledge), but I have seen some good vids of other members in other threads.

 

[MustangMike]

This is almost good, except he is trying to force it too much. Instead of a vice and my thumb, I use a stump vice, put it on a flat surface (w/45 degree lines) and I use a paint stirrer to lock the tooth in place (much easier on the thumb, and works better).

You want to go outside in (not inside out like round), 45 degrees back, 45 degrees down, and 45 degrees tilt. Always keep the corner of the file in the corner of the tooth and stroke straight. If you put the corner of the file in the corner of the tooth, and go 45 degrees back, the little flat edge of the file will contact the strap on the opposite side providing the correct down angle and tilt.

This is a good reference of what it should look like: http://www.madsens1.com/bnc_cb_angles.htm