Silvey HDG-6: who’s got one, need pics!

[chipper1]

Here’s their page maybe a 3/4 shaft motor?

https://www.6kproducts.com/sprocket-straight_bore.html


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Are you thinking of using those sprockets to rotate the chain with a drive motor, and then you could change sprocket size as needed.
If I did that many chains I'd have something more automated for sure.

 

[Skeans1]

Are you thinking of using those sprockets to rotate the chain with a drive motor, and then you could change sprocket size as needed.
If I did that many chains I'd have something more automated for sure.

That’s exactly what I was thinking, you could adjust speed off the sprocket size possibly or maybe an adjustable drive.


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[Deets066]

That’s not a bad thing when all your teeth are the same

I’d already have one if a guy could find one for a realistic price.

It really shouldn’t be that hard to build one, but reproducing them in quantity would be a different story. Either way, I dig it.

 

[Duane(Pa)]

So, if your using a grinder, but not a Silvey, how do you get a nice radius on the raker profile?

 

[Skeans1]

So, if your using a grinder, but not a Silvey, how do you get a nice radius on the raker profile?

Tilt the head of the grinder, even on the saw chain after the first tree the chain has smoothed out to like a rolled depth gauge.

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[Black Dog Chainsaw]

I’d already have one if a guy could find one for a realistic price.

It really shouldn’t be that hard to build one, but reproducing them in quantity would be a different story. Either way, I dig it.

I have homelite410 (Mike Manly) and srcarr52 (Shaun Carr) to do the production end... I guess I’m just the “logistics” guy that hunts down what we need and makes it happen.

 

[chipper1]

Tilt the head of the grinder, even on the saw chain after the first tree the chain has smoothed out to like a rolled depth gauge.

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Got a grinder set up for gullets too .

 

[Black Dog Chainsaw]

So, if your using a grinder, but not a Silvey, how do you get a nice radius on the raker profile?

I use a Stihl USG and their wheel is wide enough to cove the middle and create an arc when grinding.

 

[Duane(Pa)]

I use a Stihl USG and their wheel is wide enough to cove the middle and create an arc when grinding.

You dress the wheel to that shape?

 

[chipper1]

You dress the wheel to that shape?

Many guys do, I don't.

 

[Skeans1]

Got a grinder set up for gullets too .

Yes we do, either a Super Jolly or a Silvey 510.


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[Black Dog Chainsaw]

That’s exactly what I was thinking, you could adjust speed off the sprocket size possibly or maybe an adjustable drive.


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I’m going to throw it out there early that we are mostly looking to make a duplicate prototype from some spare stuff I have from when Silvey had their business auction. We can get the HDG-6 back to its owner quickly that way and have a base model to work off of. After that we’ll talk about alterations of the design for a different motor and possibly some alterations to functionality.

 

[Black Dog Chainsaw]

You dress the wheel to that shape?

The wheel takes that shape even without dressing it that way... unless you are constantly dressing it flat or advancing and retarding the chain so your wheel wear is even across the face of the grinding wheel.

 

[Skeans1]

Have you looked on Madsen’s of their pictures etc?

http://www.madsens1.com/sil_hdg6.htm


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[Duane(Pa)]

http://www.madsens1.com/sil_hdg6_ipl.htm?

 

[Brandon427]

Has someone made one these yet? I’d be very interested in one!

 

[K Mueller]

I saw a prototype DGG-6 earlier this year that was basically a copy of the Silvey. The company was “The Chain Shark”. I have not seen a production model yet.

 

[Skeans1]

I saw a prototype DGG-6 earlier this year that was basically a copy of the Silvey. The company was “The Chain Shark”. I have not seen a production model yet.

There was a few differences on the prototype vs the Silvey it was interesting to see at the Oregon Logging Conference this year.


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[K Mueller]

There was a few differences on the prototype vs the Silvey it was interesting to see at the Oregon Logging Conference this year.


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Improvements?

 

[Brandon427]

I saw a prototype DGG-6 earlier this year that was basically a copy of the Silvey. The company was “The Chain Shark”. I have not seen a production model yet.

There was someone I saw going to make them and I saw they were taking orders for them but I cannot remember where it was at. I’m thinking it was on a Facebook group