Stihl Hexa file and sawchain

[Wonkydonkey]

Might as well use a Goofy file

How much are they

Looks like a raker file with rills on the edge?

There dam expensive flat files with a round edge.

a file is a file if it does the job you want. Why use the expensive files when you can go cheap …

 

[~WBF]

There dam expensive flat files with a round edge.

a file is a file if it does the job you want. Why use the expensive files when you can go cheap …

right! I've seen pics on here..thought that's what they were. The price was comming up £18.
Must mean for one. Anyway ..buddy said half cost of a chisel bit. Must be about $5 to $6. You will have twice the area on the flat parts than you will on the sides (2 vs 4) so you will need a round file for the other side of the file. Soooo..maybe not use a goofy file

 

[Wonkydonkey]

Thanks for the replies

, but far to complicated at this time of night for me

 

[~WBF]

Thanks for the replies

, but far to complicated at this time of night for me

Well I was fighting sleep so it wasn't the best witten. Edited some.

I was saying providing the files are wide enough then you have two fresh positions per side to file the cutter. On the sides you only have 2 total to file the gullet.
2 vs a possible 4 positions.

Likely at some point you would have to use a round file for the other half/side of the goofy.

Then there is the price thing???

Goofy's a bust!!!

Using a round file..you can advance the gullet slightly first, then sharpen with reg flat file

 

[~WBF]

The way I see it is you would still need a round gullet file with a goofy, anyway. No?

 

[Wonkydonkey]

The way I see it is you would still need a round gullet file with a goofy, anyway. No?

Yeh I would think so.

also that’s what I was trying to say last night, why use an expensive goofy/double bevel when you can use a round file in the gullet and they are a lot cheaper

 

[~WBF]

Yeh I would think so.

also that’s what I was trying to say last night, why use an expensive goofy/double bevel when you can use a round file in the gullet and they are a lot cheaper

Hype-train hijacked!!!

 

[Bryan Marks]

Check out my YouTube. Bryan marks. This video is on HEXA durability. I have a few more falling trees. Please subscribe I’ll be posting more videos.

 

[Wonkydonkey]

I've sub to your channel

 

[RI Chevy]

Nice. Looks similar to square filed chips.

 

[DC1072]

Does it look like I have duplicated the angle?

 

[DC1072]

OK I duplicated that grind on a Oregon bench grinder for round chain.
I flatten the bottom of the stone out and the grinder was set on 60 or 65° angle?

 

[Bryan Marks]

OK I duplicated that grind on a Oregon bench grinder for round chain.
I flatten the bottom of the stone out and the grinder was set on 60 or 65° angle?

Looks like ya got the tooth a little hot. But that looks good. I just ordered a Simington so I’ll be testing the HEXA against square to see what the benefits are and to see if Stihls claims are correct.

 

[DC1072]

Looks like ya got the tooth a little hot. But that looks good. I just ordered a Simington so I’ll be testing the HEXA against square to see what the benefits are and to see if Stihls claims are correct.

Yes I did get the one tooth hot. I wanted to do the test on square ground and I got lazy that day.

 

[davidwyby]

People bag on ig but it’s just another platform, you can find bad and good/interesting.

 

[~WBF]

I am all for a guy giving it a try with an expensive file but It's an expensive file.
Spent $100 a box in 2008

 

[Bryan Marks]

People bag on ig but it’s just another platform, you can find bad and good/interesting. View attachment 326503

Yup same thing I did on YouTube I just used a jig. It’s hard to keep that small file at the right angle. I’m pretty meticulous and picky. I want it to be dead on from tooth to tooth. Same concept tho.

 

[Wolverine]

People bag on ig but it’s just another platform, you can find bad and good/interesting. View attachment 326503

Lot of good content on there too. Just like FB, TT and all the rest, it is what you make it.

 

[Maintenance Chief]

Its probably the ratio of BS to actual work of testing done that sets the forums ahead of the rest of the platforms.

 

[davidwyby]

Yes I definitely would not compare IG to this forum, but it’s not just duck lips