Tips and tricks for uniform rakers

[Icepick69]

I think there is just less chatter if they are tapered a little like the factory shape. On your Silvey they would follow the arc of the crank sprocket thingy

Shh.

 

[Icepick69]

Front edge if it's a flat edge will dig in and cause more drag.

O. I see now.

 

[mdavlee]

O. I see now.

Yep. Smooth is the end goal

 

[Icepick69]

Yep. Smooth is the end goal

I havent reached that goal yet.

 

[malk315]

Yeah I'm thinking you don't want the depth gauge to be sharp or close to sharp. Flat file can make em have an edge that's will be catchy. I need to get in the habit of rounding back over so they are more like they are when new.

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[Duane(Pa)]

I havent reached that goal yet.

Nothing wrong with the chains you sold me Anthony. I really like the way they work...

 

[Icepick69]

Nothing wrong with the chains you sold me Anthony. I really like the way they work...

You making Randy's Gtg. I've got a mean round ground chain I wanna run against a square. But keep it hush hush. Gonna try to make some side bets.

 

[Duane(Pa)]

You making Randy's Gtg. I've got a mean round ground chain I wanna run against a square. But keep it hush hush. Gonna try to make some side bets.

I would like to make it, but it is too far off to make any plans. I have never raced a saw in my life so If I was you..... I'd find another trigger man. lol

 

[Icepick69]

I would like to make it, but it is too far off to make any plans. I have never raced a saw in my life so If I was you..... I'd find another trigger man. lol

I never raced one either, I don't even have a running saw.

 

[Stihl working Hard]

Do you mind me axen why you round them off?

I just round the leading edge a little to stop chatter to make it a little smoother as I run my rakers a little on the low side

 

[Coltont]

Practice

 

[Khntr85]

So are you guys getting a lot of "chatter" when you just file the rakes flat, aka--parallel to the bar????

 

[Icepick69]

So are you guys getting a lot of "chatter" when you just file the rakes flat, aka--parallel to the bar????

I dont

 

[mdavlee]

So are you guys getting a lot of "chatter" when you just file the rakes flat, aka--parallel to the bar????

You can when the rakers are way down when teeth are 25% left.

 

[Khntr85]

You can when the rakers are way down when teeth are 25% left.

Understood....

 

[junkman]

The rakes actually rock the cutter lifting the rear of it up under load ,this is why a ramped shape is important .If can see a chain in motion the raker hits ,and the rear of the cutter lifts some when making a cut .

 

[Fullkip]

If you do a lot of bore cuts like I do you learn to keep your rakers angled. Vertical bore cuts will test how well your chain is tuned, I use them when cutting jack seats.. Also keep your gullets clean as your teeth get shorter. I also will thin rakers at the top from the side to reduce drag. Seems to help when when running 60cc and below saws with 3/8ths. If you run them at .030 or shorter be extra careful from kick back. Dangerous and hard on the main bearings and sprocket tip.

Fullskip

 

[Carhartt]

Is it possible to manipulate an FG2 filing guide to do the rakers, or would that just prove pointless?

Back when I used my FG2 a lot more I used a triangular Pferd file to do rakers. It worked fine for me.
Now I just use an Oregon grinder I bought just to do rakers.

 

[blackjack99574]

I was fortunate enough to get a silvey hd-6 racer grinder from Madsens before they sold out. I missed many opportunities to buy a silvey square grinder. If I knew they were going to sell out I would have grabbed one years ago. The rake grinder is a pleasure to use. I'll use a 25 or 35 thousands guide in the first one then set the rest with the grinder. Puts an angle on email to prevent clatter and makes it easy to keep up with rakers. I've bought hundreds of feet of chain over the years and have several milk crates filled with chains now from 16" to 36" inch.

 

[thedude74]

Been using the cheap oregon depth gauge...Does ok on normal wear. Used the 46cc ryobi to demo an old porch/deck a few weeks back and hit a couple nails. After filing the chew up teeth back to shape, filed the rakers down with the guide. Worked ok, but not very consistant. It appears to average between two teeth. Went back filed the rakers again 4 more strokes each...Working decent now...cant complain...chain was pretty trashed from the nails.

Someday might have to get a quality setup....
What do you guys think is the best setup for handfiling teeth and rakers?