Straightening Chainsaw Bars

[tommyhnavix]

Ran across this fancy machine for straightening chainsaw bars. May be making one as a future project. Probably for solid bars only. New solid bars are expensive and it seems like they get bent a lot! LOL!

www.cowiesequipment.ca/bar-tender

Longer more detailed video!! WOW!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnMfQIBHtp0


Manual bar straightener.

www.clarkforest.com/shop/chainsaw/chainsaw-tools-and-servicing/chainsaw-bar-straightener

[sweepleader]

Leon, you need one of these to go with your grinder! Nevermind the manual one, POWER is the way to go. Get one and put a Homelite engine on it.

This is pretty similar to the presses spring shops use to curve leave springs to match specs for replacements on trucks. I have seen them use a vertical press with a short length of U channel to support the spring leaf while it is bent. Could do the same thing to straighten a bar, this one is made so you can see what you are doing, very clever.

[onlyhomelites]

That would take some time to master, but it's very impressive!