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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2018 12:04:53 GMT -5
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Post by Brian VT on Jan 24, 2018 14:34:57 GMT -5
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Post by jerseyhighlander on Jan 24, 2018 19:42:28 GMT -5
Way too fiddly for me. Especially having to switch everything to get the other side. I'll stick with the regular old file and traditional guides. I can go back over the rakers separately when I need to.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2018 8:53:34 GMT -5
I have an older Husqvarna version that you do have to flip everything around on, kind of a pain in the rear. These though look like you just turn it around in your hand you don't have to take it apart and flip the file around like the one I have. That's enough improvement to make me go with one of these probably.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 20:47:53 GMT -5
I might have to try one of these. If my C-72 was a woman I would've been kicked her to the curb :-{} Brand new .404 chain, cut the tree down, only about 18 feet of trunk left anyway. Made about 4 bucking cuts then it happened. My house was built in 2001, prior to it being built along with 200 others around here, this was a wooded area bordering state owned reserve land, part of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply. Hunting grounds in other words. I have seen numerous times where hunters drove cotton picker spindles in trees to climb on. Yep that's right my new chain met with one that if I had to guess was drove in there and left about 20 years ago or so. Now I have tried just file alone, a husky file guide I have similar to the one you show there and I ordered the Oregon bar mount guide. Still nothing but dust. I got a new chain coming from baileys but I'd really like to salvage this one if I can. Might be a good opportunity to get some filing practice. I think I am going to get a different file guide tomorrow if I can find one around here and try it if it doesn't work I might have to try that one in the video. I wonder if a chainsaw can be haunted? might take it down to Nawlins and find a voodoo dr.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 21:16:39 GMT -5
I might have to try one of these. If my C-72 was a woman I would've been kicked her to the curb :-{} Brand new .404 chain, cut the tree down, only about 18 feet of trunk left anyway. Made about 4 bucking cuts then it happened. My house was built in 2001, prior to it being built along with 200 others around here, this was a wooded area bordering state owned reserve land, part of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply. Hunting grounds in other words. I have seen numerous times where hunters drove cotton picker spindles in trees to climb on. Yep that's right my new chain met with one that if I had to guess was drove in there and left about 20 years ago or so. Now I have tried just file alone, a husky file guide I have similar to the one you show there and I ordered the Oregon bar mount guide. Still nothing but dust. I got a new chain coming from baileys but I'd really like to salvage this one if I can. Might be a good opportunity to get some filing practice. I think I am going to get a different file guide tomorrow if I can find one around here and try it if it doesn't work I might have to try that one in the video. I wonder if a chainsaw can be haunted? might take it down to Nawlins and find a voodoo dr. Anyway to replace the cutter or damaged links? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 21:23:44 GMT -5
well I really haven't found any one that seems to be damaged beyond filing. I will look harder tomorrow with better light and see what I can find. I do have a loop of .404 I might could take some from it and fix the other with. But I have nothing other than a heavy steel table, big hammer and punch to peen the chain with. Not sure how I would break it and that is if I found a suspect link. I know when I filed the rakers with the guide I have it seemed to take off a lot more on one side than the other.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 21:24:54 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 21:26:49 GMT -5
I've even thought about buying that electric grinder from harbor freight. With 20% off coupon shouldn't be out much if it doesn't work lol and get a free multi meter with it
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Post by sweepleader on Feb 24, 2018 16:22:52 GMT -5
No special tools are needed unless you are in a hurry or have a bunch to do.
You can break the chain by grinding off both the rivet heads on one side of one strap, then setting that link on a partially closed vice. The jaws should be adjusted to support the chain so the ground rivets can be driven out without damaging the ajoining links. A pin punch and a hammer, worked carefully, can drive out the rivets. The type of grinder does not matter much but a smaller one like a Dremel is easier to control. I have done it many times with a bench grinder.
To reconnect, you can assemble your preset link into the chain, set the rivet heads on the vice jaws so they are supported and peen the rivet over with a ball peen hammer.
It does not take a lot of force for either task.
Use caution so you do not damage the cutters, particularly with the hammer but also the grinder. A piece of mild steel with a drill point depression in it can be used to back up the rivet for peening. The depression needs to be shallow enough to only support the rivet head so that side remains tight as you peen the other side. Do not reuse the old parts, they will not hold long and you will be eating the chain. Not a good deal.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 20:20:19 GMT -5
Well I got a new file and guide today (the one pictured) and got after the chain I hit the cotton picker spindle with and it made all the difference. After sharpening I had to try it out (couldn't wait til the weekend) and it dug down in that old live oak almost like it was new. I think I might could do a little finer tuning to it but that oak is hard and it takes almost all of that 32" bar to reach through when bucking so I think its pretty good now. I believe that the depth I had the file in the cutter had more to do with my inability to sharpen it than the angle. Anyway hope that little tid bit helps somebody as much as it did me. www.flickr.com/photos/138659658@N05/shares/d362QX |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 20:25:21 GMT -5
Oh and I am not trying to advocate safety here but...didn't take but about 45 seconds of that C-72 buried in that live oak before I remembered that my gloves were still in the garage. That right index finger was getting quite warm being so close to that muffler.
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Post by jklw77 on Mar 1, 2018 10:48:22 GMT -5
Saw your post Mike and that sharper looked very interesting . Checked price on the stihl file guide and found none under $85 ...did not search to long..
Found a PFERD sharpener looks like the still design at $ 39 in stock no back at most sites order some a little cheaper on eBay .
Will be seeing how well they work 1st hand
Thanks for video
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 13:10:17 GMT -5
Pferd makes good products.Those are the ONLY files I use for sharpening.
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