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[kommandokenny]

Big Honkin saw,,, and big boy wielding it,,, you get things bucked up quick.
I keep em at .025,, bites good enough for my use.

[slimjim]

I've been sharpening my own chains since I wuss about 12 years old, I hate to run a dull saw or have to push it through the wood, I have never used anything but a round file for the teeth and a raker file for the rakers, 2 short strokes on the rakers with a new chain and again about 1/2 way through the chains life.
Two common mistakes I see people do is first they don't use a straight stoke with the file and the second is they don't cut deep into the bottom of the tooth, the file should almost be hitting the links of the chain on the bottom, this gives you a nice knife edge on the top of the tooth. Of course as we get older three more tools are very handy, cheater glasses, good light and a good vise!

[mlappin]

Ayuh,.....    No doubt .025 will cut wood,....    I like .030 as a Minimum myself,.....

As with everything, there's trade-offs,....
I'll take the increased risk of lower rakers, over the safety of safety chains,....

90% of the cuttin' done with the ole 044 is blockin' up residential wood,....
I'll take the added speed of chewin' through 4' logs over the occasional issues of buckin' through brush with it,....

My Tree Guy has all his chain rakers cut to .035",...
Matter of fact, Frank is the one who talked me into knockin' the 'ell outa the rakers,....

I pretty much have to drop what I cut, so the .025 is a nice trade off, it still seems to cut as fast as a .030 but doesn't grab and jump around when making those plunge cuts.

On the processor I use the .030 gauge then take it off and give one more stroke with the file, it will never make a plunge cut and with hydraulic drive it's not gonna bog down, besides I don't have to hold on to that bar.

[glock_556]

I think I'm going to sell my Timberline sharpener if anyone is interested.

[fsuftball]

all the wood i cut i hang my loader tractor with the pallet forks. Never in dirt and i try not to drag wood so dirt gets on it. Hard to do but once that chain hits dirt forget about it needs to be sharpened.

[kommandokenny]

I think I'm going to sell my Timberline sharpener if anyone is interested.

Can I ask why your selling the tool??

kk

[Bluegrass Wood Burner]

My new timberline is on order and supposed to arrive this week. Hoping my results are like yours. Will be using on my rancher 460.

[Bluegrass Wood Burner]

Got mine in last week and used it yesterday for the first time. Seems I had a hard time getting it set up. Do you all sharpen left and right tooth as you go? Or do you sharpen all left and then come back and do the other. When I got mine set up for a tooth the next one which was opposite would not line up. Probably takes time to get used to it. The first time with something like this is always the most difficult. It cut ok after I sharpened it. Not the razor sharp everybody talks about on here. It was a brand new chain.

[MD20/20]

I'll sell mine if anyone is interested. I've gone back to hand file.

[ralphxj]

Got mine in last week and used it yesterday for the first time. Seems I had a hard time getting it set up. Do you all sharpen left and right tooth as you go? Or do you sharpen all left and then come back and do the other. When I got mine set up for a tooth the next one which was opposite would not line up. Probably takes time to get used to it. The first time with something like this is always the most difficult. It cut ok after I sharpened it. Not the razor sharp everybody talks about on here. It was a brand new chain.

I had a chain that did that, it was WAY out of balance on one side, couldn't sharpen both sides at once. The only way to fix is to keep going around and sharpening until both sides are even. In my case it was an old chain that came with a saw I bought used, I ended up re0lacing the chain as it wouldn't cut straight cause it was so far out of balance.

[Bluegrass Wood Burner]

Update!!!
I went back and watched the video again on you- tube and tried it again. This time I figured it out and man did this thing cut. Shavings about as wide and long as a cigarette butt. Eat right thru the wood effortless.
I'm well pleased.

[BIG AL]

I have always sharpened by hand with good results. The wife decided i've been a good boy and she bought me a Timberline Sharpener. It took a little fussing with to get it set up right , but man it does a good job. I like to say that I can sharpen pretty well by hand , but this tool gets the edge spot on and gets all the teeth the same every time. I was really impressed with the way it works and how the saw cut after. Wife not so impressed I used it on the kitchen table . Sorry I was excited and it was cold in the shop