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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => Equipment => Topic started by: Hank on March 26, 2008, 09:47:42 PM

Title: Chainsaw
Post by: Hank on March 26, 2008, 09:47:42 PM

 :bash: I bought a Jonsenred chainsaw. It is one of the best saws I have ever owned. The best purchase I ever made was an electric chainsaw sharpener from Lowe's (it only cost me $30). It cut my sharpening time by 80%, and what an edge it puts on a chain.

Title: Re: Chainsaw
Post by: Pete Antos-Ketcham on March 27, 2008, 04:45:06 PM

I purchased a dremel tool last year to sharpen my husky. It is the best purchase I made aside from the saw itself.

Pete

Title: Re: Chainsaw
Post by: Husky455 on June 18, 2008, 03:59:41 AM

I bought one of those sharpeners at Lowes also.  Does a nice job.   ;D

Title: Re: Chainsaw
Post by: Calopolus on February 04, 2012, 02:04:04 PM

Does that Lowes sharpener automatically give you the perfect angle? I have always sharpened by hand. Although the chain is sharper when I'm done than when I started, I am never sure I'm getting the perfect angle to bring my file across at.

Title: Re: Chainsaw
Post by: chadley on February 04, 2012, 07:02:30 PM

Cal,

good question.  I just bought a file and guide and even with it, its hard to tell whether I'm getting the right angle.

Title: Re: Chainsaw
Post by: tree climber on February 04, 2012, 08:04:48 PM

there are marks on top of file guide.if your chain has a flat side it is a full chissel chain file on 25 deg line.if chain has rounded side it is a semi chessil chain file on 30 deg mark

Title: Re: Chainsaw
Post by: chadley on February 04, 2012, 09:03:03 PM

yeah but that doesn't mean your hand is going to stay steady at that angle (human error).  I can keep the lines on the guide parallel to the bar for the right angle but if I move just a hair one way or the other it changes the angle I'm sharpening at.

Title: Re: Chainsaw
Post by: tree climber on February 05, 2012, 06:58:24 AM

practise makes perfec. i put mine in a bench vice

Title: Re: Chainsaw
Post by: Bull on February 05, 2012, 04:00:59 PM

Quote from: tree climber on February 05, 2012, 06:58:24 AM

practise makes perfec. i put mine in a bench vice

Ouch, bet that's ruff on your knuckles

Title: Re: Chainsaw
Post by: tbone on February 08, 2012, 07:28:20 AM

Pete,
Did you have to purchase a special kit for your dremel tool to sharpen chains?  It would be nice to have something that showed sharpening angles like a file guide.