Help! 4 cutters sheared off!

[andyinsheffield]

Hi all,

 

A landscaping customer of mine asked me to sharpen her daughters little electric saw as she was concerned her dau never sharpened it( its a dinky Bosch AKE 35-19S) so went to do so and found 4 of the cutters entirely sheared off, all roughly at the same point (at the chain link). in a circle the shared off points would be 12 o'clock, 1 oclock, 5 oclock and 10 o clock so seemed no real pattern. Any idea what caused this - she has clearly been running the saw blunt or near as damn it - would this be enough to take entire cutters off? I have obviously removed the chain but a bit apprehensive about fitting another if there might be an issue with the saw that has caused this..checked the bar and it's grove and pull are fine so i don't think that is the issue.

 

Any help appreciated.

 

Cheers

 

Andy

[David Goss]

cheap nasty chain and general bad use by the sound of it...

[treequip]

Hi all,

 

A landscaping customer of mine asked me to sharpen her daughters little electric saw as she was concerned her dau never sharpened it( its a dinky Bosch AKE 35-19S) so went to do so and found 4 of the cutters entirely sheared off, all roughly at the same point (at the chain link). in a circle the shared off points would be 12 o'clock, 1 oclock, 5 oclock and 10 o clock so seemed no real pattern. Any idea what caused this - she has clearly been running the saw blunt or near as damn it - would this be enough to take entire cutters off? I have obviously removed the chain but a bit apprehensive about fitting another if there might be an issue with the saw that has caused this..checked the bar and it's grove and pull are fine so i don't think that is the issue.

 

Any help appreciated.

 

Cheers

 

Andy

 

 

Cutting timber with nails in it is a good way to rip teeth of, the dinky saw will be pulling a lightweight, easy to damage chain.

[easy-lift guy]

Maybe she hit a nail or screw?

easy-lift guy

[andyinsheffield]

Thanks guys, she did hae a few bags of "wood" which looked like construction waste which could well have nails etc in.

 

That will be the fella.

 

Really appreciate the swift response all

 

Andy.

[WoodED]

Hi all,

 

A landscaping customer of mine asked me to sharpen her daughters little electric saw as she was concerned her dau never sharpened it( its a dinky Bosch AKE 35-19S) so went to do so and found 4 of the cutters entirely sheared off, all roughly at the same point (at the chain link). in a circle the shared off points would be 12 o'clock, 1 oclock, 5 oclock and 10 o clock so seemed no real pattern. Any idea what caused this - she has clearly been running the saw blunt or near as damn it - would this be enough to take entire cutters off? I have obviously removed the chain but a bit apprehensive about fitting another if there might be an issue with the saw that has caused this..checked the bar and it's grove and pull are fine so i don't think that is the issue.

 

Any help appreciated.

 

Cheers

 

Andy

 

hitting something hard aka digging it into the ground and hiiting big stones, nails and metal in the wood, ect

[Maico490]

She was trying to make skip chain to impress the "real" chainsawers