Home made chain loops snapping

[Plodalong]

Evening, bought a roll of oregon 3/8 chain and the appropriate tools for splitting and the rivet spinner for joining it, however I've had several snap across the tie strap of the joining link - any thoughts on why this is happening - anyone know a way to stop this happening,

Cheers

 

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[MATTMOSS]

Something is a miss.

Over tightening the rivets or incorrect spare links are the two obvious things that come to mind.

[Darrin Turnbull]

http://www.chainsawbars.co.uk/chainsawbars-videos-2/

Maybe a bad batch of links

[Plodalong]

I now know why.... The lad who uses the saw most of the time doesn't know how to sharpen the chain properly - he nearly took the rakers completely off. It was horrendous to use and putting a massive load on the saw/chain, glad it was only the chains snapping....

 

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[roys]

He must have been going for it with the file on them rakers