Don't sharpen your chains

[Woodworks]

A used chain, sharpened by someone who knows how to sharpen will be faster than a new chain.

 

Yep. Cant say I can always achieve this out in the field but with some decent light and clamped up in a vice in workshop can get them cutting lovely. The grinding marks on a new chain are pretty course and a file leaves a cleaner edge.

[stihlmadasever]

Blunt chain is more dangerous,i sharpen my chain,not too do so is just stupid imo.

As for 6quid chains...buy cheap buy twice

[bigtreedon]

A new chain is definitely not the sharpest it will ever be on my saws!!!! I unfortunately no to many tree men that are rubbish at sharpening and seem to have never applied themselves properly to learn how to get a chain sharp if I couldn't sharpen my own chains and get them at least as sharp as a new one after twenty years of been in the industry is would be very ashamed but for some reason these people have no shame they waste money on buy more chains than they should need to run blunt saws which is more dangerous and inefficient use more fuel the work itself is more tiring all in all if u are a tree man and can't sharpen a saw shame on u !!!🖓

 

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[TIMON]

I use a toothbrush dipped in oil/water to cool damaged cutters when sharpening with a grinding disc. Stops the heat case hardening them so they can still be sharpened conventionally with a hand file on site.

[Stubby]

He's wrong. Simple as that

 

This .

[Stihl123]

he is wrong! nothing like a properly sharpened chain!!!

[Mesterh]

He's wrong. Simple as that

 

That about sums it up.

 

If he can't sharpen a worn chain to at least as good if not better than a new chain then he needs to improve his sharpening skills. As for a £6 chain being better than the equivalent stihl, that is totally incorrect.

 

Lots of pro users can't sharpen correctly.

[markieg31]

Definitely a knack to sharpening chains, something that is a result of using and sharpening over a period of time. If you sharpen it and it's crap you will know. Trying to teach the youth is difficult but hopefully he will learn.

 

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[Darrin Turnbull]

Watch and learn.

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[Darrin Turnbull]

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