Don't sharpen your chains

[Darrin Turnbull]

Nice t-shirt

[gensetsteve]

My hand sharpening skills are ok but if my skills get a bit rusty I tend to file too much one side. Then start cutting bananas. My way round this in the past is tickle the chain 5 or 6 times then if things start going pear shape get the bench grinder out. As you can see there is a lot of fruit involved with my sharpening.

[Justme]

10 mins to sharpen a 36" chain over 30+ pounds for a new one ? So over 1 chains life say you get 15 sharpens that's £450 .... can't see your point, sorry.

 

 

I was basing it on the £6 chain.

 

How much work time is lost due to sharpening time on site compared to swapping it time?

 

If it takes 10 mins to sharpen how long to change a chain 2 mins?

 

Loosing 8 mins times X sharpens per day per person per saw?

 

1 sharpen per hour = a 13% loss of actual working time per hour.

 

How many £1 plus files per chain life?

 

You might pay the worker £x but are charging them out at £y.

 

 

Crazy I know but its good to look at it from a different angle sometimes.

 

Not just do things cos thats the way it has always been done.

 

Lots of stuff now is easier & cheaper to replace than maintain / service / fix.

[Mark Bolam]

I can sometimes see the benefit of chucking on a fresh chain to save a bit of time on site, but not sharpening is madness.

Workshop time with beers, tunes, halogen heater on bench?

Better than watching shite on telly.

Even better as the wife likes to give me oral pleasure when I'm sharpening all the saws.*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* that bit is a massive lie.

 

 

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[MattyF]

I was basing it on the £6 chain.

 

 

 

How much work time is lost due to sharpening time on site compared to swapping it time?

 

 

 

If it takes 10 mins to sharpen how long to change a chain 2 mins?

 

 

 

Loosing 8 mins times X sharpens per day per person per saw?

 

 

 

1 sharpen per hour = a 13% loss of actual working time per hour.

 

 

 

How many £1 plus files per chain life?

 

 

 

You might pay the worker £x but are charging them out at £y.

 

 

 

 

 

Crazy I know but its good to look at it from a different angle sometimes.

 

 

 

Not just do things cos thats the way it has always been done.

 

 

 

Lots of stuff now is easier & cheaper to replace than maintain / service / fix.

 

 

Your six pound chain you could sharpen in 2 mins ......

[MattyF]

Seriously though can any one send me a link to a £6 chain?

[skyhuck]

IMHO any one who sees sharpening as an issue needs to get their act together.

[Breezeblock]

Seriously though can any one send me a link to a £6 chain?

 

if its £6 it could be a broken link

[bigtreedon]

IMHO any one who sees sharpening as an issue needs to get their act together.

Exactly right if u can't sharpen the primary tool of your trade what are u doing in the industry !

 

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[inthewoods]

Your six pound chain you could sharpen in 2 mins ......

 

You've obviously never used a rotatech chain then! (or did I miss the sarcasm?) rakers will completely shag a new flat file & 1st time 2 of them needed the angle grinder!! I **** you not...