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I dont see how the square chain is any sharper!

 

With a round file you can get a thin edge on the top and side plate but I dont see how this happens with a square one.

 

I must be missing the point since the info points to exactly the opposite of what I am saying.:001_smile:

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what I want to know is why we have such a hard job to find and rarely use full skip and semi skip chain on big saws

 

I suspect its just a simple thing of market forces, not a real demand over here. The forestry/arb market in this country is very small compared to the States/Canada.

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To be honest I know nothing about square ground cutters, but I stumbled upon this "ATOP filing guide" and wondered if anyone knew why you would grind cutters square instead of round.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN_rzTVkpss]YouTube - The ATOP Square Chainsaw Filing Guide from baileysonline.com[/ame]

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I think,reading Petes link, that the square ground would be harder for many to maintain a good edge, the round being more forgiving for beginners/students and those not so adept at sharpening, and given the minimal gains, probably hardly worth bothering with anyway.

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if you pause the video and watch it from 1.08 and look at the two cuts from that time, you can see how close they actually are,

 

I noticed that Charlieh, and i also noticed how long it was taking to put the saw into work on the round filed cuts:sneaky2:

 

Not a big fan of these types of comparison:thumbdown:

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