Chainsaw file

[Mesterh]

My topsaw tool is the best file handle ive used

 

I also bought one of those but feck know's where its gone:confused1:

 

I prefer to use nothing since whatever type I buy disappears with 35 seconds so its pointless!

[Dean Lofthouse]

I'm with Robert, handles are for women

[armchairarborist]

remind me to sound sympathetic when its stickin out ya hand..

[Robert_S]

remind me to sound sympathetic when its stickin out ya hand..

 

no you always bend the end slightly and have the bend pointing down, so it never goes into your hand, well it has not done it in the last 20 years!! watch this space though:biggrin:

[Stephen Blair]

My topsaw tool is the best file handle ive used

 

i forgot about that, i shall have a look for it at the weekend me thinks, it was proper handy, i managed to break my brand new 020 with it, if i hadnt had my handy tool on me i wouldnt of convinced myself i was a chainsaw mechanic and tried to strip it down in a garden:sneaky2:

[Mesterh]

i forgot about that, i shall have a look for it at the weekend me thinks, it was proper handy, i managed to break my brand new 020 with it, if i hadnt had my handy tool on me i wouldnt of convinced myself i was a chainsaw mechanic and tried to strip it down in a garden:sneaky2:

 

 

I've destroyed many a thing by thinking "Yeah a little tweak with this should sort it!"

[Doug]

Personal preference... whatever feels good in your hand that get's e'r done (SHARP).

 

Trust me over 44years I have watched many guy's sharpen saws, and I have seen it all.

From squatting with a leg over the engine with bar on shoulder to the guy who uses a magnifying lamp out on the job site..... the one handed file guy's "P" me off though.

My first few years in this game was spent making tea, moving camp, tobacco runner and watching the old timers sharpen their tools (axes & crosscuts). O'h O'h... I'm on a roll here...

 

One of the first things I ask any newbie is to sit down and sharpen a saw for me,

then show me your hands & gear, now go price a job for me.

All these courses, classes, certifications etc. are missing the basics and concentrating on teaching the new guy's how to climb & rope like spiderman and look pretty with a rainbow of anodized gear. H'mmm I think I'm gettin off topic!

[Tree Man Tom]

Personal preference... whatever feels good in your hand that get's e'r done (SHARP).

 

Trust me over 44years I have watched many guy's sharpen saws, and I have seen it all.

From squatting with a leg over the engine with bar on shoulder to the guy who uses a magnifying lamp out on the job site..... the one handed file guy's "P" me off though.

My first few years in this game was spent making tea, moving camp, tobacco runner and watching the old timers sharpen their tools (axes & crosscuts). O'h O'h... I'm on a roll here...

 

One of the first things I ask any newbie is to sit down and sharpen a saw for me,

then show me your hands & gear, now go price a job for me.

All these courses, classes, certifications etc. are missing the basics and concentrating on teaching the new guy's how to climb & rope like spiderman and look pretty with a rainbow of anodized gear. H'mmm I think I'm gettin off topic!

 

Nothing wrong with one handed sharpening IMO, i do it.

[Stephen Blair]

i still get a sore knuckle on my right hand index finger from sharpening with a a blunt file and slipping with out using a handle, scar tissue throbs when you bash it. ouch!!lol

[redmoosefaction]

A little section of hazel... well I used to, now it's just a pair of those wooly yellow gloves with rubber cross section on them... cos I'm well ard. If that's okay with you guys.