The Holy grail?

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, Trailoftears said:

I can file freehand ok (in my own mind),and you're spot on re: the placcy rollers,such a shame they're not at least brass or something,I just bin them every year or so.I do have the posh stihl easyfiles courtesy of my good lady getting them at cost.But I never use them in truth.

I was binning them every 2 weeks !  😃 The Oregon plate is best IMHO .  What is a Stihl easyfile ?

[pleasant]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

I was binning them every 2 weeks !  😃 The Oregon plate is best IMHO .  What is a Stihl easyfile ?

Agree. I find the oregon superior.....plus you husky guys dont mind having an oregon chain on your saw......whereas if i only sold Stihl chain and fitted it, there would be a riot! The stihl easyfile is a very good bit of kit. A twin file system that files the rakers at the same time as the cutters at the correct angle. Its not cheap, but the best i have found to sell to my weekend warriors....as well as less experienced pro users. Go to youtube and search for a demo

[Trailoftears]

If you wanted the stihl easyfile in say,4/4.8+5.2 your looking at £100.Pferd do the equivalent tool,but v.little price difference.

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, Trailoftears said:

If you wanted the stihl easyfile in say,4/4.8+5.2 your looking at £100.Pferd do the equivalent tool,but v.little price difference.

I think I will stick to the appropriate round file and a flat file for the rakers . Thanks though 🙂

[Trailoftears]

Tbh,given what seems to be the static if not downward trend in chain prices,I can see the day coming when a sizeable proportion of users,particularly casual users will just not bother.Given a 'nervous' filer may look at the stihl gubbin for £35 odd,then notice he/she can buy 2 rotatech 16" chains for say £25 you can see where its going.

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, Trailoftears said:

Tbh,given what seems to be the static if not downward trend in chain prices,I can see the day coming when a sizeable proportion of users,particularly casual users will just not bother.Given a 'nervous' filer may look at the stihl gubbin for £35 odd,then notice he/she can buy 2 rotatech 16" chains for say £25 you can see where its going.

Oh yes , a climber I used to work for would bin an 020 chain when dull as ( in his words ) the time out taken sharpening out weighed the loss of earnings on the job ! He was shit at sharpening though !

[Trailoftears]

I bought 2 stihl r.s.pro 18" .325 chains via ebay to go with the light 04 bar,one was £20 which I thought was fair.The other was £14 which I felt was silly cheap-so thats slightly cheaper than the stihl easyfile.I suppose its a tad different when you get onto 25"+ genuine chains,they are something of an investment.

[Dan Maynard]

Was that secondhand? £14 seems too good to be true, that's 1/3 off the big online sellers like chainsdirect.

[Dan Maynard]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

He was shit at sharpening though !

Closer to the truth. You can sort of get away with the idea on a topper though, they take so long to blunt.

Edited November 20, 2022 by Dan Maynard

[Trailoftears]

4 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

Was that secondhand? £14 seems too good to be true, that's 1/3 off the big online sellers like chainsdirect.

I'm making a wild guess it was a mistaken purchase by the seller,he only had the one-worst luck!Hence me buying another for £20,but thats a fair enough price too.