chainsaw sharpening

[swe#kipp]

I would recomend Husky/Jred's Rollerguide it's a good and easy gudie to use very handy

Or if you want a fast cutting chain try the Atop racing cut

http://www.atop.se

[forestandarb.com]

forestandarb sell them @ £18.00 inc delivery! comes with the free DVD to: if intrested please call 01962-857951 and ask for chris.

[Log-ologist]

IMO there is only one way to learn how to sharpen a saw and that is to sharpen a saw and then sharpen a saw and then sharpen a saw, again and again and again.

 

thats so true.

 

People say that looks easy when i sharpen with just a file and file handle( or bit of stick when desperate) I say it is when you have done it thousands of times.

[Paul Smith]

Having looked at the A Top in the above link it is totaly different to standard sharpening, for example you use a flat file and you sharpen from the outside in!?

 

Has anybody used this system and is so what are the advantages and disadvatages apart from the obviuos extra cash!

[swe#kipp]

Advantage for me is fast and smooth cutting it seems stay sharp longer then regular roundfiled chain in clean wood, if hit a nail or other hard objects it's a bit worse then regular to re sharpe.

I don't think the file prize per chain will be much more than for round filed, I don't think it's the best filing type if brush is what you cut the most with the saw the Atop filed chain is on because it has allot of self feeding ,,,,,If you mostly do brush cutting with saw you plan to use it on you should round in my opinion.

It's silly fun to cut with it though, swoosh and you are through the wood