Ever had a problem with charpening whilst out in the sticks?

[Xerxses]

I think the wedge is forcing the top cut shut, so it acts like a vice and grips the bar.

 

Thanks Frosty for putting it in plain English.

[Len Brennan]

I just use a stump vice

[scbk]

I remember one we were taught at college, you make a slit in at 45 deg nearish the top on a high stump, then you stick your pulp hook into the slot to hold the bottom of your saw, and make another slit in the top of the stump for the bar to sit in

[armchairarborist]

only problem i find is there's nowhere dry to sit ..ever

[Taupotreeman]

What's wrong with clearing a couple of branches of one of those felled trees and parking your backside on that to sharpen up? Plenty of little stumps for the bar to lean in to when you sharpen; easypeasy.

[armchairarborist]

i like to park ass and have the bar vertical, back handle on the floor to sharpen, no vice needed, but dry seat essential, if in doubt sit on gloves

[timtree81]

I dont understand!??

 

Whats going on there?

 

I've seen it where you cut into a high stem and put the saw in and hold the back of the saw up with a felling lever which is stuck in lower on the stem, but I dont understand what is happenign with the wedge???

 

Excuse me I am a bit slow!!

 

the wedge is jamming the cut ,hence holing the bar of the saw

[ecolojim]

I remember one we were taught at college, you make a slit in at 45 deg nearish the top on a high stump, then you stick your pulp hook into the slot to hold the bottom of your saw, and make another slit in the top of the stump for the bar to sit in

 

Yup shove combispanner down the side of the bar to wedge the bar but leave the chain free

[NI Tree]

i love the idea as it simple and best of all it can not get lost like a stump vice.

[digga]

works well grips the sawbar tight use it often