Chain blunting on 1x37

[tree monkey]

as steve says no chrome and its bin time have you tried putting another chain on ?

[Ed Knight]

Woodworm,

It has been a few years since I had a 1X37. However, from memory, I think I had the same problem. There is a stop plate with a piece of flat welded to it when the saw head is in its high position. After time the piece of flat wears and the bar therefore rises too high and touches with the oil tank whilst running. I think I just reconditioned the stop to prevent the chain from making contact with the oil tank. Take a look at the under side of the oil tank. If it has shiny scratches then look at the stop plate and repair if necessary.

Ed

[muldonach]

Wouldn't understand how to adjust the angle

 

Thanks for your suggestions. Very much appreciated

Woodworm

 

I looked at your responses to Steve's suggestions - are you not turning the bar over each time you sharpen? Or at least every day?

 

Cheers

mac

[woodworm]

Woodworm,

It has been a few years since I had a 1X37. However, from memory, I think I had the same problem. There is a stop plate with a piece of flat welded to it when the saw head is in its high position. After time the piece of flat wears and the bar therefore rises too high and touches with the oil tank whilst running. I think I just reconditioned the stop to prevent the chain from making contact with the oil tank. Take a look at the under side of the oil tank. If it has shiny scratches then look at the stop plate and repair if necessary.

Ed

 

This sounds more like my symptoms, I will look at oil tank next time i am there and see what I can find.

Cheers Ed

[woodworm]

I looked at your responses to Steve's suggestions - are you not turning the bar over each time you sharpen? Or at least every day?

 

Cheers

mac

 

Hi Mac

I do turn the bar occasionally, but certainly not every time i sharpen or daily.

Maybe thats part of my problem aswell.

Thanks Mac

every day's a school day:001_smile:

[woodworm]

So, I used my processor today, but beforehand went through a few things that had been suggested on here. The saw bar stop (when it goes to the up position) was bent and therefore the chain was hitting the bottom of the oil tank. Bent stop plate back down with hammer and its has stopped it from catching. The chrome on the teeth is ok so have sharpened it making sure both sides are even. The bottom of the saw bar had some serious burring so have turned it over. The other problem I found was that the chain oil pipe had a slight blockage so there wasn't enough oil coming through to the chain.

Since doing all of the above, the machine is working as well as it ever has, if not better.

Thanks to all the arbtalkers for your help and advice, muchly appreciated

Woodworm:thumbup: