Thinking about getting a basic chainsaw mill

[Ian88]

Hi agg221 or Rob, what is this precision chain grinder? Pretty spot on with my sharpening and enjoy it over a 13" bar but I think that over a longer bar its going to start getting tedious.

[agg221]

It's the Granberg precision grinder -

 

Products for the category: 12 volt grinders

 

It's not just about bar length, although undoubtedly sharpening a 4ft bar by hand does become somewhat tedious. There are two key advantages. Firstly, when milling it makes an enormous difference if your teeth are all absolutely identical in length and angle, which is nigh on impossible to maintain by hand over time. Uniformity leads to much faster cutting and smoother boards so less waste. The second advantage is that you can sharpen with a grinder where you haven't got room for a full file stroke. Once the mill is bolted to the bar you can't take the chain off or access the chain properly to sharpen both sides without taking the bar back out, which gets annoying. The grinder overcomes this.

 

For its price it's an outstanding piece of kit, which will coincidentally speed up the recovery of ordinary chains which have hit nails, flints etc. (should you need to justify to yourself why you're spending yet more money....)

 

Alec

[Ian88]

Yes! That looks great! But yes, it all comes down to money