Sharpening Processor Chains

[timberbear]

Always take mine off to sharpen, that way I get to check the sprocket, drive links and more importantly turn the bar. I've opted for Stihl chain and use the easy file. Takes about 5mins a chain.

[Theocus]

Hand file for a touch up then when it's proper pucked I take it home to the Oregon bench grinder for an angle reset! Anyone else find they are very sensitive to aggressive sharpening? Mine has to be perfect to run well or it jams. It's a dalen 2052 with a 20 inch bar.

[gensetsteve]

Hand file for a touch up then when it's proper pucked I take it home to the Oregon bench grinder for an angle reset! Anyone else find they are very sensitive to aggressive sharpening? Mine has to be perfect to run well or it jams. It's a dalen 2052 with a 20 inch bar.

 

Yes they are all prone to it. With a chainsaw you can run with it and cut bananas but in a wp the bar is fixed and can only go straight down. As the problem starts it starts wearing the bar on one side which just compounds the problem. I used to tickle it with a file 4 times then off to the bench.

[RDB logs]

Apologies for slightly off topic but out of curiosity, what do the operators of the tree harvesters do? How long do their chains last? Do they re-sharpen them?

 

they just use a bigger file! but turn machine off first:001_tt2: