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Keep being asked to sharpen a saw by a friend. I have tried to teach them how to do it but with no success so they now except paying me to do it for them but what is the going rate and how do you adjust for how much filling it needs?

 

Thanks :thumbup:

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No one pays me to sharpen ours ...... Suppose there should be a minimum price for one chain and take it from there . see what they are prepared to pay and if they don't like it they can sharpen there own ?

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Do you have your own saws aswell?

 

Just get your friend to buy you a load of files and maybe a dremmel. A touch up with the files or electric if they have kippered it. Then you can use them on your own saws.

 

Unless it is an 88 that they repeatedly use for digging with.

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7.50 for anything 24inch and under, price then goes up as bar goes up.

 

that for the good old hand sharpen, machine goes down in price for bulk chains that have been used for digging dirt.

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I charge £7.50 per chain Beau.

 

Thats for any chain, any size, as its just too difficult for me to try and charge by length. I would not do the little ones any less than £7.50, but by that token an 84 link 3/8 could be £15 which is just too much, so I keep to the £7.50.

 

If they are really blunt, like the ones that domestic users bring in after cutting roots, I either condemn them or tell them I will have to sharpen it twice.

 

I am sharpening by machine though.

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Keep being asked to sharpen a saw by a friend. I have tried to teach them how to do it but with no success so they now except paying me to do it for them but what is the going rate and how do you adjust for how much filling it needs?

 

Thanks :thumbup:

 

Actually reading your original post again... Are they a firewood personal cutter or work for a tree surgeon or there own business?

 

If it is the latter, I would be inclined to say to them if they are a professional user and cannot sharpen a saw they dull, then they don't deserve to use one!

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No one pays me to sharpen ours ...... Suppose there should be a minimum price for one chain and take it from there . see what they are prepared to pay and if they don't like it they can sharpen there own ?

 

HI STUBBY if it a mate then no charge here mate thanks as my mate mmay need a hand one day :thumbup1:thanks jon :thumbup:

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