Chain sharpening

[dodger]

If you had a 96 drive link chain which required 10 strokes to get a good edge, allowing 1 second per stroke and 3 seconds between changing teeth with no rest whatsoever =

 

96 DL x 10 seconds / strokes each = 960 seconds

96 x 3 second between teeth = 288 seconds

 

total = 1248 seconds

 

or 20,8 minutes

 

To do a 30 inch chain with ten strokes in a few minutes you would have to be the six million dollar man.

 

Now say you were ringing up a huge stem and hit a nail three times, thats well over an hours sharpening or wasted time. So it isn't a case of not having the time or energy, it's a case of giving the customer value for money, they don't want to see you sat there for over an hour sharpening saws

 

 

 

 

the day it takes me 20 minutes to sharpen a 30 inch chain is the day i give up after 35 plus years of doing it. and it works the other way to with the customers see you do have knock backs keep hitting nails and fenceing that been nail to the tree, they can see there getting there value for money everytime you sharpen because there trees have nails eg in it

[Dean Lofthouse]

the day it takes me 20 minutes to sharpen a 30 inch chain is the day i give up after 35 plus years of doing it. and it works the other way to with the customers see you do have knock backs keep hitting nails and fenceing that been nail to the tree, they can see there getting there value for money everytime you sharpen because there trees have nails eg in it

 

Even if you did a stroke every half a second it's still ten minutes not three

[dodger]

Even if you did a stroke every half a second it's still ten minutes not three

 

 

 

thats the difference between us old school and some we can do were as some cant

[josharb87]

my 046-25" chain needs a real good sharpening, im gonna time me doing it tommorrow-although deans maths add up, it never seems that long!

[mikey10]

They are quick and you get all the teeth exactly the same length without having to measure. I certainly notice the difference it's like a new chain out of the box.

 

If you want to be fussy and get a really good edge you can finish off by hand with two or three really light strokes to get a really fine edge. But the main advantage of mechanical is getting the teeth evenly sized.

 

You don't heat the teeth up if you bounce the head, or just do quick light cuts.

 

I have a oregon bench mounted grinded, and i bounce it the same as dean, it does not blue the teeth. Its certainly a faster way of doing chains that hit nails, and as i have lots of chains for different saws, i normally end up with about 10 to do in one go, so once its set right for each chain theres no need to measure, so set it to the most damaged tooth and away you go.

[skyhuck]

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I find a new chain cuts way better once its been hand filed twice and the rakers re-profiled.

 

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Totally agree, chains are sharper once resharpened, (by hand) than when new.

[skyhuck]

Until I started coming on here I never even gave sharpening my saw a second thought, its just like refueling in my eyes, I just don't see a problem.

[Dean Lofthouse]

thats the difference between us old school and some we can do were as some cant

 

If you can sharpen a nail damaged 96DL in three minutes including rakers then I'll show my butt in tescos

[Dean Lofthouse]

Until I started coming on here I never even gave sharpening my saw a second thought, its just like refueling in my eyes, I just don't see a problem.

 

Sharpening only takes a few minutes and your right, it isn't a problem.

 

Filing out damage on site is a different matter.

[dodger]

If you can sharpen a nail damaged 96DL in three minutes including rakers then I'll show my butt in tescos

 

 

i take you up on a bet but show your butt behind jack straws on hamstead health:001_smile: