Maintenance Kit

[BeanWoody]

Starting to build up a maintenance box/kit for my saw.

 

Other than the obvious file, depth gauage and combi spanner what other tools do people have/use?

 

Do you have a "workshop" kit and a "field" kit or just one with everything you need?

[Rich2484]

A paint brush wouldn't go Amis for cleaning air filters.

 

A decent sharpening kit is good. One with a bar cleaner. And a can of wd40 for an extra clean.

 

For the workshop you really don't want to know how many tools I have...

[Ds Tree services]

I tend not to mess about with my kit to much in the field, I'd say them kits you get from halfords for about £150 are as good as any.

[Gnome]

Feeler gauge, tacho, piston stop, torx keys, a hoof brush/pick for getting the crud off. bar vice for in the woods, bar dresser, square.

Work on the grounds so if I have any problems usually take it back at the next t-break. But try and keep these tools separate from my other tools.

[kentjames]

For each saw we run (so times 3) we have a 14" x 3" Really Useful box with the following in:

 

Sharpening file with guide (to the correct size for the chain)

Flat file

(Spare files for both of above)

Depth Gauge

Bar cleaner

Combi plug / bar spanner

Torx spanner

Paint brush

 

This way we have all the kit needed for that saw in one box - time saving on a job.

 

These all go into another tool box with spare chains x 2 for each saw.

 

We have another tool box with a huge range of random screw drivers and spanners and spare combi spanners (in case we loose on site) and of course grease, wd40.

 

In the shop, I mainly use my tool box from the truck since its next to the workshop however I now have a proper vice, air compressor, bench chain grinder (used mainly to regrind dinged chains), full array of spanners, wrenches and the most important tool in my opinion - a proper BENCH!

[treequip]

I tend not to mess about with my kit to much in the field, I'd say them kits you get from halfords for about £150 are as good as any.

 

£150 to maintain a saw £15 would be more like it

[RobRainford]

Throw all the chainsaw tools, files spanner etc into an old army ammo box. Takes up very little room and will stand up to being bashed around

 

 

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[JohnLarrigan]

In my opinion you only need your basic sharpening kit for day to day use. If you do weekly maintenance then you can use the bar cleaner, depth gauge, compressor etc.

[div_h]

A paint brush wouldn't go Amis for cleaning air filters.

 

A decent sharpening kit is good. One with a bar cleaner. And a can of wd40 for an extra clean.

 

For the workshop you really don't want to know how many tools I have...

 

Ano the feeling the tools plus the box I own are insured for £70k (

[Rich2484]

Ano the feeling the tools plus the box I own are insured for £70k (

 

The problem is I now have that many tools I can't find them all.

 

What with the farms workshop and the tractor shed. Some are mine some are not. Mine take up a lot of space. Sockets sets, spanner, torque this and that, testers galore.

 

Reckon I now have more tools that the local car garage. And it was until I started moving and sorting them that I realised how many I actually have.

 

But they all have a use and will get used at some point.

 

And more to the point they are all clean. Nothing I hate more than picking up a tool and it's covered in grease and oil.