sharpening problems

[Steve Bullman]

can you post a picture of your sharpened chain, from the top and side angles?

[Mr Oz]

Just get a new chain sod sharpening

[gensetsteve]

I find 6 sharpens on a 20 inch bar and the new file is fit for the bin. I find some of the cheaper chains can be a bit too hard sometimes and give the files a hard time.

[Darrin Turnbull]

Maybe you need more teeth.

[TGB]

That's got more cutters than Dr. Teeth on the left there.

[Taupotreeman]

Not sure whether it's right or wrong but I always tend to use a nice small file to "put the hook" back in the tooth if I can't get it sharp after a couple of goes. Always seems to work and especially after I've clouted something hard.

[Stubby]

Maybe you need more teeth.

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Dont see many " full house " chains

[Ben Jensen]

You may actually have found the answer by yourself: It just seems like the chain is really hard and the file ai t citting into it. :-) . Is it the first sharpening of that chain? I've been working with chain sharpening since early 80es, the last 30 years as teacher at a forestry school. In the beginning, we bought chains by the roll, both Carlton (cheap), Oregon and Stihl. sometimes, a complete roll could be impossible to sharpen, probably because of wrong hardening. We still see the poblem today, but not so often, since we now buy chains to measure in boxes

[Stubby]

You may actually have found the answer by yourself: It just seems like the chain is really hard and the file ai t citting into it. :-) . Is it the first sharpening of that chain? I've been working with chain sharpening since early 80es, the last 30 years as teacher at a forestry school. In the beginning, we bought chains by the roll, both Carlton (cheap), Oregon and Stihl. sometimes, a complete roll could be impossible to sharpen, probably because of wrong hardening. We still see the poblem today, but not so often, since we now buy chains to measure in boxes

 

I wondered about this in the past thinking files are not what they used to be and then all of a sudden they were ok again . You think the heat treatment on some chains is too hard ?

[WD40]

Buy some calipers & measure.

Then buy

Granberg Original Filing guide

 

Its easy with this.

 

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Fool proof.