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Post by tar12 on Aug 26, 2018 18:15:58 GMT -5
I pulled the trigger after all of these years! It just made sense to get it as all I run on every saw is full chisel chain and the last shop I used quit sharpening chains and when I went to inquire at a shop a long ways from me and when he told me $25 cents a tooth my jaw dropped! I run approx...45 chains for all of the saws.I figured 4 complete sharpenings and it will pay for its self at a cost of $969 to my door.There is a learning curve to it as I discovered... as this was my first swing-arm grinder but I am starting to get the hang of it after running 20 -16 in chains through it for my 260 Pros....I am proud to say I only butchered one! I put a fresh chain on one of the 260s and went to the wood pile and grabbed the knotty piece of White Oak I could find and prayed that it would cut...my fear of failure was unfounded and it ate that Oak up! I did find while sharpening dirty chain that the wheel would dirty fairly fast and I had to dress it often...I decided that was not going to work for me and remembered that I had a jug of Purple Power Industrial strength cleaner out in the barn and mixed it 20 ozs per gallon and let the chains soak for 5 minutes and was I amazed at how well this stuff worked! It melted the built up crud right off! I drove a 16 penny nail into the top of a saw horse so I had a way to hold the chain straight and still and hit them a couple times with a stiff bristle brush and they came out looking as new. I then let the sun dry them and then sharpened them...afterwards they were soaked in oil and are ready to go..now I have a pile of chain for the rest of the saws waiting but after they are done I wont have to do so many at a time as I wont let them pile up like I did this time.. One negative of this new grinder is I now have friends I didnt know I had wanting chains sharpened.... not interested in starting a chain sharpening business as I dont like it that well....lol
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Post by rambler on Aug 26, 2018 18:24:52 GMT -5
Awesome!
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Post by mrbuck on Aug 26, 2018 19:16:40 GMT -5
Have fun with your new toy !
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Post by tar12 on Aug 26, 2018 19:48:49 GMT -5
Have fun with your new toy ! This new toy will create a lot of work for me....lol
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Post by edge on Aug 27, 2018 5:57:09 GMT -5
YIKES!
The price is crazy, but I go through a chain every 5 years or so, and I just buy a new one. For you it definitely would seem to make sense.
How many resharpenings can you get on a chain before you need to replace it?
edge.
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Post by tar12 on Aug 27, 2018 16:26:10 GMT -5
YIKES! The price is crazy, but I go through a chain every 5 years or so, and I just buy a new one. For you it definitely would seem to make sense. How many resharpenings can you get on a chain before you need to replace it? edge. How many sharpenings? I dont know yet...there will be deciding factors equated into the longevity of the chains....rocks,nails,ect...hit a old leg hold trap in a tree once..also found a old railroad spike....2 weeks ago i found a old copper wire insulator...that wreaked havoc on that chain!....I think that with relatively clean cutting conditions the chains should last a long time...I never run a very dull chain so a light touch up is usually all that is need to bring it back.
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Post by edge on Aug 27, 2018 18:36:09 GMT -5
When cutting through a log, is it true that just hitting the dirt does a lot of damage, or is that just a wivestail? I probably have cut down less than 2 dozen trees, and of those mainly pines. Most of my hunting tree cutting is girling trees and letting them die standing where they are. Oaks take about 5+ years to fall down, with a strong wind, but you can see the shooting lanes where they will be the next year.
edge.
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Post by tar12 on Aug 28, 2018 3:26:45 GMT -5
When cutting through a log, is it true that just hitting the dirt does a lot of damage, or is that just a wivestail? I probably have cut down less than 2 dozen trees, and of those mainly pines. Most of my hunting tree cutting is girling trees and letting them die standing where they are. Oaks take about 5+ years to fall down, with a strong wind, but you can see the shooting lanes where they will be the next year. edge. It is not a old wivestale...dirt is not just dirt...there is sand and other gritty material in there as well that has a accumulative dulling effect on the chain....sandy conditions are worse. A semi-chisel tooth will stay sharper longer cutting in dirty conditions than full chisel or square chisel tooth like I run...BUT the square chisel will cut 15% faster than a semi-chisel tooth...for the type of cutting that you do a semi-chisel chain is the way to go....they are far easier to sharpen by hand as well..FYI...Stihl makes a 2-n-1 hand sharpener that not only files the tooth but files the raker as well as you file...it works very well! I have one and have used it a good bit. It is the easiest hand file to use and the best! Find out your chain pitch/size and order accordingly. www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-STYLE-STIHL-2N1-CHAINSAW-3-8-P-CHAIN-SHARPENING-FILING-KIT-5-32-4-0-mm-/352374218971?_trksid=p2349526.m4383.l4275.c10#viTabs_0
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Post by jims on Aug 28, 2018 6:38:56 GMT -5
tar12 You get up early in Indiana.
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Post by edge on Aug 28, 2018 8:27:57 GMT -5
GOOD TO KNOW, THANKS
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Post by lwh723 on Aug 28, 2018 11:00:40 GMT -5
I need to send you my chain.
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Post by tar12 on Aug 28, 2018 19:49:46 GMT -5
tar12 You get up early in Indiana. Been rolling out between 2 am and 4 am all summer...work has been relentless...I cherish the cold winds and snow...it slows them down a bit! lol
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Post by tar12 on Sept 2, 2018 8:03:10 GMT -5
GOOD TO KNOW, THANKS Ice is pretty hard on chains as well
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