mel jacobson on tue 5 jul 11
i like vince's take.
i have a not so great chinese made grinder motor...and put
on a really good wheel/silicon carbide/from home depot...paid
full price for it....made in u.s.a. name brand. added a polishing pad
on the odd end. dual purpose now.
the motor is not the problem, it is cheap grinder wheels.
like kiln shelves...cheap does not make it.
like many of the tools on the low end...you may only use them
once a year...or six times over their life...it may be good enough.
but, like saw blades...i want the best. a twenty dollar blade works
great in a ten dollar circle saw. the pro guys that use them for
six hours a day would wear it out in a week. me, five years.
mel
i got a chain saw sharpener from harbor.
i use it sharpen about ten chains a year.
works like a charm. i taught colleen how to use
it...and she is better at it than any of the men.
so...she is our pro sharpener now. she reads the instructions.
amazing how well young people can do things when
they are taught, then encouraged.
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WJ Seidl on tue 5 jul 11
Mel:
I have one too, bought from Northern Tool.
The instructions don't mention anything about filing down
the chip rake on each tooth. If your rake is too high, the chain
teeth can be sharpened enough to make you bleed just looking at them,
but the saw won't cut through a twig.
Oregon and some of the other chain mfrs make a gauge to correctly
size the rake. Go get Colleen one. They're about $7, made of metal,
will fit in your pocket, and is worth three times that. And no, you
won't find it at HF (or Northern either).
Mine came from a big box hardware store.
Best,
Wayne
On 7/5/2011 7:51 PM, mel jacobson wrote:
>
> i got a chain saw sharpener from harbor.
> i use it sharpen about ten chains a year.
> works like a charm. i taught colleen how to use
> it...and she is better at it than any of the men.
> so...she is our pro sharpener now. she reads the instructions.
> amazing how well young people can do things when
> they are taught, then encouraged.
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