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Re: hand square filing
By: Chainsawrepair Date: November 13, 2011, 7:46 pm
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Steve, you ever pay attention to all those chains Wayne and Joe
carrys to the races? Lot of chains to choose from.
Have you ever noticed how a chain can look like it should be
fast and finished up turn out to be cull and a chain that looks
like nothing and has had very little done to it just fly in the
wood.
#Post#: 4887--------------------------------------------------
Re: hand square filing
By: Snoopy Date: November 13, 2011, 7:54 pm
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Yes i have noticed how many they have. Wayne opened a wood box
up at jackson and i would bet there was 20 chains in that box. A
good looking chain does not mean its fast ;)
#Post#: 4891--------------------------------------------------
Re: hand square filing
By: Al Smith Date: November 13, 2011, 8:09 pm
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You can file it both directions .In to out or out to in .It's
just easier for me to see in to out most times .You have to
watch the hook,some but not much .Too much beak it doesn't cut
right .
Now I don't file square unless it's my version of a race chain
which is neither slowest or yet the fastest .
Oregon is most likely the easiest to file and Stihl is so hard
you don't get much milage out of a file .
It's usually easier if you go round to square is first take a
good flat file and remove all the round first then reshape it
with a multi bevel file .
#Post#: 4894--------------------------------------------------
Re: hand square filing
By: mdavlee Date: November 13, 2011, 9:32 pm
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I take the gullet back to just past the side plate. I was doing
this on work chains. a little beak is better than being too
high. Too high won't cut near as good. I was square filing work
chains then bought a grinder then sold the grinder so I'm back
to filing everything. It will make your fingers sore doing a
couple 28" full comp chain in an evening.
#Post#: 4901--------------------------------------------------
Re: hand square filing
By: Al Smith Date: November 14, 2011, 6:23 pm
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To me it's not worth the hassel to square file for every day
usage .Most of the stuff I get into is standing dead or downed
stuff hard as a rock .If I were a green faller I might look at
it differently though .
Like a 20 inch loop of round chisel is about 5 minutes give or
take .The same in square is 20 or so .You're talking hours on a
race chain .
#Post#: 4902--------------------------------------------------
Re: hand square filing
By: mdavlee Date: November 14, 2011, 9:25 pm
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I got to where square is right with round in filing time. It
doesn't seem to dull any faster than round chisel.
#Post#: 4903--------------------------------------------------
Re: hand square filing
By: man of stihl Date: November 15, 2011, 4:01 am
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I cut all day saturday with my square ground chain. I was happy
with how long it did last. I was bucking up some real dirty
stuff too.
#Post#: 4905--------------------------------------------------
Re: hand square filing
By: mdavlee Date: November 15, 2011, 12:54 pm
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I had good luck with holding a pretty good edge with a steep
down angle where it was hitting the tie straps and putting a
little notch in them. If I can get a picture to turn out I'll
get some in a bit.
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Re: hand square filing
By: mdavlee Date: November 15, 2011, 1:49 pm
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Here you go.
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HTML http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww268/mdavl/2011-11-15_14-09-49_95.jpg[/img]
[IMG]
HTML http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww268/mdavl/2011-11-15_14-10-21_544.jpg[/img]
#Post#: 4907--------------------------------------------------
Re: hand square filing
By: Chainsawrepair Date: November 15, 2011, 3:13 pm
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How in the world did you take such a good pic of a chain cutter?
Good camera? All I ever got was chit pics with my cheapie auto
focus Fuji and tried ever setting I could. :-[
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