Chainsaw sharpening

[timberfaller]

If you can't afford a real chain grinder, HERE is the best item for the weekend wood cutter!!

http://www.amazon.com/Granberg-Bar-Mount-Chain-Sharpener-G-106B/dp/B0002ZY1WG/ref=sr_1_5/187-4978255-4368231?ie=UTF8&qid=1416635657&sr=8-5&keywords=oregon+chainsaw+sharpener

Oregon used to make one just like it.   You just clamp it on the bar, set your angles and stop.   Used one for years when I first started falling,  carried it in my pack, back then they were only $19.95 and I smashed a few by accident!

Didn't take long to figure out, leave your stuff away from your daily falling!

For you who have the money,  here is a great grinder, not the best BUT better then most of the others.

http://www.silveychaingrinder.com/chisel-square-grinders/razur-sharp-2

[lokidog]

If you have acess to Harbor Freight, buy their cheap electric sharpener.  I used to use a file and did an OK job, but this thing is way faster and much easier, just can't easily do it in the field.  Just bring an extra chain and a file to do a quick touch up if you zing the dirt or a rock.

Here is a link, it is currently on sale and you can always find a 20% off coupon so it would only be $32

http://www.harborfreight.com/electric-chain-saw-sharpener-68221-8346.html

I was looking at getting this HFT chain sharpener for myself.  One of the things with most of the Oregon chains I have been using is the rakers are a bent over stamping and it is nearly impossible to file to file them down with a hand file.  So after a couple of sharpenings in the field these chains become worthless.  Does this unit have a method to take and grind the rakers down?

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[dewandgin]

Grandfather was on a newsreel with his buddy as the first people in the state of California to have a chainsaw Worked as a faller 90% of his life in Wyoming. Dad worked in the timber industry as a faller for 30yrs. I have three saws and multiple chains and I can't sharpen any of them I have tried and once I do great and the next I cut in circles. I just take them to Madsens and have them sharpened and life is good. My problem is I don't use them enough. Just for firewood and house projects So I only have to sharpen once every other year.