[AT] Chainsaw - 2 years without shrpening?

[David Rotigel]

Does your Stihl shop always give you back a dull blade after  
attempting to sharpen it? Mine returns it as good as new!
	Dave


On Oct 19, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Frank wrote:

> willing to bet that if you have it sharpened by a Stihl shop you  
> will not
> believe how dull it really is
>
> Frank
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Offiler" <soffiler at gmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com 
> >
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 8:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Chainsaw - 2 years without shrpening?
>
>
>> Apparently, the secret is in the metallurgy of the Stihl chain and  
>> the
>> factory sharpening procedure/geometry.  That, and keeping it out of
>> the dirt, of course.  When there's obvious dirt on a log I'm  
>> cutting I
>> will give it a few swipes with a wire brush.  You might start a
>> downhill slide the first time you touch it with a file since you  
>> won't
>> be able to hold geometry like they did at the factory.
>>
>> SO
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 6:49 PM, carl gogol <cgogol at twcny.rr.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> Steve-
>>> Tell me your secret to keeping a chain for 2 years without  
>>> sharpening it!
>>> I
>>> find if I file every two tanks of fuel I can usually get about 4-5
>>> filings
>>> before needing to get the chain ground professionally.  Now, I am  
>>> cutting
>>> a
>>> lot of junk cherry, buckthorn and honeysuckle to the ground level  
>>> (so I
>>> don't dig stumps) and this is really hard on the chains - no  
>>> matter how
>>> careful I am.  Any standing ash or willow is a lot of fun to saw  
>>> with the
>>> Stihl 290, but they are just occasional treats and the blade does  
>>> last a
>>> lot
>>> longer in comparison.  Is your wood just so much cleaner or is  
>>> there a
>>> real
>>> secret that no one tells me?
>>> Carl Gogol - Manlius, NY
>>> Tasty grazing in the Oran valley of Central NY
>>> AC D14, 914H
>>> JD 5320 MFWD
>>> Kubota F-2400, B7300HST
>>> Simplicity 7116H
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Stephen Offiler" <soffiler at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <
>>>
>>>> I am running a Stihl 290 also.    I
>>>> went to work with the anti-kick chain, and using reasonable care,  
>>>> it's
>>>> still on there and cutting like a champ while the other brand-new
>>>> chain is still in the package, .  It's sometimes hard to keep the
>>>> chain out of the dirt with this kind of work but I'm not exactly a
>>>> beginner.  Let's see, it's coming up on two years old or is it  
>>>> three?
>>>> Nah, two years.  The original, anti-kick, "inferior" chain has  
>>>> never
>>>> even been sharpened!  I am totally serious.  /at
>>>
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