[AT] Chainsaw - 2 years without shrpening?

Frank gremaux at midrivers.com
Sun Oct 19 18:25:27 PDT 2008


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Frank

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Rotigel" <rotigel at alltel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Chainsaw - 2 years without shrpening?


> 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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