[AT] Chainsaw - 2 years without shrpening?

[Frank]

won't bet with you because I have no clue how much it was used.......3 times 
then it does not need it etc etc....(it was only meant to be a suggestion)
but you guys just do your own thing.....listen to Dave  he seems to know it 
all.......
end of discussion for me
Frank
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Offiler" <soffiler at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Chainsaw - 2 years without shrpening?


> And how much $$ would you like to bet on that, Frank?
>
> SO
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Frank <gremaux at midrivers.com> 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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