[AT] Chain saw sharpening

[David Bruce]

My experience has been like Jason's and when I had a tract logged I 
watched the loggers with their chains.  They would take the file to the 
chain every morning they cut.  In my case I rarely use the chainsaw so 
the filing is really a touch up.

David
NW NC

On 3/31/2012 10:27 PM, Jason wrote:
> Wow $18 to sharpen. Been awhile since I've had to get that done.
>
> Are you sure it's 63 links? This chain is 62 links for an 18" bar and it's
> less than $18 for a new chain.
> http://www.baileysonline.com/itemdetail.asp?item=WPL+30LP62&catID=
>
> Anyway the key to manual sharpening is to touch them up regularly. Keep a
> good sharp edge and don't wait until it's dull and sawing powder, because
> then you'll need to take it in to have it professionally sharpened. This
> would be a decent basic set of files to hand sharpen.
> http://www.baileysonline.com/itemdetail.asp?item=ORF+38276&catID=
>
>
> Jason DeJoode
> Eagan, MN