turnkey4099
Elite Member
Turnkey, I don't think I'm riding the saw, I think I'm getting one side of the chain sharper than the other and it will cut to the right nearly every time. I'll take a lot at the clamp on guide. I usually set the saw in front of me pointed to the right or left to sharpen. I have a neighbor who leans over the saw from the back to sharpen, I couldn't get that to work at all. Reps tell me of a method were you kind of like "hug" the saw to it?
Good analysis. 99% of the time when a saw is cutting crooked, it is caused by either a dull chain or poor sharpening job. I used to have the same problem way back when until I learned a few things.
1. buy your files by the dozne and throw them away when the dull! A sharp file takes away almost all the trouible one has filing.
2. Try this for filing. Of course you need a good vise to do it. Mount the saw upside down. Then you can file both sides of the chain right handed (dunno how it works for lefties). You file one side standing at the end of the bar facing the power head, the othe side standing alongside facing the tip. I've been doing that so long I don't even remember why it doesn't work mounting the saw rightside up.
My set up is a "leg vise" mounted on the table so the end of the bar hangs over the end of the table.
Harry K