s219
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OP, unless you know what you are grinding off, I'd say go buy a proper chain instead of modifying it yourself.
I can remember more than one newbie at the arboristsite forum grinding off the depth rakers, which are not related to the safety function at all, but are used to control the cut. If you take off the depth rakers, which are right in front of the cutter edge on the cutter link, then you will ruin the chain -- it would become wildly uncontrollable.
On some brands/types of chain, you can grind of the safety humps. But on others, you cannot. For example, on Stihl green chain, the safety hump is in parallel with the depth raker, so you can't get rid of the humps without grinding on the depth rakers.
I can remember more than one newbie at the arboristsite forum grinding off the depth rakers, which are not related to the safety function at all, but are used to control the cut. If you take off the depth rakers, which are right in front of the cutter edge on the cutter link, then you will ruin the chain -- it would become wildly uncontrollable.
On some brands/types of chain, you can grind of the safety humps. But on others, you cannot. For example, on Stihl green chain, the safety hump is in parallel with the depth raker, so you can't get rid of the humps without grinding on the depth rakers.