Chainsaw - Sharpening Chains

[newbury]

This guy must be the Flash from DC comics to be able to sharpen an 8" bar in 60 seconds would be amazing much less a 20" bar. One would need a high speed camera to watch this action, maybe get the TIMEWARP guys in for a film session.

Maybe he's running full skip, and he wrote 1 pass per tooth.

 

[BeezFun]

This guy must be the Flash from DC comics to be able to sharpen an 8" bar in 60 seconds would be amazing much less a 20" bar. One would need a high speed camera to watch this action, maybe get the TIMEWARP guys in for a film session.

If he goes fast enough time will run backwards and he'll be done before he started.

 

[ilander]

This guy must be the Flash from DC comics to be able to sharpen an 8" bar in 60 seconds would be amazing much less a 20" bar. One would need a high speed camera to watch this action, maybe get the TIMEWARP guys in for a film session.

Once the bar is clamped into the vice, a tooth is marked as the starting point, the chain moves freely on the bar, yes I can do one pass with a file per tooth on a 20 in bar in just over 60 seconds. I really don't give a rats rectal orifice if you believe it or not, as to make a comment like that you are quite likely a rectal orifice yourself.

 

[Kodthree]

I'm a firefighter by trade, and we use carbide-tipped chains on our vent saws...they are NOT indestructible, but offer significantly longer cutting in really bad crap (tar, nails, light metal sheeting, screws, etc). We never have time to sharpen on a fire, and won't sharpen a carbide chain as this is specialty work. A carbide chain may offer you a little longer life in the clay and rock you're using your saw in, but why would you want to do this to the rest of your saw?

For ultra precise sharpening, MUCH MUCH MUCH quicker, far less damaging than any grinder, and WAY cheaper, I use a Timberline Sharpener. Timberline Chainsaw Sharpener |Sharpen Your Chainsaw Watch the online videos. I did, bought one immediately, and have THROWN AWAY all my hand filing devices, files, holders, angle keepers...just watch the videos, buy the beautiful thing, and never look back. I was so impressed after using mine the first time that I promise I would have paid three times as much as I actually did for it. I cannot recommend the Timberline Sharpener highly enough! After you buy yours, you will kick yourself for having not purchased it a year ago when you first saw it, and you'll be buying it for your family and friends too. Really.

When I buy chains, I buy from Madsen's saw shop: Welcome To Madsen's Online This is a fantastic, old-school, talk-to-the-actual-mechanic-in-back type of place. You can't order online from them. Instead, call them. Novel idea, right? Awesome knowledge base on their site and in their shop, plus when you buy one loop of chain they send you two. I won't even look anywhere else again.

 

[JoeBuyer]

I have three different chain chain types. Does the base unit of the Buffalo Tools sharpener come equipped for different chains?

 

[newbury]

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For ultra precise sharpening, MUCH MUCH MUCH quicker, far less damaging than any grinder, and WAY cheaper, I use a Timberline Sharpener. Timberline Chainsaw Sharpener |Sharpen Your Chainsaw Watch the online videos. I did, bought one immediately, and have THROWN AWAY all my hand filing devices, files, holders, angle keepers...just watch the videos, buy the beautiful thing, and never look back. I was so impressed after using mine the first time that I promise I would have paid three times as much as I actually did for it. I cannot recommend the Timberline Sharpener highly enough! After you buy yours, you will kick yourself for having not purchased it a year ago when you first saw it, and you'll be buying it for your family and friends too. Really.<snip>

Looks good but doesn't do milling chain (0 degree angle).

 

[burnieman]

Filing chains is for kids. Buy an Oregon bench mount chain sharpener. You won't be sorry.

 

[Kodthree]

Filing chains is for kids. Buy an Oregon bench mount chain sharpener. You won't be sorry.

No thanks. More expensive, takes longer to set up, mounted on the bench at home or shop, and can take too much off. My Timberline: Lighter (heck, it comes in it's own belt pouch!), probably almost as fast (really), I can use it on my kitchen table (or a stump, or the bench, or a tailgate), uses no electricity and allows me to feel each tooth being sharpened and adjust the process to accomodate for short teeth, and it much cheaper. I'll never waste the time or money sending a chain off to be ground down again.

 

[Kodthree]

Looks good but doesn't do milling chain (0 degree angle).

Call Timberline. Maybe they have something in the works.

 

[Turbys_1700]

I second the mention about the inexpensive Harbor Freight electric chain sharpener...
I have been extremely pleased with it...