Am i filing this chain correctly?

Let’s just stick to his sharpening video then I agree That he seems to have a great outlook on life!

 

I won't take a photo of the one right now, I hit a stone that was embedded in the bark in the basswood I cut Saturday, i seen it as soon as it hit and stopped, pulled the stone out and hoped it didn't hurt the chain, tried to finish my cut... Nope, wouldn't hardly cut basswood and made fine powder, thankfully had my other saw to finish. Sharpening both saws are on my to-do list now.

 

Maybe he’s in Australia.

 

Here is a few new pictures maybe it will give you view of my chain and what i am doing.

 

Chain sharpening tutorial.

 

I’m no pro at hand filing. Did it once at a Best Western. They didn’t leave the light on for me.
Looks like your file is too small and the rakers are too low for the amount of tooth you have left.

 

Just what am i doing wrong that you feel i need a "tutorial"?

 

The file size is 3/16 it's what Stihl call for with a .325 Picco chain, what makes you say you think my file is to small and rakers are right at the Stihl gage filing height.
Maybe your Best Western needs better lighting where you do your chain filing.

 

There are a lot of members posting information on how to sharpen on the thread and it is written so I can understand it with pics.
I learned a lot there and I thought I was doing well sharpening after doing it for 45 years with just a round file and a flat file with no guide.
Don't take "tutorial personal" it'sjust the title of the thread.
I can show you how to sharpen, but it's not easy for me to put in words.
The 2 in 1 with correct size round and flat file gets my saw sharp if I keep it level and at the set angle.
I learned I also need to use a guide to round the front of the raker as the chain wears out.

 

Thank you for the advice and the help i was just thinking you spotted something i was doing wrong, any how ever times someone points out small items in sharping a chain it helps.

 

Ill be sharpening later and will post some pics.

 

Here's a pic of 3/8 picco chain tooth sharpened with filing guide. Im using 5/32" file in the guide as shown. Most of the time i sharpen with chain on the bar for "touch up", but in this case i knicked a rock with this chain so off the bar and in the vise for more control. The little "crest" on the bottom of the gullet should be filed flat from what ive been told but im not religious about doing that. My 3/16 & 7/32 file size chains i freehand with no guide.
In your case the tooth has too deep of a gullet is too deep. Does the saw bite hard rather "grabby" into the cut and stop forcing you to pull the saw back and start again? In your case i would freehand (no guide) going one file size larger based on your pics. Just my 2c worth.

 

If this is from you and not a grinder, wayyy too much hook! I’ve seen people grind that way, so hope it wasn’t from a file.


A lot of damage on this cutter. It all needs filed off to get really good cutting performance.




Not enough hook on this one. The file needs to sit lower in the tooth.


Just trying to help here, so please don’t take it wrong. If you do some tweaking, you’ll notice a huge improvement in how your saw cuts. Those links to chain sharpening are very good to learn from. Lots of useful info.

 

No there is no grabbing i can cut through without having to backup and restart.