All I will say is that I'll give it a go. If the files are super expensive, then forget it. I never cut with a new loop of chain anyway. I always file it and match the rakers, or square grind and leave the rakers for the first go around. Dinking around with new things to the market is kinda fun. I've used the 500i and now I'm thinking of putting it up for sale on here. Nice and light, but sick of having to stop and fill it up all the time. It was worth a shot to me, so will this chain design be out of my system one way or another.
That would be to rich for me to use all the time. As a one time novelty like going to yellowstone? Sure.
The bestest double bevels I was using were $13 each. And I was willing, and still would be if I didn't get the grinder.
I’ve seen people round grind like this multiple times. I have 2 loops like this: Guess it’s kill 2 birds with one stone (pun intended). Keepin’ those gullets clear, lol.
It will be a while before I am changing what chains I use. With 350' + still on rolls and about 50 ish loops on hand I think I'm committed.
Maybe I'm missing something in looking at the pictures. The angle in the pics looks a bit severe. I just meant I go in pretty much to the bottom of the gullet. Keeping the stopping point the same with no bumps. I prefer some extra room to reduce recutting of the chip. What angle, head tilt wise is the pictured chain ground at ?
It could be the chains I've used...but when square ground chain loses it's edge it's worthless. Before that it's the smoothness that I like, I bought a grinder to do the PS chains on my 201..I love them for the canopy, no dirt and using a saw one handed you can definitely appreciate smooth chains that self feed really good. You won't see many tree services using it for the obvious reasons, and combine that with how expensive it is to maintain it's a no go for a couple seconds faster in a 20 second cut.
I was coming here to make a post about this. I think it was this morning I saw this on YouTube, think it was a Stihl add. Was going to ask the cost and if anyone has tried it?
No idea, I don’t have a round grinder. What I see is the entire sideplate is straight, like these hexa-files are doing.
It looks like that notch in the middle of the tooth will help hold the file into position like some people mentioned so an intermediate user will be able to handfile more. Common homeowners won't, they still will buy a new chain or pay to sharpen. I'm wondering how there is no beta testers on some of the forums. Has anyone seen or heard of anyone besides that one or two YouTube videos of a normal person on one of the other forums like SH or AS or OPE that has this and testing it?
No there talking about that tiny bump that was left from the factory grind on the bottom where is hits the actual chain links. The little piece of metal bumped up , the file goes in behind it at this point. Should of taken it out when first starting to file that specific chain
350'!!!! That is a lot of chain. 50 loops on top of that. Holy moly. Are you an arborist? How many saws do you have and how often do you use them? I thought I was nuts having 10 loops for my 14" makita (of course since I actually learned how to sharpen instead of just filing away the entire tooth my chain consumption rate has gone down drastically), and maybe half a dozen each for the 028 and 034. I don't use my saws daily. Maybe a few times a month. And going back on topic man I just got the hang of round filing!!! Interested to see what you guys think of it when it comes out and how it compares.
I was referring to how far the round shaped wheel is being taken down in the cutter when grinding. If it's pushed far enough, like the pic I posted, none of the round profile is left on the cutters side plate. This essentially crates the straight profile that the hexa is leaving, although with a grinder there is much more of it.
