A chain sharpening rig for a rook..

My timberline came today.

Not too pleased at all with treestuff.com.

 

Really? So far they've been my favorite place to order from. Care to elaborate?

 

looks like your right.

 

Ordered the timberline that came with a 3/16 cutter. Also ordered 2 more 3/16 cutters. I only received 2 cutters. This was my first order with TreeStuff.

 

I ordered this - TreeStuff - Timberline Chainsaw Sharpener

And from the drop down menu, selected the "Sharpener & 3/16" Cutter - $119.95" option.
Also bought 2 of these - TreeStuff - Timberline Chainsaw Sharpener Carbide

Received the sharpener and 2 carbides.


I reviewed my order on my account and it shows that i ordered the sharpener 3 times and 1 carbide.
What a great first experience.

 

I wasn't paying much attention to this thread and didn't think about it but, surprised no one told you that you can order it right from the Timberline website and use a discount code they have on AS, arborist site,, I think it is 10% not sure though

 

Well, I finally got around to giving the Timberline a whirl on a really messy LP chain on my Echo CS400. It took a few minutes and tries to figure out how to mount it right, and adjust to get going. Once you get that figured out, it does a hell of a job. The best thing I found about it is, every cutter ends up exactly uniform. Very happy with it, I'm going to put it on my Xmas list.

 

Oh i love mine as well.

Super simple to set up after getting it figured out.
I watched 2 videos on youtube and was ready to rock.

Sliced the bajebus out of my finger.
Still havent cut anything with my newly sharpened chain, probably this weekend i'll slay some wood.

 

Don't forget to check the height of your rakers too. There's a certain pleasure to running your own freshly sharpened chain. You'll never go back to running dull chains again!

 

"Bajebus" FTW....Haven't heard that word used in a long time. Mom's side of the family were Yankees and used that word a lot. Thanks for the flashback.

 

How did you do that? With the sharp chain, or from the sharpener somehow?

 

It was from the chain.
I wasnt wearing my gloves when i slid the chain forward to the next cutter.

 

I guess that is a testament to to the Timberline!

 

Oh they say the timberline sharpens your cutters to razor sharp... i can tell you, it sure does!

 

I guess i dont have it figured out yet..

Not sure what the problem may be..
My cutters were sharp.
Im guessing maybe its the rakers that need attention.
I only sharpened the cutters.

Took the saw out to buck some logs, it simply...doesnt cut to well at all.
And it also seems to cut at an angle now for some reason.
Before i could cut in a pretty good straight line. it seems to have a mind of its own now.



Suggestions?

I need to learn how to file my rakers.

 

If you can take a close-up picture of the cutter that might help.

Are you getting a nice sharp edge on both the top and side edge of the cutter? Are the length of the cutters equal on both left and right hand cutters?

 

I'll take some pictures and some videos of how i did it.

It was my first chain, so im...100% new. lol




Thank you all in advance for the extra help on getting my stuff sharp and cutting again.

 

Hey Linked, Jeep fan here too. I build it, she breaks it (well, not much anyway lol).


I also have a Timberline. My reason for getting one was crooked cuts. I couldn't file my cutters all the exact same length causing my problem. When I switched to the Timberline, I was straight again. Then I started to hand file about 2-3 times between true-ups with the jig. Once you get using it all dialed in, you'll definitely not regret the purchase.
One tip I have before seeing your pics, if you rock a chain or a few cutters, use a hand file to get rid of any burr. I toasted a cutter not knowing better. Take small "bites", it'll lengthen the life of them. And use a small amount of oil on the shaft. My guides are getting sloppy after much use.

 

Here's what you'll need:



The special tools are really just measuring devices, a straight edge and a set of feeler gauges could also be used but that process is very tedious. I got the middle one and the flat file in an Oregon sharpening kit. The one on the left I ordered from Treestuff, and it has 3 different raker heights and you can use it as a rail cleaning tool.

You place the special tool over the raker, and file it down with the flat file until you can't remove any more material.

Carefully adjusting your depth gauges will fix both conditions you described, though the diagonal cutting is from your left and right cutters being different lengths. If you don't have a caliper, a crescent wrench can get you close enough.

 

Shawn,
You ever try to use that guide from tree stuff? I got that same one a few weeks ago, and tried it. Unless I'm doing something wrong with it, it don't work as a depth gauge for rakers. The reason is, it is too long, and stirs on top of too many cutters, so you can't get it to sit down between cutters with the desired height gage below/next to a taker. I tried everything with it, on 3 different chains including a full skip chain still wasn't enough space betwween them for that thing to lay right. I have regular Gage's like the other pictured that work just fine. .???? Anyone else notice this with the trees tuff multi chain gauge?