TIREd of hitting metal

i cant say ive ever seen metal remnants in the teeth after hitting nails. Sometimes ill slice right through one and not even know it. It did clean up nicely.

 

I remember the thread B.Brown . You were not a happy hoarder I would not have been either.

 

I hit 2 in one pass with that chain, split them.

 

I asked about this on another thread but I was wondering that if you are cutting stuff that you know might contain metal if the carbine chains would be a good investment?

 

Definitely not. To easy to knock the tip off is what our fire department trials showed.

 

Hitting metal sucks, no two ways about it. Last time I agreed to mill a log for someone I didn’t know, he swore up and down he planted the tree and he never hung anything in it. Got my first cut all ready to go, zipped down the wood about 3/4 way and all the sudden my progress slowed tremendously. I didn’t feel the metal contact but she sure wasn’t cuttin’ good. Found a screw embedded in the bark and removed it. He felt bad & I agreed to resharpen and continue. Next cut I got about 1/2 way down the log and BAM. Felt like running into a brick wall. Hit another screw and royally frenched the chain. We decided to stop at that point and he bought me a new loop and gave me $50 for my time.

 

Tough time of year for chains. Half the logs are partially frozen, or have partially frozen dirt crusted on them.

 

lol, your so right, i was looking though my wood ''stuff'' today and found 2 BRAND NEW, unmolested chains for the 044, 36'' really aggressive grind. They will be "protected", one way or another, lol.

 

OUCH!! sorry about that Jeff.

 

Thankfully, I was using an old chain just in case...

 

GOOD MAN!!

 

Been using the old style Pferd 2in1 filing tools that you need to rotate file sides for each side of the chains.
The Pferd Stihl/Husky 2in1 rigs are neat and $$$ ....but I'm cheap.
BTW---with a stump vise it makes it easy to touch up in the field. Nice combination.
How do you get those good looking pics up ?

 

I also have one and it does great but I only use it every 3-4 sharpening. Orherwise, the chain gets pretty grabby and wants to pull that saw out of your hands.

Also, the saw/bar needs to be extremely stable to get best results from both files pushing on the cutter and raker.

 

1. Stump vise.
2.Chain tension - tight on bar.
3. Gentle pressure.
4. Pferd 2in1 rigs do the raker correctly.....no grabbing.
Bill is coming.

 

They work.

 

Pen and checkbook ready.

Thanks!!

 

"Don"
1000 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington D.C. 01234

 

POTUS!!

 

Filing two chains for my bil. One had a bunch of metal packed in several cutters.








Surprisingly little actual damage to the cutters.