Sharpening Thread

I'm near there with an RS on the saw.
Bumped a rock today, not sure the damage but saw sparks.

Can you keep going much more when the cutter gets that short?
I figure you go until one breaks off, then you've squeezed the max life out of it .

Will get some pics this evening when I head to the shop & sharpen it.

 

Here's some chips from cutting maple last summer.

 

Gtg chain

 

Try some Timber Savage files,, they are double milled.. I've used them over 10 years ,,,They mill off material quick and with little effort..

 

I runnem till a few break off...

 

Where are those made?

 

I've never seen them in any shops I've been in.

 

I'm digging for pictures for this thread. The bottom one won a chain build on a stock 3120.

 

Dremel and files but mostly files. That chain had a good 8 hours in it. I'm a little faster than that now with doing 10 of them. It might take me a bit longer with no grinders at all now.

 

mdavlee, that is insane.! I got a chuckle.

 

Each step you take with a race chain takes a good deal of time... First you gotta shape all the cutters, then form all the rakers.. Then you gotta deal with the material inside the cutters...
The back of the cutters.. And last of all , you give it a couple strokes with the double bevel file...
Yeah... I spent almost 8 hours on an 84 drive link chain for the last Grantsburg races...

 

That chain liked power, but could remove material with it!!
Did you ever tunnel those teeth??

 

No that one wasn't tunneled. I'm sure it would help some.

 

They are made in Switzerland.. One shop by me sells them, but you can get them on Ebay... You'll never use any other file ..They can really make it nice to clean up a rock hit on a cutter.. They last a long time as well..

 

I'll have to check those. Out...
Good files are a pleasure to use...

 

I agree, these make sharpening quick and easy.. If the light is right you can see the little filings coming off as you file your cutters.. Double milled they are cutting with 2 milled edges... Probably why they cut so nice..

 

New save edge are like that. They're the best I've used so far. I need to order a few more.

 

Howdy fellas, nice thread y'all got goin on here. Awful nice feelin to produce big ole chips in the crosscut. Mike sure helped me with it. I like workin on those gullets too. Anyways, nice seein everyone.

 

This was the chain that was throwing dust last weekend. Tried to work on the "hook" and also rounded the rakers. Comments and suggestions welcome (including my pictures suck).