Chainsaw grinder recommendation

This is all due to centering the vice, the back jaw of chain vice needs to be set for your gauge of chain so the tooth is on the same part of stone in to make the teeth same length left to right. They have set screws in back on the cheap ones to dial in for what gauge chain you use. Problem is if you switch gauge the vice will be off again on cheap ones, the better Oregon/tecomic you turn the front dial to the 50,58 or 63 setting on dial then set it up centered on the appropriate gauge chain. From then on you can turn the dial to move back jaw of vice to keep the different gauge chains centered. This is one of the biggest issues with my cheap timber tuff grinders.

 

Great question. For me yes, it’s hovering around zero here in Alaska so yes, when I have to take gloves off and then touch metal. So a quick sharpen with the Dremel is less worse.

 

Yesterday I decided to swap chains vs using the cordless Dremel. Feels like sharpening is faster. I would hazard to say that if the chain exchange, clutch cover and bar set on the studs went perfectly one the first try. I think chain swap could be faster/as fast. If the bar falls off the studs, chain gets hung on the side of the sprocket or doesn't go in the grove. Sharpening is faster.

I don't have a bench round grinder. Yesterday's chains were square ground, they cut enough faster than the round. I think overall it may be faster per cord to change out square grind than to Dremel round. I will have to pay a little better attention. Wood I'm cutting right now is clean so I will be running square grind for these 10 cords.

 

I got into a pile of logs covered in frozed mud, pure evil lol. Does the super jolly have something for grinding down the rakers?

 

You use a flat wheel and change the settings. Roughly 80° tilt on the head, and 0° on the rest. I ended up buying a used EFCO grinder for $43, made by Tecomec, just for rakers.

 

I have a Stihl Dremel style tool but it clamps on my truck battery but I hardly ever use it. I was not aware there were cordless ones out there. I lead such a sheltered life!

 

I can say changing chains on the Husky 562 is definitely slower. Why do they have an external clutch in 2025?

 

No external clutch, the clutch cover.

 

External clutches tend to run cooler (further away from the engine heat) and the saw can have better balance.