Just got this in the mail yesterday, assembled it a half hour ago and sharpened my first chain with it. I sharpened all the teeth on one side, measured the length of the top plate with dial calipers and then sharpened the opposing side to match. Less than a ten minute process that I’m sure will speed up in time. Went up to a chunk of yellow birch trunk section and noodled it in half. The saw flew right through it, as it should. Saw cut dead straight. Nice long noodle chips were thrown. I should’ve bought this years ago.
Nice. They do make a chain sharp and true... We have the one with the hydraulic clamp. It's not the Oregon brand, though it looks like it. It's the Super Jolly
Good now. I thought there was a problem with the oiler last week because of how it was acting with the 20" bar... switched to the 18" and same thing... Turns out the passages on both bars were plugged up badly with grit. Talk about feeling like a tool bag.
I blame all the fresh pine I was cutting a couple months ago. At least that's the excuse I'm running with
Nice job on the chain Eric! I clean the bar groove & oiler holes every time I sharpen. I just use a small zip tie to clean them out. Cheap & easy.
That's good practice. I'll definitely remember to do a thorough cleaning whenever I have the bar off from now on. Only takes a minute or two extra.
That stuff is pretty sticky. Spruce too. Speaking of which, does the 170 still have the glob of sap on one of the caps?
Nope, you passed that to me clean as a whistle. Great little saw BTW. I could wield that around all day and (almost) not get tired.
The Super Jolly is the same as the Oregon. Tecomec make all of Oregon's grinders plus grinders branded with other names as well. The best improvement I made to my Super Jolly was adding a CBN wheel.
The regular stone grit wheels is what came with mine, full radius and easy to redress. Plus one dressed at an angle for grinding the rakers. You were able to find a CBN with a full radius? Or a tapered cup wheel with a radius dressed on one side?
I couldn't remember the Tecomec name......I knew they made different brands...lol Yep, the CBN wheel is great, I got one for 3/8 chain too.
Can you send a link? I just looked at some on their page on sale. These are listed as diamond for carbide chains...
This company makes all kinds of CBN and diamond wheels. Only use CBN for regular steel chains... Chainsaw Sharpening Wheels | Super Abrasive CBN
I typed in CBN wheels on they page. Please do check, if you use diamond on regular chain, it will destroy the wheel, sounds crazy, I know... Hope you can get a refund if its the wrong one.
