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Square filing chains

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  1. DexterDay

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    Might as well get the MS 170 with 28" bar and matching Race chain!! :dex:


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    I use a Dremel to remove material off the raker and keep the top radius. To remove material off the front I use a flat file.
    I have yet to do anything with the back, if I did I would use a dremel or a .404 file. To remove material from the inside you can use a small sanding disc. For clearing out the gullets I use a 3/16" file.

    Hope this helps
     
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    I use the thicker cut off wheels to get material off the front of the rakers. I clipped the back of the cutters with the silvey 300 Matt has now. It worked good on the gullets also. I'll dig for pictures on photobucket now.
     
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  4. mdavlee

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    Here's an Oregon chain that was filed once or twice.

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    You can see the rakers on this one have been lowered and thinned on one side and the other hasn't been finished

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    Here was one filed, thinned rakers, and stoned. I think it was pretty fast according to Matt.

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    Your last photo is interesting.....You stoned the outside corner for a razor sharp edge.

    It looks like you took off a little bit off the outside of the raker to compensate for stoning of cutter.

    Am I correct on that?

    Thx in advance
     
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  6. Hedgerow

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    I like that silvey with the CBN wheel...
     
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    There were several things about that chain that would make one think it may not be fast... But it was very fast... And you could bore cut with it.. I won the dollar race in IA with it, and the 55cc and under class at my place on a 540 Dolmar.. Rakers might have been .020..
     
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    I didn't think that is was not fast..... I was just wondering if what I was seeing is correct in what I was thinking:loco: :crazy::D
     
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  9. mdavlee

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    Yes I stoned the outside and thinned the outside of the raker. That chain was one that was wow why didn't the others I spent twice as long on cut that good.
     
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    that looks like my chains after i hit a rock ,i see why it is called stoning now
     
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    Makes sense.......Thank you

    BTW as far as I know Hedge is not accepting bribes, I just offered:rofl: :lol:

    :rofl: :lol:
     
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    I don't know why that chain was so fast. I've sent Matt probably 4-5 different ones and that's been the winner on several saws.
     
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    What is stoned?
     
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    See the shiny part on the side of the cutter in the last picture I posted? It evens all the cutters so they all cut the same width. Keeps the chain from pulling sideways as the cutters dig in. Square is smoother since both top and side is cutting. Round will pull the cutters more sideways.
     
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    Chains wobble up and down.
    And, side to side...
    Top plate angle can effect the side to side, and length of tooth can also...
    Stoning a chain brings those un-ruly cutters into submission and tow the same line... A good cutting chain can have all sorts of irregularities, as long as it's sharp, but that don't make it fast...
     
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    Whole new level:dex: I'm not werthy:rofl: :lol:
     
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    image.jpg Dexter wanted a "before" pic of the 76 loop I'm working on..
     
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    After step 1..
     
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    After step 2, 3, and 4...
    More steps to go...
     
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    Always shoot for straight...
    How many degrees forward lean you suppose I got there??
     
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