What'd i get Myself Into?

My friends friend cuts wood for him. I do once in a while when i have time as well as give him some wood as well. Ive seen his other friend cut and its a scary thing. My friend asked if i could sharpen some chains for his friend. I obliged as he lets me store wood there. This is what i got
A dozen chains that look like they've been used once. Some rusty, some very dull. I have some serious hand filing ahead. His friend is the type that cant be told anything either.
I mean no disrespect, but not the sharpest tool in the shed.

 

Talk about rode hard and put away wet

 

OH??? you mean the chains??? Thought you mightve been referring to something else!!!

 

Time to get yourself a grinder. You can get accustomed to it on those chains, before yours.

 

looks like some safety chains in there too. Time to up the amount of wood you store at your friends place by 10 cord

 

That's a nasty mess.Soak those rusty chains in a pan of auto trans fluid & they'll do a lot better. Throw away the "safety chains".

 

Shoulda not got in that spot in the first place!!

 

Bingo...those guys need a good soak! I've used drain oil mixed with diesel or kerosene before too...let them soak then work them around a little, then soak some more...rinse and repeat as needed.

 

I'm not sure a dealer would even mess with those rusted chains, if they did there would or should be an extra charge.

 

A mess...good luck

 

Ive been slowing trying to do that!

 

I had a buddy bring his saw and a couple chains over once, he had asked if I would sharpen them for him. About halfway through the first chain, he said, "wow, is that all there is to it?" He wanted to try and he did a pretty good job and I showed him all the tricks I know (not too many, LOL) and he was off and running. He called me a couple days later and had gone and baught files and everything and was happy as could be that he learned something new.

Any way you could have your friend have his freind meet you at his place and teach him the basics? Very wise old tale about teaching a man to fish???

 

Great attitude MAF143

 

Point well made, but ive met his friend a few times and he is the type that doesnt take well to be told what to do or taught anything so i leave it at that.

 

That's too bad, sorry to hear that.

 

Good luck buZZsaw BRAD !! Wonder if WeldrDave ’s method of removing rust with a solution of washing soda and electrolysis would work.

 

The last time I sharpened that many chains for someone I got 75 dollars and a MS460 that had been dropped out of a tree and it messed up the spark plug hole on the cylinder. I used the money to rebuild the saw including another cylinder that I found used and the saw is still running great to this day.
I did all the chains at the time on a grinder and I also had to lower some of the rakers. Time consuming job for sure so I do not take on jobs like that anymore.

 

Might not be very cost effective in the long run but when I get a loop or two like that, I put them in a plastic freezer bags with PB blaster. Then draw as much air out as I can with the vacuum sealer and not suck liquid which prevents the sealing. I let em sit like that for a week or so.

 

first a good degreasing then a soak acetic, "vinegar" or phosphoric acid.