Chainsaw Sharpener

if you are thinking of the little 12 volt things with a little round stone, yes. check out the price of the stones and then consider using a file.

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Owen

What price a new chainfile to keep same in top nick ?? ,or even to buy a new chain ?? bet its less $ than for a "new" toy that gets used once and then consigned to the "never use tool cupboard"

If you do NOT have a lot of practice in sharpening by hand, don't even think about it. Good way to stuff a good chain. Buy a round file & lightly touch up the chain on a regular basis.
Vince

Yeah I have one. Best money I have spent. I had to sharpen 3 chains in a row one day, two were dreadful. I think somebody had been cutting steel with one. After sharpening it by hand I went straight to my computer and clicked on buy it now. I have had no trouble and it does the job easy.
Go for it.

As a forest manager :-), I would just recommend a round file with a clip-on guide and a small flat file for the depth guage part of the chain. Don't really see the point in a bench type grinder unless you are doing a lot of chains in a day! One of the small vice type thing that you can hammer into a stump and then firmly clamp the guide bar while sharpening is also very usefull.

Cheers,
Gil

I have used one of these for years as I used to cut up to 100 tonnes of firewood a year. Tho not much good out in the bush as they need 240 volts. I used to get a roll of chain made up into lengths, about 6 to a length, and use them till they were all blunt and then sharpen the lot. The best thing about them was that they filed every tooth at the same amount so you did not get uneven wear. Having said that the best thing I found for out in the bush is a file in file holder just as a touch up and then an electric grind when I got back to the shed. In dry wood I would change the chain with every fill of fuel. I now only cut my own wood for home and a couple of old customers.

have owned a 12v unit for a while. dont think i would go back to a file full time.only use the file to keep the edge when out bush but found the 12v with the stones and guide easier and quicker.
no doubt that others can do the same job accuratley with a file only
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