Thread: Saw chain sharpener ( electric )

I haven't had much to do with chainsaws, but I now live on an acreage block
and occasionally cut firewood.

I was attacking a tree stump trying to get it, so I could drive the ride on over it.
The blade which I had "sharpened" specially for the occasion was smoking like crazy and the little wheel on the end of the bar was turning blue,

I thought " Stuff this for a game of Soldiers" and retired to the garage to plot
my next move.

I have a selection of bars, the tip being a great source, so that wasn't a problem.

Looking at the wreckage I thought "If that thing were a hand saw I would
be setting the "teeth""

I then compare a new chain to a worn chain and there was a very definite
difference between the angle of the teeth , on the worn chain they were
more or less in line.

Out came the shifter and I angled all the teeth out.

Its cuts like a beauty.

I see no mention anywhere of how you "set" a chainsaw chain

Originally Posted by redpigg

I see no mention anywhere of how you "set" a chainsaw chain

Your story (especially of attacking the stump, and smoking and bluing the bar nose) worries me that you have been let loose with a chainsaw.

Chain saw chains are not designed to ever have to change the set on a chain.

One possibility is your bar gap is too wide and the chain is laying over instead of cutting. Instead of setting the cutter, the bar gap should be closed using a saw bar rail tool. Continuing to run the bar without closing the bar rail will root the bar completely. If you add set to the cutters on a chain you also risk breaking the cutters while doing it or they will break eventually and you will wreck the chain.

The other possibilities are your chain is too worn and should be dumped, or you have insufficient raker clearance. If you post a close up picture of your chain from flat side on I will give you a free diagnosis of what is wrong with your chain.

All that aside if you want to tackle stumps with a chainsaw you should use a carbide tipped chain. Even if the stump has the soil removed from around it and it is washed down with a pressure washer it still will have soil and crap embedded in it which will wreck a standard chain.

Hmm, cutting a stump, smoking like crazy and blue bar sounds like you were cutting into the dirt as well if you ask me!!!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aww2SO4Ja6Q"]How to remove a tree stump[/ame]


Kinda agree with BobL. If ur chainsaw was an animate entity it'd prolly be able to get a restraining order on you I reckon. Bending the teeth out only compensated (temporarily) for some of your problem. It didn't really 'fix' anything at all!