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  1. Dave Shepard

    Case hardening of cutters?

    What I'm seeing on a rocked chain is the point of the cutter being bashed downward. This can be hard to file at first until you have reshaped the cutter.
  2. Dave Shepard

    Case hardening of cutters?

    In this instance, I think you might be fighting some chrome that has been bent over. Once you've filed that back into shape, it's usually good going again. Stihl chain seems to be much worse for this than Oregon in my experience.
  3. Dave Shepard

    Case hardening of cutters?

    Well, that sucks.:lol: I've been using some of the work saws this spring, as well as borrowing a 372 and 385. I've been taking the bars off and using my own b and c, as I know what I'm working with. My boss offered to buy a big saw when my 394 blew up, but I figured that was pointless, as I...
  4. Dave Shepard

    Case hardening of cutters?

    Yesterday I tried to sharpen a chain that had been sharpened at the saw shop on a grinder. With a brand new file I was unable to properly sharpen the cutter, and with a new flat file I couldn't take down the rakers unless I came at them from a 45 degree angle. Once I got the top taken off, I...
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