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You have to file down the rakers a bit more aggressively as you file closer to the back of the tooth. I don't bore cut as much as you but it works fine for me. I don't use a guide either, I just file them down based on how the saw is cutting. If the tooth is sharp but not pulling a big enough...

Looks like you got some extra cutters as well. :thumbup:

If it is flexible then would it stretch? How would it hold up to wear at the rivet points?

Willard, your opinion and expertise are well appreciated but the US Oregon chain isn't the same stuff as what you use. The US Oregon chain is almost all garbage, frustrating to use for more than an hour or two.

Get some better files as well, Darin. The soft Oregon files are designed to work on the soft Oregon chain. ;)

There generally seems to be two schools when it comes to comparing chain. There are those who think Stihl is far better than anything else and then there are those who don't notice much difference. And Oregon seems to have about a brazillian different model designations for various chain styles...

If you're going to pay as much as the Stihl chain, why would you choose something else? The only reason I have ever used anything else is because it was cheaper. I finally gave up trying to pinch pennies on the chain I use to make my living and now I simply buy the best chain available. If...

I've never had the pleasure of using Canadian made Oregon branded chain

Exactly, Jay. The Stihl chain is probably cleaned better before assembly and the steel is harder so the holes don't wallow out and the rivet pins don't collapse as much.

Oregon seems to cut better when I file it without the 10 degree top angle. I have never looked at the brand of chain before filing it, they all get filed basically the same way and it works fine. The 10 degree top angle slows down the chain a lot though, a compensation for Oregon's butter soft...

Yup, the Stihl chain is pre stretched before it leaves the factory. Oregon chain just stretches like a sonofagun after you put it on the saw.