How do you sharpen saw chain?

[flushcut]

I always use a handle the thought of sticking the tine in my palm isn't a good one. Plus I use the eye in it to lock my stump vise.

 

[sotc]

Eye of what?

 

[flushcut]

I use Stihl handles and they have a "eye" or elongated hole in them that I use to tighten the thumb screw on my stump vises.

 

[sotc]

Oh, like a slot in the handle?

 

[flushcut]

Yep like the slot in the handle.

 

[sotc]

I tried the rake handle trick today but couldn't get the hang of it so I reverted back to my old ways

 

[Burnham]

 

[CurSedVoyce]

 

[pantheraba]

Thanks, Willie...now I feel a LOT better about some of the knuckle headed stuff I have posted.

 

[Dave Shepard]

I've pretty much always gone handless as well, but I do often think about the possible impalement. If I do use a handle, it has to be round, I don't like the flat ones.

 

[flushcut]

Don't you know rake handles work best with a raker file.

 

[Jed]

Willie:

If you just get a stump-vise (you can pound them into logs too) then you'll be able to use two hands on the rake handle.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Nah.. Ya just need a groundie to push and pull and you just sit and guide......

 

[SoonerFan]

Willie - awesome!

 

[Paul B]

Willie, any chance of a video of the rake handle experience? The photo almost looks staged.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I was kinda thinking the same thing!

 

[Tree Reb]

You need some linseed oil on that handle or you'll have problems.

What is it with you PNW guys anyway, everything has to be BIG.

 

[flushcut]

I think the last pic is frame worthy.

 

[sotc]

Go big or go home
Staged! Hmpf!

 

[Burnham]

You need some linseed oil on that handle or you'll have problems.

What is it with you PNW guys anyway, everything has to be BIG.

Not so much that everything HAS to be big here...it's that most everything just IS!!

 

[stig]

Those two guys in front of the tree don't look very big compared to the tree.

More like a pair of midgets in fact.

 

[Burnham]

Just like your avatar, Stig!

Shopped, no doubt.

 

[sotc]

You just need a bigger monitor

 

[Jed]

There is a current engineering project in this country to convert Northwest Tree Guy Ego into consumable fuel for automobiles. The future looks bright!

 

[flushcut]

There is a current engineering project in this country to convert Northwest Tree Guy Ego into consumable fuel for automobiles. The future looks bright!

Is that for the new Ford Ego?