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Gauge is the proper spelling so far as I'm concerned. Very light pressure is the trick there. I also tend to drop the rakers pretty low and leave them alone for a good while, just don't cram on the saw and it'll be fine. I'll file til I meet the little reference line at the back, around...

Chicken soup. Made from some from the back yard ;)

After yesterday's prediction, I'll be having braised groundhog on a bed of rice with a side of steamed broccoli.

Old guys rule! They know how to get shit done! Don't piss them off by diddle-phucking your way around a job because one of them may show you up and take you to school on how it is done! Same thing for me today. Removed a 5' diameter oak that had been topped several years ago. Not a lot of brush...

I can recall something sorta similar happening on a few occasions with me, that Stihl 084, and a much younger sawyer than I ;).

Had a climber for part of the tree. He was uncomfortable taking the top which I understood. It had to be cut at a weird dogleg that positioning sucked. I ended up saying “don’t worry, pappy will show you how it’s done”. I did it and finished the tree. I was able to find a small area to flop wood...

I've learned to file free- hand on a mountain side with 3 strokes per raker to adjust. A poor method until you know what you're doing and filing cutters well, allowing your brain to gather info about performance into a feedback loop. Like people who use the "pull the chain and the tension...

Yep , the thickness seems correct ... though quite honestly I've not used one a long time. If you look at it broadside once chisel teeth restored , place round file in line with bar so it lies on top of the chisels an view profile judging gap allow

Do you use the same offset for the entirety of the tooth?

interesting, i use a raker gauge (gage? ) and would think that in general i take one pass with a dull (always forget to get a new one) flat file every other sharpening. but i sharpen as soon as it‘s slightly dull. and i sharpen till the teeth are gone…

I like 36” or less Cuz they don’t make lightweights over 36” Not yet anyway, working on it. 42” carbon fiber inserts.

I didn't know this was a thing:

Amazing.

From an old thread, some thoughts by me... thread started by our sadly gone friend Jed. This is a good one. https://www.masterblasterhome.com/threads/someone-might-care-who-knows.18400/page-16#post-1027945

Darwin Award Winners: # 1 I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to...

A good flat mill file and give her five full strokes per sharpening for softwoods, 2-3 for hardwood. That will keep your rakers about right. Typically a good pronounced flat spot on the rakers, properly angled, and you're pretty much good for the life of the chain. Folks get waaaaaay to uppity...

Hmm. Legals aside, I am personally responsible for what I break, damage or what have you. If I made the cut, it's on me. If I gave the "go" word, I am taking responsibility for what happens. I take ownership to extremes. That's what I'm paid for, responsibility to mitigate risk and the skill to...

I know what you mean, brother. In my last few years with the USFS, I was about done with finding any fun in dragging that 084/60 in. bar and chain out through the brush. Even downsized to the 42 in. b&c, it was a task. Younger bodies still had the steam...I liked being the wisdom dispensing...

...rigging quicker. Left throw lines so we can get up there as soon as we get to the job tomorrow. Also we are in a heat wave. It made it to a balmy 23*F this afternoon. Supposed to be about the same temperature at start time tomorrow. Hoping I get another climber tomorrow so I can run ground...

I tried several different treatment methods over the last half dozen years on the Tundra. Most worked a bit more or less, but none lasted very long. Never tried DEET :).