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I don't think I've ever bowed a bar but I have repaired several . Those were bars from my buddy's tree service they must have used for pry bars .I was still working at that time and used a hydraulic arbor press at work .He only buys Stihl stuff and most of my Stihl chains came from him .I repair...

Well yeah it would be in ideal situations but with hitting rocks and steel often it isn't .You're going to get some short ones unless you trim them out all the same but most including myself do not . The shorties you give another stroke on the raker .Half fast but it works . On chisel you have...

They can get screwed up pretty badly by hitting stuff and once filed out they do surprisingly well uneven lengths or no .

I only do maybe three cutters at a time before I advance the chain .Then again I go left right left while most do all of one side then the other .Everydody has their way and what ever works best for you I say .

I agree .The way I do up over the top and within 4-5 inchs of the engine you don't have much chain to stretch .At least it never gave me any problems .

Might not work if you don't have a brake .

Willard as far as I know you alone are the only person on the face of this green earth that can file a chain that way .Fact being I have no idea how you even do it . People think I'm rather odd with my over the top method of lefty righty but I bow to you on that one because I doubt I could do it .

I suppose like everything else many have prefered methods on the rakers .Just a standard old cheap Oregon 25 thou. guide has worked for me .What you might hit the rakers 4-5 times during the life of a chain ?

I guess you might say I'm ambi on a lot of things such as filing ,welding ,etc . I can't however manage to pizz left handed without hitting my shoe which I guess is TMI .:lol:

Yeah ,I kind of caught that drift with reference to "other "

Me too .I suppose from half a life time of hard nosed bars from back in the day .

Here's another point to ponder .A majority of people file from one side and may hit a number of cutters before advancing the chain . I on the other hand file from both sides over the top near the engine ,lefty ,righty, lefty .They really isn't much shake rattle and roll with that method .Maybe...

It doesn't take that much to tighten it up a tad then back it back off after you're done .Depends on how you look at it I guess .